⭐ New to Health Data Science? Start Here!
⭐ New to Health Data Science? Start Here!
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Welcome
Welcome to the Health Data Science newsletter!
Health Data Science is a newsletter that informs public health students, healthcare professionals, and those curious about health data science to learn about data science via news, research, and other resources.
Health Data Science’s newsletter contains industry news & insights and information on how to upskill in this field.
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About Me
I have about 15 years of experience in the healthcare industry. Currently, I working as a Data Scientist in an IT Strategy Consulting company where I focus mainly on healthcare projects. Also, I have my MS in Epidemiology with a Certificate in Data Science from Georgetown University.
Articles
On the Convergence of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Data Science
Suggested Books
An Introduction to Statistical Learning
This book is a must-know for those working as health data scientists.
Doing Bayesian Data Analysis: A Tutorial with R, JAGS, and Stan
This is a good book to firm up your understanding of statistics.
Statistics for Health Data Science: An Organic Approach
A great book that covers statistics for health data science.
This book is good for someone leading a healthcare organization who wants to transition the organization to being more analytics and data science-focused.
Data visualization is an important part of the data science lifecycle. This book gives advice on best practices for visualizing healthcare data.
The Analytics Lifecycle Toolkit: A Practical Guide for an Effective Analytics Capability
This is another good big-picture book that is useful to data scientists and healthcare leaders implementing analytics and data science.
Suggested Courses
This section is a work in progress. However, I have some initial course suggestions to get you started.
AI in Healthcare Specialization - Coursera
This gives an overview of how Artificial Intelligence is used in Healthcare. It is not public health-focused but it is a good starting point.
Machine Learning for Health - MIT Course
This is a comprehensive course on how to apply machine learning in Healthcare. I suggest taking this course after the Coursera specialization to deepen your knowledge of this field.
I recommend becoming a Tableau Desktop Specialist or completing the Tableau Data Analyst or Data Scientist training.
The Data Science Course 2021: Complete Data Science Bootcamp
This course gives a great overview of Data Science to get students up to speed.
Mathematics for Machine Learning: Linear Algebra
Anyone that is a data scientist should have a strong foundation in Linear Algebra. I recommend taking this.
This course is good for those who might have a data science background but are new to healthcare.
Getting Started with Git and GitHub
This course is good for learning how to post your data science project to GitHub to share with employers.
Introduction To Probability And Statistics
This is an excellent course to get up to speed on probability.
This course is good for those who need to learn SQL. SQL is probably the best starting place to become a health data analyst or health data scientist.
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