Katherine (Kat) Hoffman

I am a biostatistician who is passionate about meaningful and reproducible medical research. I enjoy writing, speaking, and creating illustrations about statistics, programming, and career-related topics. I post new content on Twitter, and I am always open to hearing feedback via email.

Education:
M.S. Biostatistics | University of Michigan | 2018
B.S. Biochemistry | University of Detroit Mercy | 2015

Experience:
Research Biostatistician | Weill Cornell Medicine | 2018-present

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Featured blog posts

Statistics

• An Introduction to Modified Treatment Policies
• Building Statistical Intuition For Optimizing Individualized Treatment Rules
• [SERIES] An Introduction to Targeted Maximum Likelihood Estimation (TMLE)

Programming

• Treatment Timelines for Multiple Variables with {ggplot2}
• Annotated Effect Size Plots with {ggplot2}
• Customizable Correlation Plots in R

Career

• A Day in the Life of a Biostatistician
• Stats on Drugs: An Interview with a Pharmaceutical CRO Biostatistician
• On the Sidelines: NYC’s COVID-19 Surge through the eyes of a pulmonary and critical care team’s biostatistician