PhD Candidate
Division of Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy, University of North Carolina School of Pharmacy, Chapel Hill
Sam received her bachelor's degree in philosophy from Creighton University in 2013 and her MPH in environmental health from the Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University in 2015. She has prior work experience in analytical chemistry, environmental epidemiology, qualitative research, and pharmacoepidemiology. Her focus during her PhD has been pharmacoepidemiology, which is leveraging secondary data sources, such as electronic medical records and insurance claims, to study a variety of health services topics. For her dissertation, Sam is using Medicare data to describe vaccine patterns and predictors of use among patients with a history of Guillain-Barré Syndrome. In her spare time, Sam enjoys craft beer, hiking, and DIY projects
