Data Analyst Public Health

ISHWARYA RAVICHANDRAN

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Public Health Data Analyst DLH Corporation CDC Atlanta, GA 3/2025 – Current

● Conduct CDMET analyses on > 2 million HIV surveillance records and create reports to support cluster detection and response efforts within the Division of HIV Prevention.

● Support NDP certification by reviewing and validating dataset quality and regulatory compliance.

● Contribute to quarterly data processing and conduct time-space and national molecular analyses.

● Develop and manage interactive Power BI dashboards for time-space surveillance, overseeing data uploads, change requests, and quality control (QC) checks to keep insights timely and actionable.

● Partner with state and local health departments nationwide to leverage eHARS data for real-time HIV cluster detection and coordinated intervention planning.

Data Manager Alexton Incorporated CDC Atlanta, GA 4/2024 – 2/2025

● Served as a technical advisor to CDC’s Division of Global Health Protection on large-scale non-communicable disease

(NCD) data projects.

● Utilized SAS, STATA, and R to perform weighted multivariate analysis to analyze epidemiologic research studies.

● Led analytic collaboration with partners in Bangladesh, delivering descriptive statistics, multivariable regression outputs, and survey weights for multi-wave, multi-site surveys of thousands of participants.

● Applied survey-methodology expertise to produce customized statistical reports and tables that underpin research findings and publications.

● Served as a technical advisor on global data analysis projects involving large-scale datasets on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in the Division of Global Health Protection at CDC. Senior Public Health Data Analyst Prime Technical Services CDC Atlanta, GA 11/2022 – 4/2024

● Utilized SAS and R to clean and transform NHANES and HUS datasets, significantly enhancing the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Data Query System through improved data management and analysis protocols.

● Developed and standardized data specification forms, created SOPs for data processing, and led a research initiative to refine data protocol, markedly improving data accuracy, consistency, and usability.

● Authored detailed metadata documentation and pseudocode to clarify variables and streamline data interpretation.

● Designed and executed a restructuring plan that corrected variable-recoding issues and other inconsistencies, elevating dataset reliability and accessibility.

Public Health Data Analyst DLH Corporation CDC Atlanta, GA 09/2021 – 11/2022

● Performed statistical analyses and managed data for seven Division of HIV Prevention projects, using SAS, R, NVivo, and REDCap to strengthen dataset integrity and HIV-epidemiology insights.

● Cleaned and analyzed IQVIA prescription records for > 20,000 adolescents (2018-2021), producing analytic tables that underpinned the Adolescents on PrEP study presented at the AAP conference.

● Designed, fielded, and analyzed a SurveyMonkey instrument for the THRIVE Community Collaborative, applying survey-methodology principles to pinpoint community needs and inform public-health strategy. Public Health Data Manager ICF Consulting Atlanta, GA 06/2021 – 08/2021

● Analyzed HIV-diagnosis data and produced descriptive statistics that guided targeted interventions: outreach initiatives, policy recommendations, and future research priorities.

● Managed and populated table shells for multiple projects, safeguarding data integrity and enabling clear, actionable analyses.

● Conducted qualitative analysis for the THRIVE study, coding social determinants, healthcare access, and risk-behavior indicators and weaving findings into trend reports that informed intervention strategy. Maternal Mortality Health Equity Data Analyst/Manager Emory University Atlanta, GA 01/2021 – 06/2021

● Collaborated with Dr. Michael Kramer on the initial development phase of a 'Health Equity Toolkit'

● Leveraged R for the identification and retrieval of data sources, advanced data cleaning and imputation, and data preparation for storage in SQL databases

● Maintained comprehensive data documentation, including metadata and data dictionaries and maintained code on GitHub. EDUCATION

Emory University Rollins School of Public Health Atlanta, GA - Master of Public Health (MPH) – Epidemiology The Ohio State University Columbus, OH - Bachelors in Sociology; Minor in Global Public Health SKILLS QUALIFICATIONS

Analytical Skills: Cleaning, analyzing, and interpreting large-scale healthcare and real-world datasets (EMR, lab, claims, survey, mortality). Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical skills; experienced in data linkage, feature engineering, and evidence generation support.

Data Analysis & Programming: Proficient in SAS, R, STATA, SQL, Python, GIS, NVivo, RedCap, GitHub, and Microsoft Office Suite. Skilled in writing efficient SQL queries and working with structured/unstructured health data. Data Visualization & Reporting: Experienced in Tableau, Power BI, R (ggplot2, Shiny), SAS Visual Analytics, ArcGIS, and SPSS. Skilled in building interactive dashboards and publication-ready visuals for cross-functional and scientific audiences. Data Management & Documentation: Skilled in cleaning and standardizing large health datasets across domestic and global projects. Experienced in developing clear metadata, documentation, and SOPs to support data quality, regulatory compliance, and cross-team collaboration.

Communication & Collaboration: Proven ability to work with cross-functional teams including clinicians, data scientists, policy experts, and external partners to inform strategic decision-making and public health interventions. Languages: Proficient in Spanish and Tamil.

PUBLICATIONS

Lyons, C., Bendaud, V., Bourey, C., Erkkola, T., Ravichandran, I., Syarif, O., Stangl, A., Chang, J., Ferguson, L., Nyblade, L., Amon, J., Iovita, A., Janušonytė, E., Looze, P., Sprague, L., Sabin, K., Baral, S., & Murray, S. M. (2022). Global assessment of existing HIV and key population stigma indicators: A data mapping exercise to inform country-level stigma measurement. PLOS Medicine, 19(2). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1003914 Anne A. Kimball, Weiming Zhu, Jerome Leonard, Wei Wei, Ishwarya Ravichandran, Mary R. Tanner, Ya-Lin A. Huang, Karen W. Hoover, Athena P. Kourtis; HIV Preexposure Prophylaxis Provision among Adolescents: 2018 to 2021. Pediatrics November 2023; 152 (5): e2023062599. 10.1542/peds.202*-******

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