About Me

A little bit of Monica in my life

One analysis in the R community that caught my attention is Hilary Parker’s analysis of the most poisoned baby name in US history. I was surprised that my own name didn’t show up in the analysis. If Hilary had a huge loss in 1993, what happened to Monica in 1999?

For a period when I was a kid the name ‘Monica’ is what made the adults turn down the NPR broadcast. Its entrance into popular culture due to the Clinton Impeachment, a shoutout in Mambo No. 5, and also being name of the the least likable roommate on Friends (#bossy)1, wasn’t exactly the kind of material that was going to make me cool.

Hello, world!

About my work

My name is Monica Gerber and I am a Biostatistician located in Boston, Massachusetts. I started working at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in January 2015, when I joined the Department of Psychiatry to work in a research group focused on population mental health. Currently, I work in General Academic Pediatrics and the Center for Community Health Improvement (CCHI).

At MGH I have the pleasure of working on many research and evaluation projects. In General Academic Pediatrics I work on several maternal and childhood obesity research studies. At CCHI, I help the evaluation team develop statistical analyses to understand the public health status of Boston’s communities and to evaluate prevention efforts. I am also the Principal Investigator of the Health Starts at Home implementation study which provides services to stabilize housing.