Sam Friedrichsen

Experience

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  Second Harvest Heartland

  Aug 2012 - May 2013

  Child Hunger Advocate Intern

  Led groups of 20-50 adult and teen volunteers in produce sorting and food distributions at low-income elementary schools as a part of the Second Harvest Heartland Meals for Minds program.

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  Association for Nonsmokers-MN

  Sept 2012 - Oct 2017

  Provided contract data analysis support for occasional research projects using Stata and R software. Assisted with manuscript writing and preparation on research findings. (part-time, occasional contract work) Assisted the program directors at a Public Health non-profit organization that works to reduce the impact of tobacco on Minnesota communities, especially youth.Gained experience in public policy, health education and outreach, tobacco research and assessment, data entry and data analysis.

  • Contract Analyst

    Jun 2016 - Oct 2017

  • Research & Program Assistant

    Jun 2014 - May 2016

  • Intern

    Sept 2012 - May 2014
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  University of Minnesota

  Jun 2013 - Jul 2013

  Summer Institute in Biostatistics - Student

  Participated in six weeks of biostatistics-based seminars, field trips, and research lectures.Learned SAS and R computing languages.

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  University of Minnesota

  Jun 2014 - Nov 2017

  Biostatistician for the University of Minnesota Medical School, Department of Family Medicine & Community Health, Research Services, Evaluation & Statistics Hub.Provided support for the Department of Family Medicine & Community Health faculty/fellows/residents (including family medicine physicians and behavioral health faculty) on... research question development, study design, data management, survey creation and distribution in REDCap/Qualtrics, data analysis, abstract/presentation/manuscript writing, data entry, grant proposals...etc.Conducted statistical analysis (including advanced regression procedures) for a variety of research types including Primary Care Clinic Quality Improvement, Program Evaluation, Clinical Trials, Tobacco Research, Educational Research, Observational Studies, Questionnaire Validation, and Survey Research. Show less Research assistant for Dr. Alicia Allen in The Department of Family Medicine & Community Health - Tobacco Research Programs.Recruited participants for clinical research studiesScreened participants for eligibility and consented participantsMeasured vitals (height, weight, manual BP, CO, medical history)Processed blood samples in the labCreated REDCap databasesLed study visits with the research participantsPerformed data entry, cleaning, and management in REDCap, Excel, and AccessConducted statistical analyses using SASConducted literature reviewsAssisted in manuscript writing and editing for publishing papers Show less Graduate Research Assistant for the University of MN School of Public Health Division of Epidemiology and Community Health - Tobacco Policy Research Team.Worked on the MACC Study (The Minnesota Adolescent Community Cohort Study) - PI: Dr. Jean Forster.Learned about tobacco policy research.Cleaned and organized large study datasetAnalyzed study data using SAS (using various statistical methods)Created new variablesAssisted in paper writing and conducted literature reviews Show less Completed a secondary data analysis project with Dr. Alicia Allen in Family Medicine and Community Health as my mentor in the undergraduate research program directed by the Center for Health Equity and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at the University of Minnesota.Research Title: Coping Mechanisms and Smoking­-Related Symptomatology in WomenParticipated in weekly seminars on clinical and translational science research topicsObserved research participants in the clinicLearned how to conduct the informed consent processLearned about research ethicsScreened potential participants for a research study over the phoneUsed SAS for statistical analysesPresented research poster at 3 research conferences:-Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s Annual Research Conference, Sept. 2014.-11th Annual Women's Health Research Conference, Sept. 2014-(Oral Presentation) Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 21st Annual Meeting, Feb. 2015 Show less

  • Data & Statistical Analyst

    Jun 2016 - Nov 2017

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Aug 2014 - May 2016

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Aug 2014 - Aug 2015

  • Research Assistant, CTSI Undergraduate Research Program

    Jun 2014 - Sept 2014
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  Ofstead & Associates, Inc.

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Epidemiology Intern

  Supported the development of a proposal for a multi-site prospective study in endoscope reprocessing and infection prevention by compiling pertinent scientific evidence and assisting in writing the background and methods sections of the study proposal.Conducted systematic literature searches and literature reviews.Used EndNote to organize articles and create libraries.Organized quantitative and qualitative data from scientific sources into excel databasesLearned about endoscope reprocessing methods and infection prevention. Show less

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  Professional Data Analysts

  Nov 2017 - Feb 2022

  Associate Analyst on the Statistics Team at PDA: an independent evaluation and statistical consulting firm specializing in the fields of public health and the behavioral and medical sciences.

  • Statistician II

    Dec 2020 - Feb 2022

  • Statistician I

    Dec 2018 - Dec 2020

  • Associate Analyst

    Nov 2017 - Nov 2018
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  Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

  Feb 2022 - now

  Health Services Analytics, Clinical Analytics, Methods Analytics team

  • Principal Data Scientist

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Senior Data Scientist

    Mar 2023 - Jun 2023

  • Senior Healthcare Analyst

    Feb 2022 - Mar 2023