Ella Chrenka, MS, is a Biostatistician and manager of the Research Methodology Group at HealthPartners Institute. She earned her Master of Science in Biostatistics at the University of Minnesota graduating in 2019. Her focus areas include theory and application of statistical methods for quantitative analysis and approaches to clinical study design, with a specific interest in pragmatic trials. Ella provides statistical consulting services to investigators within the Health Partners Institute, the Neuroscience Research Centers and clinician-investigators working in critical care.

Conducting Institute research since 2019.

Education and training: 
Master of Science, Biostatistics - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Bachelor of Arts, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences - University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Current research activities and funding:
Factors Associated with Healthcare Utilization Among Community-Dwelling Adults with Clinical Features of Dementia with Lewy Bodies, PI: Wyman-Chick, National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS

SCISIPBIO: Constructing Heterogeneous Scholarly Graphs to Examine Social Capital Accumulation During Mentored K Awardees Transition to Research Independence: Explicating a Matthew Mechanism, PI: Mabry, National Science Foundation

Hotspotting Cardiometabolic Disparities for Simulated Advances in Population Care, PI: Westgard, National Institute on Aging/NIH/DHHS

Optimizing the Value of PROMs in Improving Care Delivery through Health Information Technology (PROMOTE) , PI: Solberg, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality