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

Ariadne Labs

Aug 2018 - March 2022

Research Methodologist

Nov 2016 - Aug 2018

Research Scientist

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

Optum Patient Insights

Scientist

Nov 2011 - Nov 2016

Senior Associate

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

Ibis Reproductive Health

Senior Associate

Aug 2003 - Nov 2005

Associate

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

Population Council

Program Associate

May 1996 - Apr 1998

Data Analyst

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.

Education

PhD, Demography

2002

University of Pennsylvania

William Penn Fellow

Dissertation

2002

MPH, Population and Family Health

1995

Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

Departmental Award for Academic Excellence

BA, Cognitive Science and Linguistics

1990

Brown University

Second BA: Russian Language and Literature

Magna Cum Laude

Phi Beta Kappa

Selected volunteer work

Judy's Kindness Kitchen

Food preparer

2019-present

Providence RI

Moms for Moms

Mentor to new mothers

2014-2016

Mentored new moms at risk for postpartum depression

Families First RI (now closed)

Providence, RI

Innisfree Village

Full-time volunteer

1985-1986

Lived in community with mentally handicapped adults

Crozet, VA

Board service

Providence Improv Guild

Founding board member

2016-2018Providence, RI

Perishable Theater

Board member

2012-2013 (now closed)Providence, RI

Foundation Beyond Belief

Founding board member

2008-2011Atlanta, GA

Other experience

Jazykova Skola

English Teacher

1990-1991Prague, Czech Republic

Planned Parenthood Federation of America

Public Affairs Coordinator

1991-1993New York, NY

The Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Family Planning Study

Data Analyst

1994-1995Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, New York City, NY