The Office of Nursing Research (ONR) offers complimentary statistical consultations to School of Nursing faculty and PhD students. Our consultants are here to support your research journey
Consultation Principles
- Focus: Our consultants specialize in research design and statistical methods and are not available for teaching or programming.
- Preparation: Please come prepared with all necessary materials, such as research questions, drafts of designs, questions about design and methods, and a synopsis of available data.
- PhD Students: Your PhD chair must attend the consultation. Currently,
- Other Students: ONR statistical consultations are exclusively available for PhD students. DNP students and others needing statistical consultation are encouraged to connect with the University of Washington Statistical Consulting Service. This free service provides access to consultants with expertise in R and other analytical programs during the academic year.
Consultants
Heather Herren, MPH: Ms. Herren is a Biostatistics Consultation Lead with the Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS). She has been with the University of Washington for 12 years with experience as a Cardiac Project Manager of the Resuscitation Outcomes Consortium, Project Director of the UW CTC, and a Biostatistician for ITHS. Prior to earning her MPH in Biostatistics, she was a Registered Nurse for 11 years with experience in ICU, CCU, MICU, and SICU. Before joining the University of Washington, Ms. Herren was a biostatistician for the department of Transplant Surgery at the University of Illinois. Her background in nursing and biostatistics is the foundation for her research career.
Kristin Beima-Sofie, PhD: Dr. Beima-Sofie is a Senior Research Scientist in the Department of Global Health at the University of Washington. She serves as core faculty for the UW/FHCRC Center for AIDS Research Behavioral Sciences Core, as well as faculty for the Global Center for Integrated Health of Women, Adolescents, and Children (Global WACh) and the Kenya Research and Training Center (KRTC). Dr. Beima-Sofie leads a qualitative mentoring group (QWIP) for students, fellows, faculty and staff, conducts workshops on qualitative methods for CFAR, and teaches the second course in the global health qualitative methods series (GH539: Analyzing Qualitative Data). As her research trajectory has advanced, she has moved along the translational health pathway from being a laboratory scientist to a qualitative methodologist. Originally focused on molecular and genetic influences on health, she now uses personal narratives to provide a deeper understanding of health experiences. Dr. Beima-Sofie’s research interests span a range of topics related to HIV, including HIV prevention and treatment, global and domestic foci, and key populations. A key focus of her research has been holistic care for women, adolescents, and children, applying a translational health continuum lens within 2 primary research domains: 1) behavioral and contextual influences on health outcomes using qualitative methods, and 2) bridging the ‘know-do gap’ through evaluation of intervention implementation using implementation science methods.
Stephanie Ruderman, MPH, PhD: Dr. Ruderman is a Research Scientist in the Department of Medicine at the University of Washington, and she received her MPH and PhD in Epidemiology from UW. She has extensive experience working with large datasets, longitudinal follow-up, and patient-reported outcomes. Her research is focused on people with HIV, including concentrations on healthy aging, clinical outcomes, and substance use.
- Statistical programming software expertise: Stata (primary), R (some experience)
- Analytic expertise: Linear mixed models, Cox survival models, Item response theory, Poisson (relative risk) regression, other basic regression modeling, Validation studies