Analyzed Medicare claims data to investigate hospitals and providers suspected of committing fraud, waste, or abuse.
Created and implemented a random forest machine learning model to identify healthcare providers with suspicious billing patterns.
Sampled hundreds of providers for medical review, using a variety of statistical sampling strategies.
Led the end-of-year recommendations report where 10+ services and procedures were recommended to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) for fraud investigation
Graduate Research Assistantship
Loyola University Chicago
Chicago, IL
08.2021 - 12.2022
Developed multinomial logistic regression and random forest models to assess and predict Torsades des Pointes (TdP) heart complications across multiple animal datasets.
Developed code in R and statistical software for analysis of multiple animal datasets.
Americorps Volunteer Engagement VISTA
United Way of Larimer County
Fort Collins, CO
08.2020 - 08.2021
Created and ran a volunteer tutor program for 32 local high school students needing support with online learning environments during COVID-19
Coordinated with a team of 10 volunteers to distribute $180,000 in emergency rental assistance funds to over 175 families
Restructured and managed company's online volunteer database of 3,400 community volunteers
Anatomic Pathology Study Technician
Labcorp Drug Development
Madison, WI
07.2019 - 08.2020
Performed a general necropsy for pre-clinical studies on small animals, including the collection of tissues, bone marrow, blood smears, and frozen samples, in compliance with appropriate standard operating procedures (SOPs), Good Laboratory Practices (GLPs), and client-specific protocol.
Prepared pathology tissue slides using a microtome and identified structures of importance via microscope
Kept and entered detailed laboratory notes into a custom company computer system for data integrity and Quality Control (QC)