
I am an Assistant Professor of Research at the Division of Epidemiology at the University of Utah. I work on studying Complex Systems using Statistical Computing. I have over ten years of experience developing scientific software focusing on high-performance computing, data visualization, and social network analysis. My training is in Public Policy (M.A. UAI, 2011), Economics (M.Sc. Caltech, 2015), and Biostatistics (Ph.D. USC, 2020).
Education History
Doctoral Training |
University of Southern California Biostatistics (with concentration in Statistical Computing) |
Ph.D. |
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Graduate Training |
California Institute of Technology Social Sciences (with concentration in Economics) |
M.Sc. |
Graduate Training |
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Economics and Public Policy |
M.A. |
Undergraduate |
Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez Business Administration (with a minor in Political Science) |
B.S. |
Selected Publications
- Hncean MG, Perc M, Gheorghi A, Vega Yon GG, Mihil BE (2022). The formation of political discussion networks. R Soc Open Sci, 9(1), 211609.
- Ouellet M, Hashimi S, Vega Yon GG (2022). Officer Networks and Firearm Behaviors: Assessing the Social Transmission of Weapon-Use. J Quant Criminol.
- Vega Yon GG (2021). Building, Importing, and Exporting GEXF Graph Files with rgexf. J Open Source Softw, 6(64), 3456.
- Vega Yon GG, Thomas DC, Morrison J, Mi H, Thomas PD, Marjoram P (2021). Bayesian parameter estimation for automatic annotation of gene functions using observational data and phylogenetic trees. PLoS Comput Biol, 17(2), e1007948.
- Vega Yon GG, Slaughter A, de la Haye K (2021). Exponential random graph models for little networks. Soc Networks, 64, 225-238.
- Valente TW, Pitts S, Wipfli H, Vega Yon GG (2020). Corrigendum to "Network influences on policy implementation: Evidence from a global health treaty" [Soc. Sci. Med.] 222 (February 2019) 188-197. Soc Sci Med (258, p. 112245). England.
- Valente TW, Vega Yon GG (2020). Diffusion/Contagion Processes on Social Networks. Health Educ Behav, 47(2), 235-248.
- Vega Yon GGQuistorff B (2019). parallel: A command for parallel computing. Stata J, 19(3), 667-684.
- de la Haye K, Shin H, Vega Yon GG, Valente TW (2019). Smoking Diffusion through Networks of Diverse, Urban American Adolescents over the High School Period. J Health Soc Behav, 60(3), 362-376.
- Vega Yon GG, Marjoram P (2019). fmcmc: A friendly MCMC framework. J Open Source Softw, 4(39), 1427.
- Vega Yon GG, Marjoram P (2019). slurmR: A lightweight wrapper for HPC with Slurm. J Open Source Softw, 4(39), 1493.
- Bell BM, Spruijt-Metz D, Vega Yon GG, Mondol AS, Alam R, Ma M, Emi I, Lach J, Stankovic JA, De la Haye K (2019). Sensing eating mimicry among family members. Transl Behav Med, 9(3), 422-430.
- Valente TW, Pitts S, Wipfli H, Vega Yon GG (2019). Network influences on policy implementation: Evidence from a global health treaty. Soc Sci Med, 222, 188-197.
- Vega Yon GG, Marjoram P (2019). fmcmc: A friendly MCMC framework. J Open Source Softw, 4(39).
- Fbrega Lacoa J, Vega Yon GG (2013). El impacto del rating televisivo sobre la actividad en Twitter: evidencia para Chile sobre la base del evento TELETÓN 2012. (33), 3-52.