Consulting
- Strategic Planning
- Since 1999, I have provided strategic planning support and advice to for-profit and non-profit organizations across health and technology
- Healthcare Consulting
- Since 2001, I have provided consulting services to hospitals, health care systems, government agencies, and advocacy organizations
- Editing
- Certified editor in the life sciences since 2006
- Medical, Technical, and Scientific Writing
- Author/co-author of more than 200 publications, including peer-reviewed journal articles, abstracts, blog posts, and book chapters
- Research and Evaluation
- MPH and PhD-trained clinical and public health researcher
- Experience in evaluation of interventions, innovations, and policy implementations
- Experience in survey design, testing, and roll-out of data collection
Expertise and advice for hire
- Proposals and grant applications
- Methodology and statistical analysis (in R, Python, and Stata)
- Big data, machine learning, and outcome prediction (in R, Python, and Stata)
- Using AI and LLMs in research — e.g., building low-code/no-code apps
- Real-world study design and data collection (surveys, registries, administrative data)
- Risk adjustment and alternative payment models
- Data linkages (claims and eligibility files, EHRs and clinical registry data, geospatial data)
- Quality measure development and implementation
- Care experiences and person-centered/person-directed care
- Care coordination and guideline-concordant care
- Mixed-methods evaluation design and implementation
- Program implementation and monitoring
- Economic analyses (cost of illness, cost-effectiveness, costs of implementing and scaling interventions, etc.)
- Interactive dashboards and creative data visualizations
- Advanced web design and content strategy
Specific clinical areas:
- Oncology
- Neurology (Alzheimer’s/dementia, Parkinson’s, migraine, neuropathy)
- Nephrology (CKD/ESRD)
- Ophthalmology
- Mental health and substance use
Seminars and webinars
I provide training, mentoring, and continuing education for researchers at all career stages. For example:
- Webinar presenter
- Handling missing data in SEER-CAHPS. National Cancer Institute (2020).
- “Physical Activity Prescriptions: Models of Behaviour Change,” American Public Health Association (2019)
- “Awesome accepted abstracts.” APHA Medical Care Section, 100 live attendees (2017)
- Video podcaster
- Healthy Intersections Podcast: Ocean Health and Human Health (July 2024) with Emily Parker. The Medical Care Blog.
- Healthy Intersections Podcast: Talking About Plastics (January 2024) with Imari Franklin-Walker. The Medical Care Blog.
- Healthy Intersections Podcast: Drug Overdoses (August 2023) with Jeremy Ney and Amanda Onwuka. The Medical Care Blog.
- Mentor to early-career researchers
- Awarded the Excellence in Mentorship Award, RTI International (2021)
- Mentor at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Conference
- Guest lecturer
- “Life Expectancy and Local Social Inequity,” Pennsylvania State University (2022)
- “Moderation and Mediation Analyses,” University of Kansas Medical School (2019)
Coaching
As an advisor and supervisor to students and colleagues, I have experience in coaching individuals and groups on study design, data analysis, career searches, pursuing graduate schooling, and more.
As an advisor and mentor, I have extensive expertise in coaching individuals through publications of all kinds, including blog posts and editorials, journal articles, dissertations and theses, resumes, proposals, and analysis plans.