About Dr. Leslie Phillips

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Dr. Leslie Phillips is a doctoral-level epidemiologist who brings 20 years of experience

in responding to public health crises. She specializes in outbreak response and pandemic infection control and currently leads COVID-19 response at a Seattle non-profit. Dr. Phillips is experienced with Lean Startup, best practices for survey research, data analysis and interpretation, as well as helping clients with study design and study limitations.

She founded Data-Driven LLC to offer epidemiologic consulting with an emphasis on mitigating the risk of COVID-19 transmission. She is passionate about using epidemiologic methods to deconstruct problems, test solutions and interpret findings. And specializes in helping individuals and organizations assess and mitigate risk as  they plan to return-to-work, while ensuring accurate and up-to-date science to inform actions. Dr. Phillips brings clarity and equanimity to common anxieties around COVID-19. She is adept at communicating with a wide range of audiences from low-wage workers or C-level executives.

Data-Driven LLC specializes in helping clients. Whether that is addressing cancer screening disparities in under-served populations or ensuring that COVID-19 response  is agile and based on the best available science. Dr. Phillips has deep experience in epidemiology, infection control, Lean Startup, best practices for survey research, study design, data analysis and the interpretation and application of research findings.

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Dr. Phillips and Data-Driven LLC strive to find the simplest solutions to even the most complex problems. Sometimes the outcome is as simple as a professional, unbiased referral to services and technology that meets your needs.    

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Working to create a healthier world, Data-Driven focuses on synthesizing and communicating data related to health or other outcomes where pattern detection, quantification, and communication are key to guiding successful strategy. Specific to the SARS-CoV-2 virus, Dr. Phillips stays abreast of the current science of transmission and risk mitigation and delights in communicating these findings to workers and clients with clear and actionable guidance.

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If you need guidance in the following areas, we have experience in: COVID-19 safety plans, outbreak response, synthesizing evidence, piloting/testing solutions, designing studies and evaluating study designs for common biases, quantitative and qualitative research, best practice survey research, primary data collection, secondary data analyses, using publicly-available data (Census, ACS, etc.) to contextualize decisions, as well as manuscript writing and editing.