Katarina is a PhD student in the Division of Medical Informatics and Clinical Epidemiology. She is also a recipient of the National Library of Medicine T15 Trainee Fellowship. Before coming to OHSU, Katarina received her B.S. and M.S. in Bioengineering from UCLA, where her research focused on creating AI models to predict Lyme disease and other disorders such as epilepsy. Her current research interests include causal inference and uncertainty quantification methods, with applications in evaluating AI trustworthiness and generalizability for healthcare applications. She also enjoys mentoring undergraduate and high school students to foster a passion for STEM from an early age.