Show Me the MONEY: What is the Core Value of Big Data in an Organization and How do You Demonstrate It?

Pamela Peele, Ph.D., is the Chief Analytics Officer of the UPMC Insurance Services Division. Dr. Peele brings 13 years of patient care experience along with 12 years of academic research experience to her position as the leader of health care analytics at the Health Plan. She is responsible for data analytic activities, economic modeling, predictive modeling, statistical analysis, and machine learning. Her work focuses on the application of economic and statistical models to improve the health and welfare of populations. Prior to joining the Health Plan in 2006, Dr. Peele was the Vice Chair of the Department of Health Policy & Management at the University Of Pittsburgh Graduate School Of Public Health. She currently holds faculty appointments in Health Policy & Management and in Psychiatry in the School of Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh. She is core faculty at the Center for Research on Health Care at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. She has numerous published articles and book chapters.
Dr. Peele has a BA in economics from Roanoke College in Salem, VA, and a MA and a PhD in economics from Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA.