Chapin Hall

Rose Geoghegan is an Associate Researcher (Data Analytics) at Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago. Her work involves using linked administrative data to better understand the needs of economically disadvantaged families, then partnering with external stakeholders to help translate those insights into evidence-based policy. A skilled data scientist, Geoghegan designs, implements, and maintains complex R and SQL codebases; merges and assembles large administrative datasets; conducts statistical analysis; performs inferential and predictive modeling; and participates in the development of research protocols and design. Her current portfolio includes the federally funded TANF Employment Project to integrate TANF and employment data and improve the quality of evidence available to policymakers; an evaluation of asthma policy in Chicago Public Schools; and multiple projects to assess the quality and accessibility of publicly subsidized childcare. She has also collaborated on a pilot program to foster sustainable data use among state TANF staff.

Geoghegan is particularly interested in the design and evaluation of programs that provide aid through cash or in-kind transfers. Her work is grounded in her lived experience with homelessness and food insecurity; she is deeply committed to improving conditions for vulnerable families, and to ensuring their voices are represented in research and policy. Previous areas of interest include the neurobiological links between early-life toxic stress and adverse health outcomes.

Prior to coming to Chapin Hall, Geoghegan was a Senior Academic Editor at Cambridge Proofreading, where she reviewed journal articles in the social and biological sciences. She has also served as a Research Assistant to Dr. Cecilia Martinez-Torteya in the Better Outcomes in Neurodevelopment lab at DePaul University. She holds a Master of Science in Applied Statistics from Loyola University Chicago, and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology: Cognitive Neuroscience from DePaul University.