Buffalo, NY—Sandra Ann Ham is being recognized by
Continental Who’s Who as a Distinguished Professional for her
contributions as a biostatistics consultant.
Ms Ham earned a Bachelor of Science in mechanical
engineering from Kettering University. While pursuing a Master of Science in
nutrition at Cornell University, she realized her passion for health sciences
and discovered the field of nutritional epidemiology. This prompted an in-depth
study of epidemiological research and modeling methods that would shape the
rest of her career. Ms. Ham completed a Master of Divinity at the University of
Chicago Divinity School that reflected a shift in her career and her growing
interest in addressing social problems, including public health through the
lens of historical culture and faith.
Ms. Ham began her career in epidemiology with the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention. She was a health statistician on the
epidemiology and surveillance team in the CDC’S division of nutrition, physical
activity, and obesity. She helped craft official public health records and
policy at a national level and included research and information management for
a broad range of projects. Among these was her participation in a working group
collaboration with the World Health Organization as a part of the Global Burden
of Disease 2002.
Ms. Ham is a biostatistics consultant serving clients
independently as the owner of Sandra Ham Consulting. She worked with Tredegar
Film Products as a technology supervisor and plastics process engineer from
1997 to 1999 and briefly working as a data analyst for TRW based out of Atlanta
Georgia.
Ms. Ham was a member of the Healthy People 2010 working
group and the organization’s speaker’s bureau as well as serving as lead statistician
on the Shephard Award Committee, which recognizes outstanding scientific
research. She explored these issues as an independent scholar, incorporating
the work of many other Theologians philosophers and scientists from 2011 to
2019. Ms. Ham also served as a senior statistician at the University of Chicago
Pritzker School of Medicine’s Center for Health and Social Sciences. She is a
published author and has chapters in “Interactive World Interactive God,”
released in 2017, and has been the editor of H-Scholar since 2020.
Ms. Ham is associated with the Theology Society/National
Coalition of Independent Scholars. She would like to dedicate this honor with
special thanks to Paul Mankowski and SJ and Caroline Macera.
