Katrin O'Grady, MPH

via UMN Humphrey School · Minneapolis, MN

• Partnered with the Superior Hiking Trail Association to identify analysis needs and deliver findings supporting grant applications and trail maintenance planning.
• Cleaned, merged, and analyzed demographic and trail-use datasets in R and GIS; produced visualizations and summary tables for research clients and community audiences.
• Built an interactive R Shiny application to explore trail traffic and asset locations and conditions by trail section.
• Presented “Spatial and Temporal Variation in Use of the Superior Hiking Trail” with Dr. Greg Lindsey at the Active Living and Outdoor Health Conference in March 2026.

Minneapolis, MN

• Led site research for the PRECISE trial in patients with sepsis-induced organ failure, managing enrollment, randomization, sample processing, care-team coordination, and adverse event reporting.
• Led coordination of the CHD PULSE survey study at Children's, distributing surveys and managing participant communication for a multisite registry of adults with congenital heart disease.
• Guided new clinical investigators through the research process and trained staff on study procedures, systems, and compliance requirements.
• Managed project contract negotiations and budget management; partnered with pharmacy, nutrition, laboratory teams, and external healthcare collaborators to implement research projects.
• Coordinated a cardiac catheterization risk-management database; maintained study trackers, source materials, IRB documentation, and audit-ready processes.