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Interview with a Data Scientist - The Fairness Enthusiast

Today we’re interviewing Konstantin Georgiev, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Edinburgh’s Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research and former NHS England Data Science Officer. Konstantin’s journey from software engineering in Bulgaria to using multimodal AI for cardiac diagnostics in NHS Scotland offers fascinating insights into the intersection of deep learning, fairness in AI, and real-world healthcare impact.

Interview with a Data Scientist - The RAP Guy

This week our interviewee is Sam Hollings, who is departing NHS England after a seven-year career. In his most recent role as Head of Coding and Data Standards (and formerly as Principal Data Scientist), Sam was a driving force for improving data practices across the organisation. He is widely known for his passionate championing of Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP). As he prepares for a new chapter in Italy with his family, he kindly agreed to share his reflections and the lessons learned from his work.

This interview orginally was published in the October edition of the Data Science Community for Health and Care Newsletter. You can subscribe and join the community here.

🌱 NHSE Data Science and Applied AI Team Gets Hands Dirty Volunteering at Seacroft Forest Garden 🌱

At NHS England, employees get a handful of days each year to volunteer - helping out with causes that align with key NHS goals like helping people live healthier lives, improving quality of life, supporting recovery, and promoting equality in health.

The Data Science and Applied AI team recently grabbed this opportunity to give back, with a day spent volunteering at Seacroft Forest Garden, organised by the Wellbeing and Inclusion Function Team.

Interview with a Data Scientist - The Data Scientist Who Just Wanted to Make Plots

Welcome to another insightful installment of our "Interview with a Data Scientist" series. Here, we delve into the diverse career paths and impactful work of the talented individuals who make up the NHS England Data Science team. Our goal is to shine a light on the fantastic people driving the NHS Data Science Profession forward and to offer valuable perspectives for anyone considering a career in healthcare data science.

This week our interviewee is Amaia Imaz Blanco, a Data Scientist in the Data Science Team whose love of making graphs led her to the NHS Digital Graduate Scheme and eventually into probabilistic data linkage!

HSMA Course Project: Waiting List Data Science Proofs of Concept

Sean and Amaia have spent the last 15 months on the Health Service Modelling Associates (HSMA) Programme, which is soon coming to an end. This program consists of 6 months of weekly lectures on a range of data science, operational research, coding, and web development, followed by a 9 month project, run by the University of Exeter PenChord team and is available for free for anyone working in public healthcare or policing.

During the course, we opted for the project to be a set of proof of concepts using the Waiting List Minimum Data set (WLMDS) to identify data science techniques that may provide novel insights into this dataset. Read more about the project itself here. This blog post is a summary of our project, as well a reflection on the past 15 months of the course.

NHS England Use-Cases at the National Quantum Computing Centre annual Hackathon

Quantum computing has the potential to dramatically change many aspects of healthcare analysis. For our interests this mostly features around increased efficiency in optimisation and hybrid ML-Quantum approaches. This article briefly describes our use-cases submissions to the annual NQCC Hackathon to showcase the emerging interests for healthcare using this technology.

Interview with a Data Scientist - Dimsum and Datascience

Welcome to another installment of our "Interview with a Data Scientist" series, where we explore the careers and work of the talented members of the NHS England Data Science team. We aim to showcase the fantastic individuals who contribute to the NHSE Data Science Profession and provide valuable insights for those considering a career in Data Science within the healthcare sector.

This week our interviewee is Adam Hollings a Principal Data Scientist in the Data Science Team who recently moved from the SDE Service Team to the Central Data Science Team.

This interview orginally was published in the May edition of the Data Science Community for Health and Care Newsletter. You can subscribe and join the community here.

Interview with a Data Scientist - Blowing the Trumpet for Data Science

Welcome to the second installment of our “Interview with a Data Scientist” series, where we explore the careers and work of the talented members of the NHS England Data Science team. We aim to showcase the fantastic individuals who contribute to the NHS England Data Science Profession and provide valuable insights for those considering a career in Data Science within the healthcare sector.

This week, we have the pleasure of hearing from Sarah Culkin, the Deputy Director of the Data Science team. Leveraging her experience in both health and data, Sarah is leading the charge to support the digital transformation of the NHS and champion the growth of data science as a vital profession across the organisation.

This interview orginally was published in the April edition of the Data Science Community for Health and Care Newsletter. You can subscribe and join the community here.

Interview with a Data Scientist - The Aerospace Engineer who Loved Spreadsheets

Welcome to the first installment of our “Interview with a Data Scientist” series, where we explore the careers and work of the talented members of the NHS England Data Science team. We aim to showcase the fantastic individuals who contribute to the NHS England Data Science Profession and provide valuable insights for those considering a career in Data Science within the healthcare sector.

The first interview is with Joe Wilson, a former Engineer whose desire to make the perfect F1 Fantasy Team during the COVID pandemic drove him to become a Data Scientist who won’t stop talking about Reproducible Analytical Pipelines.

This interview orginally was published in the March edition of the Data Science Community for Health and Care Newsletter. You can subscribe and join the community here.