Professional experience
Stanford Medicine Quantitative Sciences Unit
March 2022 - present
Join clinical teams at Statistical Lead on single studies or comprehensive research agendas
Direct and supervise the technical work of junior statisticians
Serve on Stanford Medicine's Scientific Review Committee and Data Safety and Monitoring Board
Provide expertise to a variety of audiences about effective data visualization in medical research
Present at professional venues, publish results, teach, and mentor staff
Aug 2018 - March 2022
Research Methodologist
Nov 2016 - Aug 2018Research Scientist
Appointment at Harvard T.H.Chan School of Public Health, Nov 2016 - presentLead the Data Science team
Advise on statistics and research design for all scientific projects across Ariadne Labs
Join research teams as Statistical Lead or Co-PI as needed (keep my hands in actual data)
Serve on the Leadership Council, which advises the C-suite
Present at professional venues, publish results, teach, and mentor junior staff
Scientist
Nov 2011 - Nov 2016Senior Associate
Feb 2011 - Nov 2011Provided 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
Senior Associate
Aug 2003 - Nov 2005Associate
Oct 2001 - Aug 2003Supervised 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
Program Associate
May 1996 - Apr 1998Data Analyst
Apr 1995 - May 1996Collaborated 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.
Education
MPH, Population and Family Health
1995Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Departmental Award for Academic Excellence
BA, Cognitive Science and Linguistics
1990Brown University
Second BA: Russian Language and Literature
Magna Cum Laude
Phi Beta Kappa
Selected volunteer work
Mentor to new mothers
2014-2016Mentored new moms at risk for postpartum depression
Families First RI (now closed)
Providence, RI
Full-time volunteer
1985-1986Lived in community with mentally handicapped adults
Crozet, VA
Board service
Founding board member
2016-2018Providence, RIPerishable Theater
Board member
2012-2013 (now closed)Providence, RI Founding board member
2008-2011Atlanta, GAOther experience
Jazykova Skola
English Teacher
1990-1991Prague, Czech RepublicPlanned Parenthood Federation of America
Public Affairs Coordinator
1991-1993New York, NYThe Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Family Planning Study