Mission Statement: To use health science data to inform health policy and build programs that enhance the health and well-being of birthing women all over the world.
- Supported instructors in teaching data science skills in R and Python through the university library Data Science Initiative
- Led secondary data analysis using STATA 17.0 on survey data collected from women aged 15-49 years that gave birth in health facilities in Ghana, Kenya and India
- Presented results of secondary analysis and recommendations on the most relevant experience of care indicators in the context of obstetric emergencies
- First author manuscript on the associations between experience of care indicators and obstetric complications using the Person-Centered Maternity Scale
- Developed an exploratory sequential mixed methods research proposal to identify the root causes of the rise in adolescent pregnancy in Kiziba Refugee Camp from 2019 to 2021 in Rwanda
- Presented research proposal to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and proposal will serve as a guide for research study implementation
- Supported instructor in the teaching basics of handling Big Data using Orange Software - a python based point and click interface that aids non-programmers in building statistical models and use basic machine learning concepts.
-Abstracted Medical Records from Epic Medical Records for data analysis
-Managed REDCap and Bio Lab Informatics System (BLIS) databases
- Facilitated TED Fellow activities during TED Conferences
- Pioneered and led TEDx at the University of Rochester from 2018 to 2020
- Designed and standardized a lab protocol for protein analysis using trypsin digestion methods and mass spectrometry.
- Performed data source verification of questionnaire data to an online data entry system (REDCap)
- Worked with medical and admin teams to resolve data queries related to fraudulent and co-enrollment of research participants in studies via electronic finger printing
- Coordinated data and medical teams to ensure retention of study subjects in various studies through online messaging systems, phone calls and home visits
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Groth, S. W., Fernandez, I. D., Block, R. C., Thurston, S. W., Wong, E., Brunner, J., Mayo, N., Kapula, N., Yu, Y., Meng, Y., Yeh, K. L., Kinkade, C. W., Thornburg, L. L., O'Connor, T. G., & Barrett, E. S. (2021). Biological changes in the pregnancy-postpartum period and subsequent cardiometabolic risk-UPSIDE MOMS: A research protocol. Research in nursing & health, 44(4), 608–619. https://doi.org/10.1002/nur.22141
O'Connor, T., Best, M., Brunner, J., Ciesla, A. A., Cunning, A., Kapula, N., Kautz, A., Khoury, L., Macomber, A., Meng, Y., Miller, R. K., Murphy, H., Salafia, C. M., Vallejo Sefair, A., Serrano, J., Barrett, E., & UPSIDE study (2021). Cohort profile: Understanding Pregnancy Signals and Infant Development (UPSIDE): a pregnancy cohort study on prenatal exposure mechanisms for child health. BMJ open, 11(4), e044798. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2020-044798