Kate Miller PhD MPH - Experience & education

Professional experience

March 2022 - present

Direct the program for integrating visual thinking into research (work visually with research teams, lead a community of practice, teach an original course for clinicians and statisticians)
Collaborate as Statistical Lead and key thought partner with several clinical teams, each with a research portfolio of studies
Provide expertise to clinical researchers on scientific rigor, study aims, study design, statistical analysis, interpretation of results, data visualization, and publication
As a member of Stanford Medicine's Scientific Review Committee and Data Safety and Monitoring Board, review and approve protocols and interim analyses for all cancer trials
Supervise the technical work of junior statisticians, serve as mentor and peer mentor for several colleagues, and manage 3-4 direct reports.
Present at professional venues, publish results, teach.

Aug 2018 - March 2022

Nov 2016 - Aug 2018

Appointment at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Nov 2016 - present

Led the Data Science team of five PhD and Masters level statisticians
Advised on statistics and research design for all scientific projects across Ariadne Labs
Joined research teams as Statistical Lead or Co-PI as needed
Served on the Leadership Council, which advised the C-suite
Presented at professional venues, published results, taught, and mentored junior staff

Optum Patient Insights

Nov 2011 - Nov 2016

Feb 2011 - Nov 2011

Provided expertise in psychometrics and research design to clients such as payers, health systems, and government entities
Led cross-functional strategic effort to develop patient-reported outcome services for the population health market
Served as PI on internally- or client-funded statistical analyses
With team of developers, designed a dashboard to interpret patient-reported outcomes in populations

Aug 2003 - Nov 2005

Oct 2001 - Aug 2003

Supervised the design of all research, including instrument design, sampling, and statistical analysis
Served on Senior Management Team at this startup non-profit
Published social science research on women’s health services and outcomes in the US
Managed IRB relations for a multicenter clinical trial of HIV prevention in South Africa

May 1996 - Apr 1998

Apr 1995 - May 1996

Collaborated on a standard tool to measure the quality of reproductive health services in low-resource settings.
Provided in-country technical assistance to Ministries of Health in Botswana, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Senegal on research design, sampling, and data analysis.
Constructed and analyzed twelve-country database of quality-of-care results.