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Timeline
About me
Principal Consultant People Analytics | Workforce Strategist | People Manager
Education

Boston university school of public health
2007 - 2009Mph biostatistics
Columbia university mailman school of public health
2011 - 2018Drph biostatistics
Boston university
2004 - 2008Bs health science
Experience

Planned parenthood league of massachusetts
Sept 2008 - Jan 2009Intern
Prometrika, llc
Jan 2009 - May 2009InternWorked in the medical writing departmentDeveloped a simulated Phase II Protocol under supervision of advisor and presented at Boston University

Ihi
Apr 2009 - Oct 2009InternWorked with incidence data on falls and hospital acquired pressure ulcersConducted WebEx meetings on how to improve nursing care in hospitals (TCAB - Transforming Care at the Bedside)

Dm-stat, inc.
Oct 2009 - May 2017• Primary statistical programmer for the Safe Passage Study (PASS) which was a large, prospective study on over 12,000 women designed to investigate the association between prenatal alcohol exposure, SIDS and stillbirth.• Processed large volumes of data from clinical databases, in-house electronic data capturing system and external data sources into manageable SAS analytic datasets following CDISC standards (SDTM, ADaM).• Wrote SAS programs to generate tables, listings and figures (TLFs) per protocol and for ad-hoc requests.• Implemented analyses specified in the protocol or the Statistical Analysis Plan (SAP) while working with the project statistician. Show less
SAS/Statistical Programmer
Sept 2011 - May 2017Data Manager
Oct 2009 - Sept 2011

Columbia university department of psychiatry and new york state psychiatric institute
May 2017 - May 2018Biostatistician / sas programmer• Collaborated with epidemiologists and clinicians on an FDA study to validate measures of DSM-5 SUD/addiction to prescription opioids using data collected via cross-sectional evaluations of 606 participants.• Created reusable SAS Macros and developed SAS Programs for data cleaning, validation, analysis and report generation.• Performed statistical analyses including but not limited to bivariate correlated-outcomes regression, differential association using logistic regression, assessment of optimal thresholds using Youden’s Index and provided bootstrapping techniques in SAS.• Incorporated proposed dissertation method (creation of external composite validator – ECV using Mplus) as an alternative in determining optimal threshold when conflicting results were being found using Youden’s Index.• Attended statistical consultations with dissertation adviser for various projects and conducted ad-hoc statistical analyses and/or SAS Macro programming based on findings from consultations. Show less

Mercer
Jun 2018 - now• Works in the workforce strategy and analytics group to use statistical methodologies in the assessments of pay and career equity to inform Diversity, Equity and Inclusion strategies in client organizations.• Collaborates with coworkers from all disciplines (i.e., I/O psychology, economics) to provide evidence-based workforce management, including work on the workforce and business impact of employer investments in employee health and well-being as well as Internal Labor Market (ILM) analyses.• Project manager for simultaneous clients and projects• Manages analysts, client relationships, peer review, building and delivering of materials, and methodology design Show less
Principal, Workforce Strategy & Analytics
Apr 2023 - nowSenior Associate, Workforce Strategy & Analytics
Apr 2020 - Mar 2023Associate, Workforce Strategy & Analytics
Jun 2018 - Mar 2020
Licenses & Certifications

Nih human subjects certification
NihSept 2010
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Cheryl (Cheri) Raffo, DrPHHerb Kayne Prize for Excellence in Biostatistics Boston University School of Publich Health May 2010 The Department of Biostatistics awards an annual prize for the Most Outstanding MPH Student in Biostatistics at the School. Since 1999, this monetary prize isgiven toan MPH student whose performance was excellent in the Biostatistics concentration. This prize is an expression of our gratitude to Herb Kayne, PhD, for his commitment to teaching epidemiology and biostatistics at BUSPH and his long-enduring interest and dedication to his students in the MPH Program.
- Awarded to Cheryl (Cheri) Raffo, DrPHFull University Athletic Scholarship 2004-2008 Boston University May 2008 4 Year Starter and 2 Year Captain for Boston University’s Women’s Basketball TeamNamed team MVP, All-Tournament Team, played in 3 Conference Championship Games, and 1,000 point scorer
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