Summary
Alison Houze is a data scientist and senior health statistician with 11 years of analytic experience and a PhD focus in biostatistics, now applying her expertise as a GME Data Science - Business Intelligence Developer at HCA Healthcare. She has a strong track record building reproducible pipelines, automating reporting, and developing predictive and machine-learning models from claims and EHR data to improve healthcare program efficiency. Her research background includes distributed lag non-linear models for perinatal exposures, spatio-temporal COVID-19 analyses, and stepped-wedge cohort evaluations, reflecting a blend of rigorous epidemiologic methods and practical implementation. Known for meticulous documentation and troubleshooting, she moves complex studies from messy data to actionable insights while mentoring colleagues across interdisciplinary teams. An unusual strength is her teaching and tutoring history, which sharpens her ability to communicate complex statistical concepts to clinical and nontechnical stakeholders.
11 years of coding experience
5 years of employment as a software developer
Master's Degree, Statistics, Master's Degree, Statistics at Sam Houston State University
Post Baccalaureate studies, Mathematics, Post Baccalaureate studies, Mathematics at University of Houston
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology and Spanish, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Psychology and Spanish at Southwestern University
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Biostatistics at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health
English, Spanish