CLAIRE E. O’HANLON
cohanlon@rand.org (310-393-0411 x7317)
Pardee RAND Graduate School
Ph.D. Candidate in Policy Analysis
M.Phil. in Policy Analysis
University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy
Master of Public Policy
Certificate in Health Administration and Policy
Harvey Mudd College
B.S. Engineering
Santa Monica, CA
2013 – present
2015
Chicago, IL
2013
2013
Claremont, CA
2009
EXPERIENCE
Assistant Policy Analyst
Santa Monica, CA
RAND Corporation
2013 – present
 Created and analyzed options for governance of the University of California’s medical centers
 Researched and wrote a guide on behavioral economics-based interventions for disaster preparedness
 Extracted state insurance coverage information and calculated national reimbursement rates of autism treatment
 Assisted with literature screening, data abstraction, and synthesis for several health-related systematic reviews
 Conducted literature reviews for projects on oncology drug shortages and valuing of diagnostic technologies
 Performed qualitative data analysis for focus groups of young homeless smokers and wrote draft manuscript
Research Assistant
Chicago, IL
General Internal Medicine, University of Chicago Medicine
2012 – 2013
 Performed data cleaning and statistical analysis to validate a life expectancy model in older patients with diabetes
 Presented draft manuscript at Society of General Internal Medicine annual meeting
O’Hanlon, C.E.; Lee, S.M.; John, P.; Chin, M.; Huang, E.S. Comparison and accuracy of life expectancy predictions by
patients, physicians, and prognostic models in older patients with type 2 diabetes. Society of General Internal Medicine Annual
Meeting, Denver, CO: April 23-27, 2013.
Intern
Pittsburgh, PA
Knopp Biosciences, LLC (biotechnology start-up)
2012
 Created pharmacoeconomic model in MatLab to calculate health care costs of new Parkinson’s treatments
 Researched and wrote reports for company executives on competitor drugs and strategic partnerships
Lab Technician
Division of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Duquesne University
 Formulated and characterized drug delivery agents for breast cancer treatment and imaging
 Supervised, trained, and advised three undergraduate researchers
 Co-authored and edited grant proposals and scientific manuscripts
Pittsburgh, PA
2010 – 2011
O'Hanlon, C.E.; Amede, K.G.; O'Hear, M.R.; Janjic, J.M. NIR-labeled perfluoropolyether nanoemulsions for drug
delivery and imaging. Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 137:27-33, 2012.
LEADERSHIP
Health Broker, On-the-Job-Training (OJT) Brokerage
Student Representative, Faculty Committee on Curriculum and Appointments (FCCA)
2015 – present
2014 – present
SKILLS
Stata, R, Python, MatLab, EndNote, ArcGIS, Prezi, AntConc, DocuScope, AtlasTI, Excel, PowerPoint, Word