Christopher G. Leggett, PhD

Research Scientist

Chris Leggett is a research programmer/analyst and has been with TDI since January 2020. Since his arrival, Chris has provided programming and statistical support to a variety of Dartmouth College faculty and Dartmouth Health physicians, in addition to providing infrastructure programming support to the Data Analytic Core. He programs primarily in SAS, Stata, and R. Chris has worked extensively with Medicare claims data, and he has supplemental experience with all-payer claims data and Department of Defense TRICARE claims data. He codes primarily on Dartmouth’s secure servers, but also has experience working within CMS’s Virtual Research Data Center (VRDC) environment. Recent research projects have focused on the effects of oral anticoagulants on patients with advanced dementia, geographic variation in pelvic organ prolapse procedures, cardiac resynchronization therapy in elderly heart failure patients, the impact of rurality on patient travel times for cancer treatment, and the effectiveness of various treatments for lower back pain. Chris was originally trained as an economist, and he was a private sector consultant prior to joining Dartmouth. He received a BA from Harvard University, and an MS and PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park. His publications are available here.