Perspective

Westat Experts Present at AAPOR 2025

May 6, 2025

Westat’s public opinion and survey methodology experts are heading to the 80th Annual American Association for Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Conference, in St. Louis, MO,…

Conference

Korkmaz to Discuss Transformative Potential of Open-Source Software

May 5, 2025

Gizem Korkmaz, PhD, Westat Vice President, Data Science and AI, will present at the 10th Biennial Atlanta Conference on Science and Innovation Policy, hosted by…

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) | U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)

Can natural language processing improve the completeness of immunization data?

Harnessing natural language processing to enhance immunization information

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute | National Institutes of Health (NIH)

How can AI and scientific experts collaborate on innovative health approaches?

Implementing and operating NHLBI’s Artificial Intelligence—Coordinating Center (AI-CC)

In the News

Westat Sponsors Food for Thought Challenge

September 7, 2023

The Coleridge Initiative team has published a case study on the Food for Thought Challenge that focuses on how data science is used to solve…

Team Member

Gizem Korkmaz

Vice President, Data Science & AI

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

What is the most complete source of data on the use and costs of health care for Americans?

Using multimode methods to gather data for the MEPS-HC

National Center for Health Statistics

What are the national patterns of health care delivery in hospital-based settings?

Conducting the National Hospital Care Survey (NHCS)

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)

How can text data be quickly and accurately processed?

Using natural language processing and deep learning to classify comments in MEPS

Energy Information Administration

How can coding of RECS ESS data be automated and accelerated?

Using natural language processing to match energy suppliers in the RECS ESS