Jessica Franklin

Jessica Franklin, PhD, was an Assistant Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School and biostatistician in the Division of Pharmacoepidemiology and Pharmacoeconomics at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Her research focuses on developing and applying statistical methods for the study of medicines, including comparative effectiveness and adverse effects of drugs, the consequences of drug policy, and drug utilization. Her methodological interests are in causal inference and hierarchical modeling. Dr. Franklin received her Bachelor’s degree in mathematics at the University of Georgia and her doctorate in biostatistics at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

Jessica is now a Principal Consultant, Epidemiology and Real-World Evidence at Optum.

Education

• PhD The Johns Hopkins University (2005 — 2010)
• BS The University of Georgia (2001 — 2005)

Companies

• Principal Consultant, Epidemiology and Real-World Evidence Optum (2020)
• Visiting Scientist Harvard Medical School (2020)
• Associate Professor Harvard Medical School (2020 — 2020)
• Biostatistician Brigham and Women's Hospital (2010 — 2020)
• Assistant Professor Harvard Medical School (2015 — 2020)
• Instructor Harvard Medical School (2010 — 2015)