Chandra Couzens, Mph
About Chandra Couzens, Mph
Chandra Couzens, MPH, is a Research Analyst at Mathematica with a background in public health and data analysis. She has held various research and teaching positions at Yale University and has experience in Medicaid data quality and alternative payment models.
Current Role at Mathematica
Chandra Couzens is currently employed as a Research Analyst at Mathematica, a position she has held since 2020. In this role, she leads stakeholder calls with state Medicaid officials and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) on projects focused on Medicaid data quality and alternative payment models. She conducts exploratory quantitative and qualitative analyses utilizing tools such as SAS, Microstrategy/SQL, and Excel. Her work primarily revolves around Medicaid home-and-community-based care policy flexibilities.
Previous Experience at Yale University
Chandra Couzens has extensive experience at Yale University, where she held multiple positions. She worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Yale University School of Medicine from 2019 to 2020 for one year. Additionally, she served as a Graduate Teaching Fellow at the Yale School of Public Health for four months in 2020. Couzens also participated as a Practicum Student at the Yale School of Public Health in 2019 for five months and worked as a Student Consultant from 2018 to 2019 for eight months. Furthermore, she was a Graduate Assistant at the Asian American Cultural Center at Yale from 2018 to 2020.
Educational Background in Public Health
Chandra Couzens earned her Master of Public Health (MPH) degree in Epidemiology of Microbial Diseases from the Yale School of Public Health, completing her studies from 2018 to 2020. Prior to this, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Human Biology and a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Global Health from the University of California, San Diego, where she studied from 2014 to 2018.
Internship and Research Experience
Chandra Couzens has participated in various internships and research roles that contributed to her expertise. She was an Innovation and Analytics Intern at Planned Parenthood of Greater New York for two months in 2019. Additionally, she interned at Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein as a DAAD RISE Intern for three months in 2016. Her experience also includes a Research Intern position at The Scripps Research Institute in 2015 for three months and a Research Intern role at the La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology from 2017 to 2018.
Skills and Analytical Contributions
Chandra Couzens possesses strong analytical skills, demonstrated through her involvement in a national survey related to contact tracing and Medicaid data quality analytics. She develops technical specifications for Medicaid utilization, outcomes, and data quality metrics. Her proficiency in quantitative and qualitative analyses supports her contributions to projects centered on Medicaid policy and data quality.