Greg Freedman Ellis Email & Phone Number

Saint Paul, Mn

- Developing R packages which provide a scripting interface for Crunch.io's cloud-based data store and analytic engine designed for survey data.

Eden Prairie, Mn

- Lead creation of product prototyping for supply chain visibility both internally and commercially for Fortune 200 Company.- Developed methods to identify weaknesses and communicate accuracy of data science models to business leaders.- Trained Other analysts in use of R and shiny and assisted in establishing common environment and best practices for community use.- Created application for use by sales team analyzing customer data and showing potential savings in a for the prospective customers' supply chains.

Minneapolis, Minnesota

- Initiated and led development of R support for importing IPUMS data by writing the ipumsr package which receives approximately 2,500 downloads per month.- Revamped the data intake process for international census data to use modern reproducible research practices.- Created visualizations using R shiny, plotly and tableau to provide guidance on international census data quality.- Developed tools in a variety of programming languages such as R, Python, Bash and VBA to speed up data harmonization process, reduce errors through automation and help diagnose coding mistakes.

Des Moines, Iowa Area

- Summarized data about women's and children's health to assist program leaders make decisions during the Title V grant writing and prioritization process.- Created a reproducible workflow for distributing baseline statistics from the PRAMS survey to the public and key stakeholders about the health of women during pregnancy and the early postpartum period.- Developed and implemented evaluation plan for the Oral Health Center to meet CDC recommendations for state oral health programs.

Seattle, Wa

- Wrote software to aggregate results of risk factor burden from hundreds of models created by dozens of researchers and upload them to a database while propagating uncertainty.- Helped create a small area estimation model of obesity and physical inactivity for US counties using public data such as the BRFSS and NHANES surveys.Publications:Degenhardt L, Ferrari AJ, Calabria B, Hall WD, et al. (2013) The Global Epidemiology and Contribution of Cannabis Use and Dependence to the Global Burden of Disease: Results from the GBD 2010 Study. PLoS ONE.Degenhardt L, Whiteford HA, Ferrari AJ, Baxter AJ, et al. (2013) Global burden of disease attributable to illicit drug use and dependence: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet.Driscoll T, Jacklyn G, Orchard J, Passmore E, Vos T, Freedman G, Lim S, Punnett L. The global burden of occupationally related low back pain: estimates from the Global Burden of Disease 2010 study. Ann Rheum Dis.Dwyer-Lindgren L, Freedman G, Engell RE, Fleming TD, Lim SS, Murray CJL, Mokdad AH. (2013) Prevalence of physical activity and obesity in US counties, 2001–2011: a road map for action. Population Health Metrics. Ferrari AJ, Charlson FJ, Norman RE, Patten SB, Freedman G, et al. (2013) Burden of Depressive Disorders by Country, Sex, Age, and Year: Findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. PLoS Med.Lim SS, Vos T, Flaxman AD, Danaei d, et al. (2012) A comparative risk assessment of burden of disease and injury attributable to 67 risk factors and risk factor clusters in 21 regions, 1990–2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet.Murray, CJL, Richards MA, Newton, et al. (2013) UK health performance: findings of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010. The Lancet.US Burden of Disease Collaborators. (2013) The State of US Health, 1990-2010 Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors. JAMA.