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Brennan Beal
A pharmacist turned data scientist experienced in data science via large databases hosted on platforms such as PostgreSQL, Redshift, and Snowflake. My work has involved improving the speed and efficiency at which our data science teams’ processes can be achieved as well as research investigating the limits of causal inference. My best work is done in a cross-functional environment. Reach out to learn more!
Industry Experience
Quantitative Scientist
Flatiron Health
New York, NY
Current - 2021
- Leveraging the RStudio Connect API to lead Flatiron’s EDM team in the automation and deployment of a QA pipeline to cut monthly engineering time by 75% and reduce error flagging time to 0 manual seconds
- Thought leader for target-trial emulation to reduce immortal time bias in survival modeling
- Collaborating with our clinicians to develop R packages for scaling the speed at which we can deliver data to clients
- Researching clinical and socioeconomics barriers to access for Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy patients
- Conducting research on the use of real-world data (RWD) for ex-US HTA use cases, including collaboration with NICE, UK and thought leadership surrounding the transportability of US-generated real-world evidence
Post-Doctoral Healthcare Economics Research Fellow
AbbVie with the University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2021 - 2019
- Designed and led a study employing stratified gamma generalized linear models to indicate that large US payers spend >$315M on preventable glaucoma costs supporting legacy Allergan’s second largest durable growth area prior to the acquisition
- Created and began marketing an RShiny app, the Real-World Evidence Assessments and Nee¬ds Guidance (REAdi) Tool, to assist payers in streamlining the process of RWE synthesis and decision-making, which went on to receive $50,000 in funding
- Managed vendors to support an economic value story for AbbVie’s $2.3B eye care portfolio
Independent Consultant/Entrepreneur
Chiesi USA, Inc.
Raleigh, NC
2019 - 2018
- Restructured FY 2020 marketing strategy by identifying a $600k profit opportunity within their provider outreach program
- Optimized marketing efforts for an $80M product by demonstrating the synergistic effect of two separate in-house marketing teams, yielding a 300% increase in uptake compared to no marketing
Selected Publications, Posters, and Talks
How we think about carrying evidence across country borders
Flatiron Health Evidence Desk
N/A
2022
- Brennan Beal
Passport for Travel: Proposed Framework for Transportability of Oncology Real World Evidence
ISPOR 2022 Poster
N/A
2022
- Brennan Beal, Ivy Altomare, Joshua Ray, Danielle Bargo, Blythe Adamson
Comparing Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs for Patients with Normal Tension Glaucoma Across Levels of Severity: A Retrospective Cohort Study
Clinical Ophthalmology
N/A
2021
- Brennan Beal, Vanessa Shih, Joanna Campbell, David Veenstra, and Beth Devine
Online tools to synthesize real-world evidence of comparative effectiveness research to enhance formulary decision making
Journal of Managed Care and Specialty Pharmacy
N/A
2021
- Shuxian Chen, Jennifer Graff, Sophia Yun, Brennan Beal, Jamie T Ta, Aasthaa Bansa, Joshua J Carlson, David L Veenstra, Anirban Basu, and Beth Devine
Intro to R
University of Washington
N/A
2021
- Developed and led a course to teach incoming PhD and Fellows the basics of understanding data with R
REAdi Tool for RWE Evaluation
R/Medicine 2020
N/A
2020
- Invited to present the REAdi Tool as a novel use case for RShiny
Package Development
adheRenceRX
CRAN
N/A
2020
- Authored an opinionated set of R functions, which leverage C++ to improve the speed and efficiency at which researchers can conduct pharmaceutical adherence assessment
Selected Writing/Projects
Reservation Bot
Private Github
N/A
2022
- Developed a reservation bot leveraging crontab, R6 classes, and a popular reservation API to gather in-demand reservations as soon as they become available. Code for demo upon request - not publicly available.
Parameterizing RMarkdown Reports with Whisker
Personal Blog
N/A
2022
- In a scaling organization, copying and pasting code can be the source of a lot of headache. My blog describes a way to templatize markdown reports to scale reporting infrastructure in a sustainable way.
Indifference Curves Explained Through Visualization
Personal Blog
N/A
2019
- Understanding the economic theory of utility is often accomanied by two-dimensional graphs of indifference curves; however, this can sometimes be confusing and misleading. This post is meant to demystify indifference curves through three-dimensional visualizations.
Expected Loss as a Way to Better Communicate Cost Effectiveness
Personal Blog
N/A
2019
- Discussing why the technology most likely to be cost-effective may not always be the best option for reducing risk
Education
M.S., Healthcare Economics and Outcomes Research
University of Washington
Seattle, WA
2021
- University Graduate Fellow
- Thesis: Comparing Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs for Patients with Normal Tension Glaucoma Across Levels of Severity: A Retrospective Cohort Study
- First Fellow to receive the University of Washington School of Pharmacy Graduate Student Leadership Award
Doctor of Pharmacy
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC
2019
- Focused on healthcare economics and value of pharmacists in primary care clinics
B.S., Structural and Molecular Biochemistry
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
2015