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NORC at the University Chicago

Becky Reimer

Principal Data Scientist
Health Care Programs
Becky specializes in leading complex analyses, conducting feasibility studies, and optimizing data processing.

Becky is a principal data scientist in NORC's Health Care Programs department. She has over 25 years of research and analytics experience, covering a wide range of analytic techniques and research methodologies. She specializes in providing technical leadership, defining research agendas, developing data structures and data management protocols, and conducting in-depth analytic investigations on both substantive and methodological topics. Becky is well-versed in managing complex data collection operations across multiple modes, spanning small- and large-scale telephone, web, in-person, mail-based, and multimode projects conducted for the federal government, private foundations, and other clients.

Becky currently focuses on methodological research, operational innovations, and analytics for projects including the Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS), a national, longitudinal survey of Medicare beneficiaries, and Reducing inequalities through Action, a study focused on reducing imbalances in health care access, quality, and outcomes. She previously managed a variety of survey projects related to public opinion and public policy within The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs. She also worked in an analytic capacity on the National Immunization Survey (NIS).

Prior to joining NORC, Becky managed data collection, data cleaning, and data processing efforts in survey research roles at Harvard University's Office of Instructional Research and Evaluation, the Center for Survey Research at UMass Boston, and Zagat Survey.

Project Contributions

AP VoteCast

More accurate insights into voters and the issues they care about

Client:

The Associated Press

Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP)

The nation’s most comprehensive source of hospital care data

Client:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Improving Health Through Quality Improvement

Helping ensure health quality in Medicare and Medicaid services

Client:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS)

The most comprehensive source of data on Medicare spending and the evolving needs of beneficiaries

Client:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey (MCBS) COVID-19 Supplements

The only pandemic surveys focused on the Medicare population

Client:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services

National Immunization Surveys (NIS)

One of the nation’s largest phone surveys and the gold standard for data on U.S. immunization rates

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases

Improving Health Through Quality Improvement

Helping ensure health quality in Medicare and Medicaid services

Client:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health

Resilience in the Wake of Superstorm Sandy

AP-NORC Center surveyed Americans about disaster preparation and recovery after the 2012 disaster

Client:

The Associated Press

The Long-Term Care Poll

A series of studies on long-term care and aging in America

Client:

The SCAN Foundation

The Lower-Wage Workforce: Employer and Worker Perspectives

A two-part study of how lower-wage workers and employers think about jobs and opportunities

Client:

The Associated Press

The Media Insight Project

Examine the public’s consumption of and attitudes toward media and journalism

Client:

American Press Institute

Publications

Research Library & Findings