Monica Gerber
Data Scientist in Public Health
Hello!
I’m a data scientist and public health professional interested in using open source tools to understand and promote population health. I have worked at Fred Hutch in the Vaccine Immunology Statistical Center, where I analyzed large laboratory assay and clinical datasets for vaccine research in HIV/AIDS and other infectious disease areas. Previously I was a biostatistician at Massachusetts General Hospital in Pediatrics and in the Center for Community Health Improvement.
In my free time, I enjoy volunteering with R-Ladies Seattle and the Seattle Mountaineers.
Interests
- Statistical analysis
- Reproducibility
- Open science
- R programming
Education
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MPH, Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Boston University
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BA, Anthropology
Reed College
Recent Posts
Roundup of growth chart packages
At rOpenSci’s annual unconf, I suggested a project to work on functions that convert physical growth measurements into z-scores and percentiles. For example, researchers in the United States studying childhood obesity often calculate the BMI z-score or percentage of the 95th percentile of BMI from nationally representative survey data.
Reflections on rstudio::conf 2018
It’s been a couple of months since rstudio::conf 2018 and I’m still mulling over what I learned in 2 days in San Diego. I grew up in the sunshine of San Diego, so it was good to be back and also feel inspired by the amazing energy of the R community.