Current Research Interest
Jessica’s current research interests involve the analysis of data arising from electronic health records, including appropriately accounting for selection biases, integrating various data sources, and defining real-world endpoints. Much of this work arises from her role in the Statistical Coordinating Center for the American Association for Cancer Research Project Genomics Evidence Neoplasia Information Exchange Biopharma Collaborative (AACR Project GENIE BPC), a multi-institution initiative to build a pan-cancer repository of genomic and clinical data for patients with cancer. Together with Sammi Brown, Karissa Whiting, and Hannah Fuchs, the team released and maintains an R package, {genieBPC}, to facilitate a data processing pipeline for these complex data. In her collaborations with the exercise oncology group she works alongside exercise scientists to determine tolerable doses of exercise in patients with cancer, as well as the effect of exercise on patient outcomes. She also supports the orthopedic surgery service, collaborating on projects related to the treatment and outcomes of musculoskeletal cancers. She serves as a Randomization Coordinator of the Biostatistics Service and is responsible for the design and maintenance of the treatment allocation schema for the Center’s randomized protocols. She is passionate about outreach to communities that are currently underrepresented in the field of biostatistics and is active in the department’s Bridge to Biostats committee. Jessica was the inaugural chair of the Biostatistics Service Social Media committee in 2021, creating the @MSKBiostats Twitter account and growing it to over 1,000 followers in one year. She has also previously served on the social media committees for ENAR and the Caucus for Women in Statistics. She is a member of the ENAR Regional Advisory Board (2023-2025), a committee focused on generating new initiatives for ENAR.