DEESHA BHAUMIK

deesha@umich.edu  (708) 724 2161

EDUCATION
University of Michigan, School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI
PhD in Epidemiology, Pre-candidate Expected May 2024

University of Michigan, School of Public Health Ann Arbor, MI

Master of Science in Biostatistics May 2020

Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD

Bachelor of Arts in Public Health Studies, Honors May 2018
Minor in Applied Mathematics and Statistics

AWARDS
 Honors in Public Health, 2018
 Dean’s List, 2015-2018
 Louise Hay Memorial Scholarship for Mathematics, 2014

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Foxman Lab, University of Michigan August 2018-Present
Research Assistant for Dr. Betsy Foxman
 Utilizing Mothur to analyze 16S rRNA microbiome genomic data.
 Examining changes in the salivary microbiome for mothers postpartum and their infants.
 Implementing statistical models with microbiome data to examine the microbial component
in multifactorial diseases such as dental caries.

University of Illinois at Chicago May 2018-August 2018

Research Assistant for Dr. Supriya Mehta
 Conducted a literature review on the penile and rectal microbiome for men who have sex
with men (MSM).
 Used the penile and rectal microbiome and sexual practices of MSM in Kisumu to examine
the dynamic changes in their microbiomes.
 Modeled Lin’s Concordance Correlation in multivariable linear regression models to measure
risk and characterize the penile and rectal microbiomes; all analyses conducted in R.

Senior Thesis, Johns Hopkins University August 2017- May 2018

Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Stuart, PhD
 Studied how depressive symptoms in women from preconception to postpartum differ by
HIV-serostatus.
 Used the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS) and implemented logistic regression,
forward and backwards selection, and shrinkage methods to determine significant risk factors
for perinatal depression; all data is analyzed in R.
 Created propensity scores to adjust for unseen confounders and to ensure that HIV status is
independent of other variables.

Big Data Summer Institute, University of Michigan June-July 2017

Biostatistics Summer Internship

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 Used Electronic Health Records from the Michigan Genomics Initiative to identify
significant risk factors in heart failure using survival analysis and Cox proportional hazards
model.
 Data wrangled over three million observations to create a data set for the final model using
R, accounting for factors such as missing data, ICD-9 and ICD-10 differences, and textual
differences in data diagnosis.
 Conducted survival analysis using the Cox proportional hazards model in order to create a
statistical model that could potentially inform patients of their risk level for heart failure at
each doctor’s office visit.
 Learned significant topics on Biostatistics and Big Data such as data processing, linear
regression, machine learning, neural imaging, causal inference, and network models.
 Presented findings at the Big Data Symposium at the University of Michigan

Johns Hopkins University August 2015-2016

Research Assistant for Dr. Elizabeth Stuart
 Worked with the Early Childhood Longitudinal Program Data to analyze patterns of
prekindergarten effects on students’ performances through high school graduation.
 Utilized propensity score methods to estimate causal effects in non-experimental studies.
 Learned how to handle complexities in propensity score methods, such as multilevel data
settings, covariate measurement error, and complex survey data; all data was handled and
analyzed in R.

University of Illinois at Chicago June-August 2015

Research Assistant for Dr. Supriya Mehta
 Conducted surveys with patients at multiple STD clinics on their internet use behavior about
STD information.
 Analyzed Google trends for the most commonly searched STD terms to determine patterns of
STD prevalence in different parts of Chicago; all data was analyzed in R.

PUBLICATIONS
Ramadugu K*, Bhaumik D*, Luo T, Gicquelais R, Han Lee K, Stafford E, Marrs C, Neiswanger
K, McNeil D, Marazita M, Foxman B. Dynamic changes in the Salivary Microbiome from
Infancy to Early Childhood. [Submitted for publication December 2019] *Contributed equally
to manuscript

Ramadugu K*, Blostein F*, Bhaumik D, Jiang W, Davis E, Salzman E, Srinivasan U, Marrs CF,
Neiswanger K, McNeil D, Marazita, ML, Foxman B. The Oral Microbiota during the Post-
Partum Period, by Time, Geographic Area and Behavior. [Submitted for publication
September 2019] *Contributed equally to manuscript.

POSTERS AND PRESENTATIONS

D. Bhaumik “Dynamic changes in the Salivary Microbiome from Infancy to Early Childhood.”
Oral Presentation at the Annual COHRA Summit, Pittsburgh, PA. December 12, 2019.

D. Bhaumik, D. Okal, F. Otieno, W. Agingu, S. Green, R. Bailey, S. Mehta. “Characterization

and Correlation of the Penile and Rectal Mucosal Microbiome among Men who have sex with
Men in Kisumu, Kenya.” Poster Presentation at the 4th International Workshop on Microbiome in

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HIV Pathogenesis, Prevention and Treatment, Rockville, MD. October 16th, 2018.

D. Bhaumik. “Perinatal Depressive Symptoms in HIV Positive and At-Risk HIV Negative
Women in the United States.” Oral Presentation at the 9th Annual Undergraduate Conference in
Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland. April 12, 2018.

D. Bhaumik, C. Erickson, T. Tureen. “A Time to Event Analysis of Heart Failure via Electronic
Health Records.” Poster Presentation at University of Michigan’s Big Data Symposium. July 13,
2017.

D. Bhaumik, A. Karan, A. Pradhan. “Can Google Search Trends Predict Suicide Rates.” Poster
Presentation at University of Illinois at Chicago, Department of Psychiatry’s 7th Annual
Research Extravaganza, Chicago, IL. September 14, 2016.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Health Data Analysis Practicum Spring 2018
 Teaching assistant for Dr. Margaret Taub & Dr. Leah Jagger, Department of Biostatistics at
Johns Hopkins University

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES
Health Leads USA May 2016-2018
Patient Advocate and Resource Coordinator
 Worked in a clinical setting one-on-one with patients from low income families to identify
different health and practical needs and connect them to resources within their community
that meet those needs.
 Served as an advocate for patients to organizations such as Maryland Health Connection and
the Green and Health Homes to improve patients’ access to resources
 Communicated with other medical staff (doctors, nurses, etc.) to understand and manage
patients’ barriers to health.
 Integrated Health Leads database into Johns Hopkins EMR system to efficiently
communicate with providers and medical staff regarding patients.

RELEVANT COURSES
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
 Advanced Topics Control of HIV/AIDS
 Epidemiologic Inference in Outbreak Investigations

University of Michigan School of Public Health

 Modern Statistical Methods in Epidemiologic Studies
 Foundations in Infectious Disease Transmission Modeling
 Applied Statistics III: Longitudinal Data Analysis
 Statistical Design and Analytic Aspects of Clinical Trials

COMPUTING SKILLS
R, R Studio, SAS, Mothur, Python, JAVA, Matlab, Psychtoolbox, C, C++, UNIX, LaTeX