Data science culture is much faster-paced than the more academic and governmental culture in the public health field. Read my blog post for recommendations as to how public health practitioners can overcome the culture clash!
Category Archives: Career Development
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Jan
Jan
Interview preparation for data science jobs can involve taking several simple, actionable steps to make yourself feel confident and ready to answer questions with ease. Read my blog post for my tips and tricks!
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Jan
Jan
Researching data science companies who might be your future employers, but you don’t know where to start? Read my blog post to learn my simple approach.
Career Development
Answer Your Data Science Questions by Attending my Livestream Discussions on YouTube!
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Jan
Jan
Answer your data science questions by attending my livestreams on YouTube and interacting in chat! Learn more about this in my blog post.
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Jan
Jan
Paid mentoring for data science can be worth the cost in certain circumstances – but not others. My blog post provides guidance on hiring a paid mentor.
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Jun
Jun
Monika posts her “data science newbie do-it-yourself starter kit”, with links to cheap or free learning resources for the data science newbie who wants to get started in healthcare analytics.
Career Development
Two Takeaways from Danny Ma’s Machine Learning Panel: Understanding the Problem, and Understanding your Data
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Dec
Dec
This lively panel discussed many topics around designing and implementing machine learning pipelines. Two main issues were identified. The first is that you really have to take some time to do exploratory research and define the problem. The second is that you need to also understand the business rules and context behind the data.
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Mar
Mar
I encourage those of you into data science and AI to sign up to receive digests from Data Science Central. I happened upon this web site when looking for some references for a book I am writing, and found some amazing articles. Since I’m into data science in and AI in healthcare, I was intrigued […]
Career Development
Physical College Classrooms are so Yesterday. Why Are We Still Studying Deeper Learning in Face-to-Face Settings?
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Feb
Feb
My colleague who is a professor at Fitchburg State University studies deeper learning in face-to-face and online approaches in higher education. The idea is that if educators use deeper learning approaches, the students will learn more efficiently. Others have talked to me about deeper learning, and when I looked into it, I found that the […]
Career Development
What is Open Access Publishing in Scientific Journals and Why Should I Pay for it?
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Aug
Aug
If you believe in open source software, then you probably also agree with open source publishing. Why is it so expensive compared to open source software? My blog post has the answers.
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