Nicola Rennie

Transforming data into understanding

Nicola Rennie is a data visualisation specialist with a background in statistics and data science. She is currently a Lecturer in Health Data Science based within the Centre for Health Informatics, Computing, and Statistics at Lancaster Medical School. She’s interested in understanding how to effectively communicate complex quantitative ideas in an accessible way, as well as how to do so using open source tools. Nicola is a committee member and secretary of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) Teaching Statistics Section Group, and is also one of the RSS’s 2024-2025 William Guy Lecturers who has recorded and delivered talks aimed at 11-16 year olds on the topic of using data and statistics to shape decision making in medicine and healthcare. She co-authored the Royal Statistical Society’s Best Practices for Data Visualisation guidance and is a member of the Editorial Board of Significance magazine, particularly focused on data visualisation. Nicola has also previously held roles in the RoSE (Researchers of Statistics Education) Network, co-leading the Statistics Software Special Interest Group, and as part of the Communications team. She can often be found at data science meetups, presenting at conferences, and is the R-Ladies Lancaster chapter organiser as well as a committee member of the R-Ladies Global Team.

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