Seminar Series: Dr. Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing
From real-world data to anti-fake world evidence: The story of iNPHORM
Alexandria Ratzki-Leewing
Assistant Professor
Division of Gerontology
Department of Epidemiology
Public Health University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing
Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Center (CTRIC)
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Adjunct Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University, Ontario, CA
Short Biography:
Dr. Ratzki-Leewing is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Gerontology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, and the UM-Institute for Health Computing. She is affiliated with the Clinical and Translational Research Informatics Center, Center for Research on Aging, and the UM Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center. Dr. Ratzki-Leewing also holds an Adjunct Professor at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University (Canada). Her research centers on leveraging person-reported data to measure iatrogenic hypoglycemia in diverse adult populations with diabetes. She has secured over $2 million in research funding for projects across 10+ countries, published in top-tier medical journals, and contributed to major diabetes clinical guidelines. Dr. Ratzki-Leewing is co-editor of the forthcoming ADA (American Diabetes Association) compendium on hypoglycemia in primary care, is an invited member of the ADA Conference Planning Hypoglycemia Sub-committee, and a fellow of the ADA Women’s Interprofessional Network Group. She is also a steering committee member of the International Hypoglycemia Study Group. In 2023, she was named a ‘Rising Star’ by the International Diabetes Center.
Keywords:
Type 1 and type 2 diabetes epidemiology, Hypoglycemia epidemiology, Clinical epidemiology, Pharmacoepidemiology, Real-world methods and data, Health survey design, Person-reported outcome measures
Date: Friday, November 15
Time: 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Location: PHFM 3015 (Western Centre for Public Health and Family Medicine) or Zoom (link may be requested at EpiBio@uwo.ca)
