Hello, I am Katherine

I am currently serving as Quantitative Scientist at Flatiron Health. I previously graduated with a PhD in Biostatistics from the Department of Biostatistics at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Research Interests

I am extremely passionate about research methods and processes to derive value from Electronic Health Records (EHR) data. My PhD work was motivated by radiology data (unstructured text reports; International Classification of Disease codes), and my current role involves synthesizing longitudinal data sources to generate regulatory-grade real-world evidence to accelerate oncology research.

A selection of my past projects include:

• Sampling methods to inform labeled data collection for machine-learning classification from EHR data
• Designing, implementing, and evaluating a Natural Language Processing system to identify rare and common anatomical conditions from radiology report text
• Supporting analysis of clinical trial data in the pediatrics space

Technical and Other Interests

I prioritize learning and improving on best coding practices for data scientists. Also, I enjoy data visualization (ggplot, rshiny) and good data storytelling.