Karen Walsh, D.H.Sc., M.S., M.B.A.

Dr. Karen Walsh is an Assistant Professor of Population Health and the Program Director of Health Data Science at the Jefferson College of Population Health (JCPH). As a applied statistician and health data scientist, her research focuses on predictive modeling, clinical informatics and health services. Her most recent research is around multiple sclerosis (MS) and focuses on geographic variation in MS care, quality, value, and predicting clinical endpoints. More specifically, comparing traditional statistical modeling approaches versus predictive analytics methods for predicting MS relapse and all-cause urgent care.

Dr. Walsh has taught advanced statistics and data science courses at JCPH, mentors JCPH Outcomes Research post-doctoral Fellows and serves as a chair on master's Capstone Projects. Before coming to Jefferson, she held positions at Independence Blue Cross, UnitedHealthcare and Optum. Her most recent role she served as Director of Research and Methods within the Informatics and Data Science area at Optum.