Susan begins her R-WIT career working on the Tripartite Project for the School of Medicine. She spent the last two years in Chicago at the American Joint Replacement Registry, a non-profit associated with the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, where she was a senior registry analyst and worked with hospital administrations, orthopaedic surgeons, and IT departments nationwide to acquire hip and knee replacement procedural data for quality improvement benchmarking and tracking implant survivorship.
Prior to that, she worked in market research managing various aspects of projects from study and survey design to data analysis and reporting for public relations, financial, and not-for-profit entities.
A native of New Albany, MS, Susan received her undergraduate degree in Exercise Science at Ole Miss. She followed her Master’s of Public Health degree, focused in Environmental Health at Emory, by a fellowship with the National Center for Environmental Health at the CDC.
Susan loves anything outdoors and exploring the city by bicycle. She is also an avid Braves fan. “I guess I am also a Yankees fan now, too, because Brian McCann was my favorite player,” she says.
You can reach Susan at susan [dot] hobson [at] emory [dot] edu.