====== Mira Bernstein ======

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**Mira Bernstein** is an American mathematician based in [[united_states:massachusetts:Cambridge]], [[united_states:Massachusetts]].((//Mira Bernstein.// Groupmuse. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://archive.ph/sus1Q))

===== History =====

==== Education ====

Bernstein attended [[Yale University]], the [[University of Cambridge]] and [[Harvard University]], graduating from the latter in 1999.((//Mira Bernstein.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/mira-bernstein-1550a1137/))

==== Career ====

Bernstein worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the [[University of California Berkeley]] from September 1999 to June 2001.((//Mira Bernstein.// LinkedIn. Retrieved January 11, 2023, from https://www.linkedin.com/in/mira-bernstein-1550a1137/)) She then moved to [[united_states:Massachusetts]], starting her work at the [[Mathematics Foundation of America]] in April 2002. In her role as Executive Director, she managed the non-profit's $600,000 annual budget and administered the [[Canada/USA Mathcamp]].

She taught as an Assistant Professor of Mathematics at [[Wellesley College]] from September 2002 until June 2008.((//Mira Bernstein.// (2002, September 3). Wellesley College. https://web.archive.org/web/20211206195648/http://academics.wellesley.edu/Math/Webpage%20Math/Old%20Math%20Site/Faculty/mbernstein.html))

=== Oregon Health Insurance Experiment ===

In September 2008, Bernstein started work as investigator and project manager for the [[Oregon Health Insurance Experiment]] at the [[National Bureau of Economic Research]] (NBER).((//Oregon Health Insurance Experiment - Authors.// National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230112005151/https://www.nber.org/programs-projects/projects-and-centers/oregon-health-insurance-experiment/oregon-health-insurance-experiment-authors)) The project was funded by the [[Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation|Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation]] in the [[United States Department of Health and Human Services]], the [[California HealthCare Foundation]], the [[Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services]] (CMS), the [[MacArthur Foundation]], the [[National Institute on Aging]], the [[Robert Wood Johnson Foundation]], the [[Alfred P. Sloan Foundation]], the [[Smith Richardson Foundation]], and the [[United States Social Security Administration]].((//Oregon Health Insurance Experiment - Funding.// National Bureau of Economic Research. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230112005210/https://www.nber.org/programs-projects/projects-and-centers/oregon-health-insurance-experiment/oregon-health-insurance-experiment-funding))

=== Massachusetts Institute of Technology ===

In October 2010, Bernstein joined the board of advisors for the [[MIT Program for Research in Mathematics, Engineering, and Science]] (PRIMES) at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] (MIT).((//PRIMES: Advisory Board.// MIT Mathematics. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from https://web.archive.org/web/20230112011050/https://math.mit.edu/research/highschool/primes/advisory.html))

In January 2013, Bernstein became a member of the board of advisors for the [[Proof School]]. Then, from October to December 2013, she conducted a statistical analysis of child asylum claims in [[United States]] immigration courts for the [[Center for Gender & Refugee Studies]] (CGRS).

From September 2014 to June 2015, Bernstein worked as a data consultant for [[Made In A Free World]].

In September 2016, Bernstein became Chair of the [[Mathematics Foundation of America]].

Bernstein served as co-founder of the [[Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group]] (renamed MGGG Redistricting Lab) at [[Tufts University]].((//Our Team.// Metric Geometry and Gerrymandering Group. Retrieved December 28, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221228041725/https://mggg.org/team-expanded#mira-bernstein))

=== Center for Election Science ===

From December 2017 to March 2018, Bernstein worked for the [[Center for Election Science]] on an electoral reform project for the Province of [[canada:British Columbia]]. Bernstein co-founded the [[Cambridge Math Circle]] in January 2018.

From October 2019 to May 2021, Bernstein worked as a statistical consultant for the [[Saxelab Social Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory]] at the [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].