Matthew Nichols, PhD, MPH, MBA

Matthew Nichols, PhD, MPH, MBA is an accountable care organization data and reporting analyst with the University Hospitals Population Health Data Science and Analytics team. Matthew retains diverse academic and professional experiences in health services and market research, policy analysis, community health needs assessment and community health improvement, performance improvement, strategic planning, and organizational design, with technical skills in geographical information systems, data analysis and management, technical report construction, and community presentation. He has published in the areas of healthcare marketing, community health needs assessment methodologies and clinical practice guidelines. In 2019, while serving as the director of the office of health policy and performance improvement at Lake County General Health District, Matthew initiated an unprecedented two-year pilot project with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to establish a locally-embedded federal/local public health performance improvement network. He is a faithful student of fractal management systems and the OKR framework.