Lens 2 of 4: Real-World Evidence & HEOR
RWE & HEOR Analyst
Eight-plus years leading observational research and real-world evidence analyses across claims and EHR data at a 150-million-patient scale. I lead statistical analysis plans, integrate multi-source claims and EHR data into decision-ready evidence, and serve as a strategic advisor on data feasibility and study design for sponsors and federal stakeholders.
- 8+
- years in RWE and observational research
- 150M+
- patient records analyzed across claims and EHR sources
- 5+
- RWE studies owned end to end
- 5M+
- patient claims records analyzed
Core expertise
- RWE study design and leadership. Lead author of protocols and statistical analysis plans; end-to-end delivery of 5+ studies, including timelines, stakeholder expectations, and data governance.
- Data feasibility assessments. Deciding before study start whether Truveta, PointClickCare, or MarketScan can answer a question, based on sample size, variable availability, and lookback.
- Healthcare resource utilization and cost outcomes. HCRU and cost analyses in claims and EHR data, grounded in Medicare and Medicaid payment methodologies (IPPS, OPPS, SNF PPS, DRG weighting).
- Multi-platform claims and EHR analytics. Truveta, MarketScan, CMS claims, PointClickCare, Premier/PHD, Epic, and Cerner data integrated into a single analytic view.
- Decision-ready reporting. Interactive dashboards and visualizations in Power BI and Tableau for technical and senior non-technical stakeholders.
- Truveta platform subject-matter expertise. One of the first on my team to gain access; mastered Truveta Studio and Prose within roughly three months, then trained five-plus colleagues at junior and senior levels.
Experience
2022–Present
Senior Real-World Data (RWD) Analytics Consultant
Chenega Professional Services SBU, supporting CDC DHQP (Epidemiology Research and Innovations Branch), Atlanta, GA
- Lead author of study protocols and statistical analysis plans; own end-to-end delivery of 5+ RWE studies, managing timelines, stakeholder expectations, and IRB, DUA, and CMS ResDAC governance.
- Run data feasibility assessments across Truveta, PointClickCare, and MarketScan before study start, evaluating sample size, variable availability, and lookback.
- Lead development and execution of statistical analysis plans for large-scale RWE studies, leveraging 150M+ patient records from claims (MarketScan, CMS) and multi-platform EHR sources (Truveta, PointClickCare, Premier/PHD) to answer questions on vaccine effectiveness, healthcare utilization, and patient outcomes.
- Serve as a subject-matter expert on the US healthcare system, claims, and EHR data, advising on data feasibility, study design, and interpretation of findings.
- Design and maintain ETL workflows and data models that integrate, standardize, and validate multi-source claims and EHR data.
- Built a linked surveillance and Medicare data resource for HAI research, evaluating linkage of CDC C. difficile surveillance cases to Medicare claims (2016 to 2022) and defining cohorts per CMS Chronic Conditions Data Warehouse guidance.
- Conduct healthcare resource utilization and cost outcomes analyses in claims and EHR data, and analyze Medicaid (T-MSIS) and Medicare claims to detect fraud, waste, and abuse patterns for program integrity review.
- Build interactive dashboards and reporting solutions in Power BI, Tableau, SharePoint, and Excel/Power Query for both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Mentor junior analysts on observational research methods and review their analyses for accuracy and consistency.
- First author of a JAMDA paper on diagnosis code validation in 31,136 nursing home residents and co-author of a 2024 Vaccine paper on bivalent vaccine effectiveness.
2021–2022
Clinical Trials Data Manager & Epidemiologist / Public Health Program Associate
Emory University School of Medicine, Vaccine & Treatment Evaluation Unit (VTEU), Atlanta, GA
- Managed clinical trial data operations for industry-sponsored Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA vaccine trials, supporting regulatory-quality data review.
- Developed CDISC-compliant SDTM datasets and analysis files supporting regulatory submissions.
- Integrated clinical trial data with the Georgia immunization registry (GRITS) to evaluate real-world effectiveness in community populations.
2020–2021
COVID-19 Field Epidemiologist
Florida Department of Health, St. Petersburg, FL
Built Tableau and Power BI surveillance dashboards tracking case counts and percent positivity for department leadership, and supported the Pinellas County epidemiology team on outbreak data analyses, including percent-positive trends and excess-death analyses.
2019–2020
Research Data Analyst, Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Tampa General Hospital, Tampa, FL
Extracted and cleaned analysis-ready datasets from EHR pulls, applied multivariable regression to control for confounding, and summarized results in Power BI visualizations for clinical stakeholders.
Methods, platforms & tools
Independently mastered the Truveta platform, including Prose, within roughly three months of gaining early access, and have since trained more than five colleagues.
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