Annette finished her Statistics undergraduate degree at Florida State University in 1992. After several years traversing the states she came to UC Berkeley in 1998, completing a Master’s degree in Biostatistics in 2000.

In May 2004, Annette received her Ph.D. in Biostatistics. The title of her dissertation is Novel Approaches to Prediction of Survival in Cancer Research: Focus in Genomics. She also earned a Designated Emphasis in Computational and Genomic Biology, a specialization offered by the Graduate Group in Computational and Genomic Biology.

At the graduation ceremony, she was honored with the Evelyn Fix Prize, an award given to a Ph.D. student on the Berkeley Campus showing the greatest promise in statistical research, with preference for applications to biology and problems of health. Annette was also awarded the Chin Long Chiang Biostatistics Student of the Year for 2004.

During her tenure at UC Berkeley, Annette developed collaborations with biostatisticians, physicians, and biologists studying breast cancer at the UC San Francisco Comprehensive Cancer Center and Department of Medicine, including Dan Moore, her co-advisor. Additionally, she took advantage of opportunities to teach in the Statistics Department and School of Public Health at UC Berkeley and in Stanford University’s Health Careers Opportunities Program.

In June 2004, Annette joins the National Cancer Institute sponsored Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP). The purpose of this fellowship is to train individuals from a multiplicity of health professions and biomedical science disciplines to become leaders in the field of cancer prevention and control. Following one year in the CPFP, Annette will join the Biostatistics' faculty at Yale University.

Annette's research interests (including publications and presentations) and CV are also available.