Na’eema Jakes, MBA

is a Project Analyst at the HHCJ lab. Na’eema’s work in the lab includes supporting quantitative research projects associated with the Hennepin Healthcare Virtual Data Warehouse (VDW) and supporting data work with the Minnesota Electronic Health Record Consortium. Additionally, conducting analytic work to further support the efforts to push forward health equity in Minnesota. Her passion to pursue work that impacts the public and bridge the gap of health inequalities amongst underserved communities is what brought her to the HHCJ Lab. Na’eema has a unique professional background including healthcare Administration with Minnesota clinics.  Na’eema has a B.S. in Journalism and Mass Communications as well as an MBA with a focus in Data Analytics.