Two distinct capstone projects from MScA program that show the power of analytical models to understand yogurt industry landscape and to identify high risk patients with Sepsis.
Event Details
Yogurt Industry landscape: The study is an in-depth analysis of the United States yogurt market over a two year span (2011-2012). During this period, immense changes occurred within the marketplace: (1) sales of traditional yogurt styles that have been mainstays see steady decline, (2) new styles of yogurts (organic and Greek) emerge as alternatives, and (3) new players enter the market and threaten the market share of major conglomerates such as Yoplait and Danone. The analysis performed leverages advanced statistical techniques to understand competition and pricing within the yogurt industry during this period. Models used to better understand the competition include multiple regression, price elasticity and hierarchical clustering.
Early detection of Sepsis: Sepsis is a dangerous medical condition with a high mortality rate and is increasing in cases each year. The goal of the research is to develop a risk stratification model to identify patients that are high risk in developing sepsis as early detection of sepsis can effectively reduce the mortality and morbidity rate of patients. A risk stratification model was created to improve the accuracy of identifying patients that are at high risk in acquiring sepsis prior to the earlier stages of the known symptoms.
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Speaker Profiles
Julie The (Speaker)
Senior Analytics Consultant for Enterprise Analytics at CVS Health focused on insights and strategic reporting for specialty medication and patient data analysis for chronic disease management. She also served as Continual Service Improvement Analyst at Walgreens where she specialized in analyzing IT services and determining improvement opportunities supported by data. She received her Bachelor's in Economics and Psychology from Lake Forest College and Master's in Analytics from University of Chicago.
Mike Cavato (Speaker)
Senior Manager of Clinical Analytics at AMITA Health. Mike specializes in transforming data into actionable insights used for strategic decision making primarily within the hospital provider setting focusing in areas such as Revenue Cycle, Decision Support, Reimbursement, Business Intelligence, and Quality and Patient Safety. Currently, pursuing a Masters in Analytics from the University of Chicago. Also, received an MBA from Saint Xavier University and has a Bachelor's in Finance from the University of Iowa.
Bill Menden (Speaker)
Independent programmer primarily writing desk top trading applications for acquaintances. Graduated from the University of Chicago with a Master of Science in Analytics. A former member of the Chicago Board Option Exchange, Bill started his career as a runner on the floor of the CBOE learning option trading from the ground up. In 2008, Bill shifted his focus away from market making to proprietary trading and built an Excel based front end trading platform. Currently developing a web based trade analytics platform targeting both traders and retail investors
David Wind (Speaker)
Working for McMaster Carr in various capacities, including workflow distribution, incoming inventory verification, industrial supply product specialist in customer service, and currently website presentation design. On track to graduate from the University of Chicago's Analytics program in 2016 and received Bachelor's of Information Technology from Elmhurst College and Bachelor's in English with a minor in Creative Writing from Eastern Illinois University.
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