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Erin Foster

Pronouns: She/Her

Senior Research Scientist
Public Health
Erin ensures data quality for the National Immunization Survey and other large national surveys.

Erin serves as the data quality assurance lead for the National Immunization Survey (NIS). She oversees the NIS research team data review, coordinates across teams on data review efforts, and conducts analyses on data collection. She has over 14 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.

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University of Illinois at Chicago

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Northwestern University

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