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Erin Foster

Pronouns: She/Her

Senior Research Scientist
Erin is an analyst with expertise in data review, analysis, delivery, and data quality.

Erin currently serves as an analyst on the Data Processing Team of the Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP). In addition, she provides data analysis support for the National Immunization Survey (NIS). Erin has over 15 years of experience in survey data review, data analysis, and data cleaning and delivery. She is skilled in SAS programming and questionnaire testing, and she is known for her strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.

Erin has managed data review and data delivery on several surveys, including the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Across the U.S. (REACH U.S.) in 2009-2010, the 2009-2010 National Survey of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NS-CSHCN), the 2008 National Survey of Adoptive Parents of Children with Special Health Care Needs (NSAP-SN), the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH), and the 2007 National Survey of Adoptive Parents (NSAP).

Prior to joining NORC, Erin worked at Abt Associates.

Education

MST

University of Illinois at Chicago

BA

Northwestern University

Publications