She holds a joint appointment in epidemiology at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.She is an epidemiologist with special expertise in using administrative data to answer important questions about the causes and treatments of chronic disease. Her research focuses on gastroenterology, hepatology and epidemiology.Dr. Hutfless’ professional honors include the American Gastroenterology Association's 2008 Graduate Student Research Award and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America’s 2007 Young Investigator Award. She also was selected to take part in the 2008 Society for Epidemiologic Research Methodologic Workshop for work using casual models in cancer surveillance.She earned her Ph.D. in epidemiology from the Bloomberg School of Public Health and her S.M. in epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health. She also holds a B.A. from Creighton University.