Who am I?

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What connects NHS data, statistics, research software engineering, and data visualisation?

Dr Nicola Rennie

Lecturer in Health Data Science

Joined CHICAS in April 2023, after working in data science consultancy and doing a PhD in Statistics and Operational Research.

NHS Data

Collaborating with local NHS Trusts

on data science and data engineering projects, making use of routinely collected healthcare data to improve health outcomes.

Statistics

Promoting statistics as a tool for improvement

by developing novel methodology to solve problems, working with local schools to encourage young people to choose careers in data, and researching more effective ways of teaching statistics.

Research Software Engineering

Building and teaching open source software

such as R and Python, to improve research reproducibility and building communities to develop skills, especially in under-represented groups.

Data visualisation

Communicating data more effectively

by developing Best Practices for Data Visualisation guidance for Royal Statistical Society publications, and helping authors to implement best practices.

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