Dr. Brian Day is currently the Director of Advanced Analytics and has been employed at Highmark for 7 years.  His department is responsible for developing innovative strategies in trending disease and costs, developing ROI models, and conducting financial and clinical analysis of both internal and external initiatives sponsored by Highmark.

Brian completed his doctorate in Educational Psychology at West Virginia University in January 1999.  The dissertation was titled; “Using Stages Of Change To Examine Fear, Threat, Efficacy, And Safety Climate Perceptions In Health Care Workers Who Routinely Handle Needles And Sharps.”  The research examined the effect of perceptions on safety behavior.

Prior to employment at Highmark, Brian worked at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) for 9 years as a statistician and health communications researcher and consultant.  Before NIOSH, Brian was a project coordinator at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic and oversaw the operations and evaluation of a multi-year, 400 plus family, longitudinal research study investigating the fire setting behavior among children.

Brian and his wife, Lindae, reside in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.  They have a daughter Chelsey who is 19 and attending California University of Pennsylvania.  Their 15 year old son, Mitchell, has been a resident of McGuire Memorial since June, 2004.