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Addressing Public Health Challenges Using Data Science Education

Stephanie Hicks

Assistant Professor, Biostatistics Department�Faculty Member, Johns Hopkins Data Science Lab��http://stephaniehicks.com�@stephaniehicks

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https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues

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https://www.apha.org/topics-and-issues

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https://health.arlingtonva.us/

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https://health.arlingtonva.us/

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http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/

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http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/

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http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/

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https://wrc.osu.edu/

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http://dhss.alaska.gov/dph/

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https://wrc.osu.edu/

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Houston, we have a (data science) problem

https://blog.quanthub.com/is-there-a-data-scientist-shortage-in-2019

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Data science job postings/searches per 1 million (Indeed.com)

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Houston, we have a (data science) problem

https://blog.quanthub.com/is-there-a-data-scientist-shortage-in-2019

Demand

Data science job postings/searches per 1 million (Indeed.com)

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Houston, we have a (data science) problem

https://blog.quanthub.com/is-there-a-data-scientist-shortage-in-2019

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Data science job postings/searches per 1 million (Indeed.com)

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Houston, we have a (data science) problem

https://blog.quanthub.com/is-there-a-data-scientist-shortage-in-2019

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Shortage

Data science job postings/searches per 1 million (Indeed.com)

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Addressing public health challenges with data science education

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https://americanhealth.jhu.edu

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Houston, we have a (data science) problem

https://blog.quanthub.com/is-there-a-data-scientist-shortage-in-2019

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Shortage

Data science job postings/searches per 1 million (Indeed.com)

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Case study = hands-on data-analysis in a real-world application (e.g. Violence)

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Open Case Studies = educational resource of case studies to teach students how to effectively analyze data and solve real-world challenges

https://opencasestudies.github.io

Leah Jager

Margaret Taub

Carrie Wright

Stephanie Hicks

John Muschelli

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Data are stored in PDF (aka very difficult to use as is)

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Missing data

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Teach students how to convert data from PDF to a useable format to analyze in the R programming language

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Demo

https://opencasestudies.github.io/casestudies/ocs-police-shootings-firearm-legislation.html

Investigate relationship between strength of state firearm legislation and fatal police shootings in US

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https://opencasestudies.github.io

Learning objectives:�Data wrangling times and dates; ��Statistical inference using US polling data

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https://opencasestudies.github.io

Learning objectives:�Data wrangling times and dates; ��Statistical inference using US polling data

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https://opencasestudies.github.io

Learning objectives: Distance and dimensionality reduction using image data

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Thank you!

https://opencasestudies.github.io

Leah Jager

Margaret Taub

Carrie Wright

Stephanie Hicks

John Muschelli

Feel free to send comments/questions:

Twitter: @stephaniehicks

Email: shicks19@jhu.edu

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