Sandra Ham Email & Phone Number

Buffalo, Ny, Us

Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area

2024–PresentConsultant providing services to support sociology of religion research that strengthens traditional Roman Catholicism. Services include study design, consulting to improve the quality of research methods, research support, statistical consulting, writing, review, and mentoring. As a collaborator, I offer a broader perspective on Church issues for interpreting data and informing larger arguments and action within the Church.2020–2024 Biostatistical consultant providing research services for medical research and evaluation study design, conduct, and writing, and one-on-one training in SAS and MarketScan research methods.

Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area

• Working on a large project about sustainability options for climate change from a religious perspective.

Buffalo-Niagara Falls Area

Adjunct Lecturer in Epidemiology in the Health, Nutrition, and Dietetics Department, Dietitian Education Program. Taught infectious, chronic disease, and nutritional epidemiology; surveillance and Global Burden of Disease; field studies; epidemiological study designs; history of epidemiology; statistics; and SAS programming.

Greater Chicago Area

• Collaborated or consulted on research published in top medical journals.• Analyzed complex medical research data ("Big Data") and small surveys using SAS.• Collaborated on 40 publications 2012-2020 and on average, 5 conference abstracts per year. Wrote a 300-page evaluation report of a multi-site, multi-level diabetes intervention in community health centers that used the socio-ecological model.• Added old-school value to research projects to increase the quality while mentoring junior researchers (medical school students, residents, fellows, and Assistant Professors).• Services: study design, procurement and use of health insurance claims databases ("big data"), data management, exploration, statistical analysis, data visualization, scientific writing, manuscript preparation and review, one-on-one SAS training, and general biostatistical consultation. • Statistical analysis methods: univariate and multivariate analysis of variance, survival and longitudinal analysis, time series and sequence analysis, logistic and linear regression modeling, mixed models, GEEs, propensity score matching. Created customized reports and publication quality data summary tables and figures using standard and creative options.• Research types: health services research, comparative effectiveness research, hospital operations research, medical ethics and education research, and program evaluation. • Research databases: IBM™ MarketScan® Research Database, SEER-Medicare, University Health Consortium, University of Chicago Electronic Medical Records, University of Chicago Hospitalist Study, and national sample surveys of physicians and medical students. • Topic areas: medical decision-making, opiod use, personalized medicine, diabetes care, virtue ethics and burnout among physicians, oncology, urology, gastroenterology, orthopedics, pediatric neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otolaryngology, and infectious disease management.

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Independent consultant on childhood obesity program evaluations, public health research, and organizational development. Provides support services in research and statistics, policy and program evaluation, and strategic planning for clients in health and education.

Greater Atlanta Area

Managed physical activity surveillance projects for the CDC to meet the needs of national Healthy People and stakeholders at the national, state, and community levels. Published research and statistical reports. Sought methods to improve quality and expand surveillance to meet the changing requirements of interdisciplinary strategies to improve health.

Greater Atlanta Area

Managed physical activity surveillance and published research and statistical reports. Explored national data and methods from non-health disciplines to develop new surveillance systems for environmental supports for physical activity.

Greater Atlanta Area

Managed physical activity surveillance, provided statistical support for epidemiological research activities, and conducted epidemiological and measurement research with U.S. and international data from the WHO and World Bank.

Lagrange, Georgia, United States

Middleton, Massachusetts, United States

Rochester, New York, United States

Ma, Divinity

Ms, Nutrition

Bs, Mechanical Engineering