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VANESSA BAXLEY

Summary

Senior epidemiologist with 15 years of experience in healthcare research, specializing in primary care quality improvement and health services research. Proven track record in public reporting, data visualization, and data strategy, contributing to enhanced health outcomes. Expertise in product development and consulting, leveraging big data to inform health policy decisions.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience

Work History

Managing Consultant

Mathematica, Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS)
03.2023 - Current
  • Delivered analyses on time and within budget by effectively managing team resources.
  • Guided analytic tasks for large project teams, including writing technical specifications and conducting quality assurance.
  • Synthetized output, packaged results, and delivered comprehensive reports to clients.
  • Drove development of front-end BI dashboard for Mathematica’s first analytics product solution.
  • Led implementation of UX designs using AWS QuickSight, from prototype to market launch.

Senior Epidemiology Consultant

Cerner Enviza, Specialty Therapeutics
05.2022 - 02.2023
  • Managed global custom epidemiology analyses for major life science companies.
  • Applied innovative algorithms to claims and EHR data for rare indication evaluations.
  • Developed a self-service epidemiology dashboard to estimate incidence, prevalence, and treatment rates using structured Cerner EHR data.

Senior Health Services Researcher

Atrium Health, IAS
10.2017 - 05.2022
  • Designed system-wide public reporting dashboards for quality leaders and hospital CEOs to enhance quality improvement initiatives.
  • Evaluated clinical quality programs' methodologies to analyze trends and forecast performance outcomes.

Faculty Research Associate

MUSC, PPRNet
10.2014 - 09.2017
  • Directed data processing activities, producing actionable clinical quality reports for over 60 metrics.
  • Collaborated with cross-disciplinary teams to develop and code new medication safety quality metrics.
  • Implemented a new data exchange process, increasing vendor participation from 1 to 7 in six months.

Research Analyst/Data Coordinator

MUSC, PPRNet
05.2011 - 09.2014
  • Transformed PPRNet clinical quality performance reports into interactive, actionable tools.
  • Enabled member practices to leverage data for achieving national quality incentives.
  • Orchestrated new QA strategy with CIO colleagues, enhancing automation of EHR data loads and aggregation.
  • Reduced processing errors and increased ETL speed within existing longitudinal database structure.

Education

Master of Science - Public Health (Epidemiology)

University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health
08.2014

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Longwood University
05.2007

Skills

  • Data analytics
  • Epidemiological methods
  • Project leadership
  • Client management
  • EHR data expertise
  • Programming: SAS & SQL
  • BI Visualization Developer
  • Microsoft Office Suite

Timeline

Managing Consultant

Mathematica, Healthcare & Life Sciences (HCLS)
03.2023 - Current

Senior Epidemiology Consultant

Cerner Enviza, Specialty Therapeutics
05.2022 - 02.2023

Senior Health Services Researcher

Atrium Health, IAS
10.2017 - 05.2022

Faculty Research Associate

MUSC, PPRNet
10.2014 - 09.2017

Research Analyst/Data Coordinator

MUSC, PPRNet
05.2011 - 09.2014

Master of Science - Public Health (Epidemiology)

University of South Carolina, Arnold School of Public Health

Bachelor of Science - Psychology

Longwood University

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