Jillian provides consultation, support and training on statistical issues for researchers across Northwestern. She brings several decades of experience to her role, across all stages of the research process.
After many years at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Jillian joined Northwestern in 2024. Since then, she’s consulted with researchers at all career stages, across a wide range of study topics. She has worked on and published a wide range of statistical analyses alongside researchers from medical, scientific, and social science backgrounds. Jillian has experience with an extensive range of statistical regression models, including complex models taking account of non-independence of cases. She has also worked on analyses involving complex case-control and other sampling approaches, questionnaire design, competing-risk survival analysis, and mixed linear models. Jillian has co-authored many papers in journals in medicine and related sciences. In her earlier career, she worked on analysis and presentation of socio-economic data in the United Kingdom. She has an MSc in Applied Stochastic Systems from University College London, and a BSc in Physics from Durham University.
Jillian is passionate about clear communication and presentation of statistical information and loves to work cooperatively in an environment where all members of the team learn from each other. She has long been involved in a range of human rights and community issues, and takes an active role in these inside and outside Northwestern.
When not working with data, Jillian cooks well, plays guitar badly, reads extensively, and loves the outdoors on foot and by bicycle. She’s happy to talk to you about Jazz, science fiction, and her life as a new Chicagoan.