Andrew Shapiro
Graduate Student Researcher
Los Angeles, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolAndrew Shapiro is a UCLA Statistics PhD candidate and graduate student researcher with 11 years of quantitative experience applying Bayesian and network methods to real-world problems in public health, social statistics, and policy. He designs interpretable models—ranging from Bayesian epidemic frameworks that recover hidden transmission chains to latent-ideology estimators built from Twitter responses—to turn noisy data into actionable insights for governments and interdisciplinary teams. His current work investigates the firearm ecosystem across U.S. legal contexts, combining advanced data engineering with temporal ideal-point inference to reveal drivers of homicides and suicides. Comfortable communicating complex models to nontechnical stakeholders, he emphasizes explanation as much as model-building, enabling better decision-making under uncertainty. Based in Los Angeles, he collaborates with institutions such as the WHO and bridges rigorous theory with applied impact across domains.
11 years of coding experience
Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics, Bachelor of Science - BS, Applied Mathematics at University of California, Los Angeles
Github Skills (51)
musicbrainz9
cli9
music9
django-admin9
jquery-ui9
csv8
django8
python8
blacklight8
vue-component8
many-to-many8
solr8
cms8
python-development7
autocomplete7
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
UCLALibrary/sinaimanuscripts
Feb 2021 - May 2026
Rails / blacklight site for https://sinaimanuscripts.library.ucla.edu/. Fork of https://github.com/UCLALibrary/ursus.
Contributions:7 releases, 24 reviews, 48 PRs in 5 years 3 months
rails
UCLALibrary/californica
Jul 2018 - Dec 2021
A content management samvera app
Contributions:59 releases, 36 reviews, 258 commits in 3 years 5 months
cmssamveracontent-management
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