She received her PhD in biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and has formerly been employed by Etsy.
After earning her MHS, she obtained her PhD in biostatistics from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in 2013.
[3][4] Working alongside Jeffrey T. Leek, Parker developed methods for the application of genomic technologies in personalized medicine.
[8] Parker self-described her position as an internal statistical consultant, eventually focused on developing A/B testing and other experiments run by the company, along with analyzing the resulting data.
[15] After leaving Etsy, Parker transitioned to a career as a data scientist at personal styling site Stitch Fix.
The company employs a human-in-the-loop algorithmic process to generate a recommended box of clothing that is shipped to subscribers.