Structure before scale
Build documented, reusable data foundations before adding complex models or making broad claims.
About Acropolis
About Acropolis Analytics Research Institute.
Acropolis develops independent public-health research and provides rigorous analytic support to academic, public-sector, clinical, and mission-driven partners. Both functions use the same standards for reproducibility, transparent uncertainty, and responsible communication.
Mission & approach
One evidence standard across two connected functions.
Independent research builds reusable programs and public resources. Applied analytics helps partners answer defined questions without separating technical rigor from real-world use.
Methods in context
Treat survey design, missingness, bias, geography, and uncertainty as part of the result rather than footnotes.
Translation by design
Plan maps, reports, and decision tools alongside the analysis so the work remains usable beyond a technical audience.
Colin Ferrel, MPH · Founder
Founder
Colin Ferrel, MPH
Colin Ferrel is an epidemiologist and nanomedicine researcher who founded Acropolis Analytics Research Institute to connect rigorous bench science with decision-focused public-health analytics.
His work spans modular nanotechnology, infectious disease, chronic disease surveillance, cognitive decline, caregiver burden, and population-level risk. Across those domains, the common thread is the development of adaptable research tools that can move between scientific questions and practical settings.
Colin holds bachelor's degrees in Psychology and Medical Microbiology and an MPH in Infectious Diseases/Zoonoses from Kansas State University. His graduate training also includes Agricultural Biosecurity Research, Applied Statistics, and Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences.
He spent five years at the Nanotechnology Innovation Center of Kansas State, developing hybrid nanoparticle platforms that combine biological membranes with synthetic lipid systems to improve biocompatibility, targeting, and drug delivery.
Current institute focus
Two current research efforts, supported by applied analytics.
Current institute work centers on PAEON, a reusable population-health research framework, and the ADRD Caregiver Experience Survey in development. Applied analytics extends the same standards for documentation, uncertainty, and responsible communication to partner projects.
Current areas of focus
- Population-health surveillance and geographic inequality
- Chronic disease, screening, access, and risk
- Caregiver experience and public survey research
- Reproducible data and reporting systems
Nanomedicine reflects the founder's prior research background and a possible
future collaboration area; it is not currently presented as an active
institute program.
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Interested in a shared research or analytic question?
Acropolis welcomes conversations with academic teams, agencies, care organizations, laboratories, and mission-aligned partners.