Dr. Carrie Kanzinger
Dr. Carrie Kanzinger is the Manager of Data Science at Main Line Health, leading the Quality & Patient Safety analytics team. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Mathematics from Lafayette College, completing her honors thesis and subsequent publication in the development of a bio-mathematical model for substrate concentrations in tissues surrounding single capillaries. In her 19-year tenure at Main Line, Carrie has also received an MBA at Villanova University with a dual concentration in Strategic Management and Management Information Systems as well as a PhD in Population Health Sciences specializing in Health Data Science.
In her current role, Carrie has become an analytics expert in Emergency Department and Surgical Services data as well as a champion for advancing analytics in predictive modeling, statistical methods, applied research, health disparities and social factors influencing access to health care. Carrie also serves as an active member of the Main Line Health Analytics Co-Leads, Data Governance, and Readmission Reduction teams. In 2020, Carrie was a finalist in Academy Health’s Research competition for her thematic analysis of suicide research from their HRSProj database and in 2023 was nominated for Academy Health’s Outstanding Dissertation Award. Carrie also served as the keynote speaker for the 2023 Population Health Research Day at Main Line Health presenting her predictive modeling work in ED High Utilization as well as a key speaker in the 2024 13th Annual DREI Colloquium presenting a data review on Social Determinants of Health. Carrie is also actively pursuing paper submissions to various national journals for her current research in ED Utilization.
In her current role, Carrie has become an analytics expert in Emergency Department and Surgical Services data as well as a champion for advancing analytics in predictive modeling, statistical methods, applied research, health disparities and social factors influencing access to health care. Carrie also serves as an active member of the Main Line Health Analytics Co-Leads, Data Governance, and Readmission Reduction teams. In 2020, Carrie was a finalist in Academy Health’s Research competition for her thematic analysis of suicide research from their HRSProj database and in 2023 was nominated for Academy Health’s Outstanding Dissertation Award. Carrie also served as the keynote speaker for the 2023 Population Health Research Day at Main Line Health presenting her predictive modeling work in ED High Utilization as well as a key speaker in the 2024 13th Annual DREI Colloquium presenting a data review on Social Determinants of Health. Carrie is also actively pursuing paper submissions to various national journals for her current research in ED Utilization.
