Laura Zamora Kiddoo

Laura Zamora Kiddoo has a diverse work experience in the healthcare industry. Laura currently holds the role of Principal Medical Informatics Analyst at Blue Shield of California, where they started in September 2023. Prior to this, they worked as a Principal Business Analyst at the same company from May 2022 to September 2023.

Before joining Blue Shield of California, Laura worked at WelbeHealth as an Analyst, Health Plan Services from July 2021 to May 2022.

From September 2018 to July 2021, Laura was a Business Analyst at AltaMed Health Services. Laura'sresponsibilities included managing analysis projects, data mining, analysis and reporting of clinical quality and financial data, and analysis of market research for business development and growth initiatives.

Laura gained experience as a Client Experience (CX) Analyst at NextGen Healthcare from August 2017 to August 2018. In this role, they supported the program by executing survey design and case management, measured themes to identify trends, and made recommendations to address issues identified in research.

As a Business Analytics Intern at Molina Healthcare from May 2017 to August 2017, Laura built risk adjustment models and assisted with data reconciliation and cleaning.

Laura also has experience as an Associate Statistical Consultant and Data Scientist at the Statistical Consulting Group, where they were involved in various statistical analysis tasks and used tools such as SAS, R, and Python.

Laura has worked as a Graduate Teaching Assistant and Graduate Research Assistant at the CSULB Health Care Administration Department and CSULB Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, respectively.

Laura has also gained experience as a System Redesign Intern at the VA Long Beach Healthcare System and as a Graduate Assistant for Marketing & Outreach at the CSULB Career Development Center.

Overall, Laura Zamora Kiddoo has a strong background in healthcare analysis, informatics, and research, with a focus on data analysis and reporting.

Laura Zamora Kiddoo received their Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Political Science and Government from California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo, where they attended from 2011 to 2015. Laura then pursued their Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Health/Health Care Administration/Management from California State University, Long Beach, completing their studies from 2015 to 2017.

In addition to their formal education, Laura has obtained several certifications. Laura attained the Certified VoC Professional certification from MaritzCX in April 2018. In May 2017, they received a certification in Data Mining from SAS. Laura also completed various courses related to data science and programming, including Python Data Science Toolbox (Part 2) course and SAS Base Programming in April 2017, Python Data Science Toolbox (Part 1) course in April 2016, and Intermediate Python for Data Science (exact completion date is not available). Furthermore, Laura has a Six Sigma Green Belt certification from UCLA Extension, but the specific dates of completion are not provided.