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Peter Herman

Pronouns: He/Him

Research Methodologist
Methodology & Quantitative Social Sciences
Peter specializes in interactive data visualization, spatial statistics, and Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Peter is a research methodologist in the Methodology & Quantitative Social Sciences department at NORC at the University of Chicago. Since joining NORC in 2016, Peter has served as an expert in web-based interactive data visualization tools and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) analysis. 

Peter has served as the lead programmer on several websites built for NORC clients, such as the Rural Health Mapping Tool, the Social Media Age Visualization, and the Obesity Prevalence & Comorbidity Map, and contributed to several others, such as the Live Crime Tracker. For the Truth Foundation, Peter built software that used kernel density analysis and spatial regression to measure the exposure of population subgroups to tobacco retail outlets. Additionally, Peter leads a team of statistical programmers on the CMS Medicare Advantage and Prescription Drug Plan Monitoring project to conduct GIS analysis of provider networks. He also serves as a consultant for the Ukrainian USAID mission, providing virtual trainings and data visualization expertise. Across a variety of NORC projects, Peter builds web tools that assist in address frame creation and help monitor field performance.

Peter is also an expert in automated report generation, web development, and the R language. Peter has presented on these topics for the International Field Directors and Technologies Conference (IFD&TC), the Urban and Regional Information Systems Association (URISA), the American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR), and the American Statistical Association's Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM). 

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Expertise

Education

MA

University of Pennsylvania

BA

University of Chicago

Honors & Awards

Employee Recognition Award | 2019

NORC at the University of Chicago

Data Challenge | 2019

Joint Statistical Meetings, American Statistical Association

Project Contributions

Appalachian Overdose Mapping Tool

An online tool enables sophisticated analysis of opioid crisis in Appalachia

Client:

Appalachian Regional Commission

AP VoteCast

More inclusive and accurate polling of the dynamics behind America’s elections

Client:

The Associated Press

Live Crime Tracker

Gathering and harmonizing daily crime data from more than 50 large American cities

Medicare Advantage Prescription Drug Monitoring

Using geospatial analysis to help guarantee Medicare recipients’ access to prescription drugs

Client:

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)

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

Obesity Prevalence & Comorbidity Map

An interactive mapping tool offering insights into prevalence of obesity and related chronic diseases

Client:

Novo Nordisk

Rural Health Mapping Tool

An interactive mapping tool to help guide rural communities’ strategies around COVID-19

Client:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

The Truth Initiative Foundation GIS Support

Innovative geospatial analytical work to support groundbreaking tobacco research

Funder:

The Truth Initiative Foundation

Ukraine Monitoring & Learning Support

Providing top quality performance monitoring, GIS services, media monitoring, and surveys

Client:

U.S. Agency for International Development

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