Rocky Aikens
Senior Statistician
San Francisco Bay Area United States
Summary
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Top SchoolRocky Aikens is a Senior Statistician based in the San Francisco Bay Area with a PhD in Biomedical Informatics from Stanford and a decade of experience applying observational methods for causal inference, measurement, and sampling to high‑stakes health policy evaluations. At Mathematica he leads technical teams and national CMS Innovation Center evaluations, translating rigorous methods into reproducible analysis pipelines, policy reports, and published manuscripts. He combines academic depth—advancing causal inference and evaluating ML/AI clinical algorithms—with practical delivery on federal and foundation timelines, mentoring peers and building internal statistical capacity. A former Stanford graduate researcher and consultant on randomized trials, Rocky also brings an unusual creative side as a former dance instructor, reflecting strong communication and teaching skills alongside technical leadership.
9 years of coding experience
3 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree Mathematics (emphasis in Statistics) and Biology, Bachelor's degree Mathematics (emphasis in Statistics) and Biology at Swarthmore CollegeDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomedical Informatics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University
Github Skills (12)
medicine10
data-files9
raw-data9
electrophysiology9
clinical-trials9
matching8
r-package8
polymorphism8
user-friendly6
data-science4
big-data3
python2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
raikens1/mutation_rate
Jul 2017 - Dec 2018
Code and raw data files for my work on private polymorphism differences between populations.
Contributions:103 commits, 11 PRs, 146 pushes in 1 year 5 months
polymorphismdataraw-datadifferencesdata-files
raikens1/RACplots
Aug 2020 - Jul 2021
Contributions:27 commits, 19 pushes, 8 comments in 10 months
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