add teaching page and rewrite index blurb

Author: vbaliga

.Rproj.user/shared/notebooks/paths

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_quarto.yml

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 execute:
   freeze: auto
 
-description-meta: "Personal site for Vikram B. Baliga"
+description-meta: "Vikram B. Baliga"
 
 website: 
   title: "vbaliga.github.io"
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ website:
     right:
       - text: "Home"
         href: index.qmd
+      - text: "Teaching"
+        href: teaching.qmd
+      - text: "Data, software & code"
+        href: data-software-code.qmd        
       - text: "Publications"
         href: publications.qmd
-      - text: "Data, software & code"
-        href: data-software-code.qmd
       - text: "Press"
         href: press.qmd
       - text: "Tidbits"

_variables-haliaeetus.yml

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 ## Welcome
 
-I am an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Zoology at UBC.
+I am an Assistant Professor of Teaching in the Department of Zoology at UBC,
+with a special focus on Biostatistics and Data Science.
 
 In the recent past, I was a scientist (also at UBC) whose work focused on animal
 locomotion, vision, and evolutionary biology. My research asked how
 musculoskeletal and visual systems allow animals to control complex motion. This
-means I got to use motion capture and virtual reality to investigate animals'
-locomotor behaviors, and examine anatomy & physiology to understand how these
-behaviors are made possible.
+means that I used motion capture and virtual reality to investigate animals'
+locomotor behaviors, and examined the evolution of anatomy & physiology to
+understand mechanisms and limitations.
 
 Data from behavioral or physiological studies tend to be extremely noisy. Making
-sense of information in these diverse data sets makes me appreciate statistical
-methods and the design of effective visualizations. One of my favorite things to
-do is work with people through these types of problems, which inspired me to
-teach data science and biostatistics to undergrads at UBC.
-
-I am now actively involved in teaching [BIOL
+sense of information in these diverse data sets made me appreciate statistical
+methods and the design of effective visualizations. My passion for discussing
+and teaching statistics developed organically as I steadily embraced the
+analytical aspects of my job and sought opportunities to teach. I realized one
+of my favorite things to do is to work with people through these types of
+problems.
+
+As an Assistant Professor, I now teach and/or coordinate [BIOL
 300](https://biologyprogram-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/08/Syllabus_BIOL300_2019.pdf):
 Fundamentals of Biostatistics regularly at UBC. Future teaching efforts may
 relate to [DSCI
-100](https://www.stat.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/course_outlines/dsci100_outline_2020st2_melissa.pdf).
+100](https://www.stat.ubc.ca/sites/default/files/course_outlines/dsci100_outline_2020st2_melissa.pdf)
+or courses that blend biology, statistics, and data science.
 
 🐢
 

index.qmd

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+---
+title: "Teaching"
+editor: visual
+---
+
+All courses taught at UBC unless otherwise noted. Content for each course is
+within the specific Canvas site for each term (accessible to enrolled students
+and teaching team only), but syllabi are available via the links below.
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## Upcoming courses
+
+### 2025W2
+
+-   [BIOL 300: Fundamentals of
+    Biostatistics](https://biologyprogram-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/08/Syllabus_BIOL300_2019.pdf)
+    Sections 201 and 202 (jointly with Darren Irwin)
+
+### 2025W1
+
+-   [BIOL 300: Fundamentals of
+    Biostatistics](https://biologyprogram-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/08/Syllabus_BIOL300_2019.pdf)
+    Section 101 (jointly with Kaitlyn Gaynor)
+
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+## Courses taught
+
+### 2025S2
+
+-   [BIOL 300: Fundamentals of
+    Biostatistics](https://biologyprogram-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/08/Syllabus_BIOL300_2019.pdf)
+    Section 951 (Coordinator; Instructor is Mike Whitlock)
+
+### 2024W1
+
+-   [BIOL 300: Fundamentals of
+    Biostatistics](https://biologyprogram-2023.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2019/08/Syllabus_BIOL300_2019.pdf)
+    Section 101
+
+### 2019W1
+
+-   [SCIE 300: Communicating
+    Science](https://vancouver.calendar.ubc.ca/course-descriptions/courses/sciev-300)
+    Section 111