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Data Science Interviews

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!

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.