Mackenzie Bogiages

About Me

I strive to make healthcare more efficient and more effective by solving healthcare's most challenging problems. My goal is to always continue learning, improving, and evolving.

I am interested in applying advanced analytics and statistics to improve healthcare from the perspective of the patient and the provider by solving problems such as data accessibility, delays in patient care, patient misclassification, interoperability, staffing optimization, and more. In particular, I want to leverage statistical modeling to allow physicians and researchers to optimize patient care.

I am an avid runner, dog lover, explorer of national parks, a die-hard UNC fan, and an enthusiast of most outdoor activities and sports.

Experience

Truveta

Statistician | Software Engineer

Develop SDK to expedite researcher workflows. Work with research team to recreate published studies and create new insights to prove validity of our datasets.

IBM

Senior Data Scientist | Managing Consultant

Helped clients in the healthcare and life sciences industries operate more effectively and more efficiently. Operated in data scientist, project manager, and business analyst roles. Main focuses included forecasting, Natural Language Understanding, Prior Authorization, and Medical Device Regulation.

Education

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

September 2014 - May 2018

Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Analytics

Bachelor of Arts in Economics

Minor in Hispanic Studies

Relevant coursework: Advanced Methods of Data Analysis, Machine Learning, Stochastic Modeling, Statistical Methods I, Decision Making Using Models, Introduction to Probability, Introduction to Optimization, Foundations of Decision Sciences, Introduction to Data Analysis, Linear Algebra for Applications, Healthcare Management , Introduction to Scientific Programming, Applied Econometric Analysis, Health Economics: Problems and Policy, Industrial Organizations, Introduction to Statistics and Econometrics

Awards: Buckley Public Service Scholar, Carolina Research Scholar, Heritage Greece Scholar

Foreign Exchange: Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Publications

Risk of COVID-19 breakthrough infection and hospitalization in individuals with comorbidities

The successful development of multiple COVID-19 vaccines has led to a global vaccination effort to reduce severe COVID-19 infection and mortality. However, the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccines wane over time leading to breakthrough infections where vaccinated individuals experience a COVID-19 infection. Here we estimate the risks of breakthrough infection and subsequent hospitalization in individuals with common comorbidities who had completed an initial vaccination series.

Publication

Examining the Impact of Education on Diabetes Rates

Diabetes rates are a problem of growing concern in the U.S. Over 30 million people in the U.S. have been diagnosed with diabetes, and over 90 percent of that group has the largely preventable type 2 diabetes. In order to thwart the disease that costs the U.S. $245 billion a year, the populations most susceptible to diabetes need to be identified and educated. Using data from MEPS, education and several other factors have been identified and their relationships with diabetes have been analyzed to target at risk populations and outline tactics to educate those in dire need of preventative care.

Publication

Op-Ed: HG 2016

Heritage Greece is a cultural and education immersion odyssey for accomplished and highly ambitious Greek and Greek American college students. Upon completion of the experience, I was selected to write an opinion piece for the National Hellenic Society's newsletter to demonstrate the program's value to donors and advocate for its continued funding.

Publication

Skills

Python
R
Stata
MATLAB
SQL
Octave
GAMS

Spanish
Greek

Certifications

Certified Scrum Master

Certification

Certified Data Scientist

Certification

Certificación Profesional: Ciencia de Datos

Certification