Senior data scientist @UKHSA 👩🏻💻 • @UoM_DCS @OfficialUoM PhD alumni 🐝 • Manchester 📍 Opinions are my own and not the views of my employer 💭
Manchester, England
Joined January 2019
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Excited to be leading a (winning) team as a #wellbeingchampion in @UKHSA Kaido’s challenge which starts at the end of the month to encourage improvements in physical and mental health @kaidoculture 🔆🎊🛌🚴🏻♀️🧘♀️🎾🥗🍎💆🏻♀️
Jade Talbot, PhD retweeted
Just been to @TescoMiddleton where all these Calatheas are dying. Asked about them being reduced, was flat out refused and informed "customers can choose to buy full price in that conditon"..for £12?! ...wonder if they take the same approach to food... #wasteful #plantwaste
Pebbles the campus cat 🥹
Lovely uni, lovely campus, lovely cat 🐈😸
University of Essex campus cat honoured with statue bbc.in/3T60CVu
Great to be at this year’s careers event to current life science undergrads at @Uni_of_Essex
Cannot fathom that I started my own undergrad 10 years ago and since then have transitioned from “I only want to be in the lab” to “data science is my passion, I love working from home”
Things I’ve been paid for
Bakery shop assistant: 4.5 years
Background in a music video: 1 off
Operator at a bottle factory: 3 summers
PhD: 4 years
ONS data scientist: 6 months
UKHSA senior data scientist: 10 months and counting
Occasionally cat sitting: 4 years and counting…
Been thinking about this recently as I’m participating in a career talk at the end of the week for my undergrad department at @Uni_of_Essex which I started in 10 years ago 😳
Can you give career advice when all you’ve done is plodded along trying to work out what to do next? 🤪
Jade Talbot, PhD retweeted
social media health messages need to give the gist in a few seconds:
Measles:
-is one of the most contagious diseases
-can be fatal or cause disability or suppress the immune system
- has no treatment
- can be prevented by vaccines
-vaccines are safe and DO NOT cause autism
#Vaccines are the best possible defence against #measles, #mumps and #rubella. Make sure your child gets both doses of the #MMR vaccine to protect them and others from these serious diseases.
More: nhs.uk/MMR #VaccinesWork
I agree with everything in this thread, the QA process in academic (in my experience) was pretty poor in hindsight, and quite often data science work is lead by supervisors who have never written a line of code!
What’s the solution when academics already have so little time?
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Had the pleasure of attending the #fieldservice @UKHSA away day last week at @surreycricket
As a geographically diverse division, it’s lovely to see some faces in person! 🥰
Just had mine ☺️💉
Flu and COVID-19 spread more easily in winter and can cause serious harm to those more vulnerable.
Get winter strong – check if you're eligible and book your vaccination now. 📅
Book at nhs.uk/seasonalvaccinations or via the NHS App. #GetWinterStrong
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Has the pleasure of taking part in the @UKHSA #hackathon organised by our software community of practise.
I would recommend anyone working with data/coding in any capacity to take part in a hackathon.
I learnt so much and had a great time working with people in my organisation I potentially wouldn’t cross paths with!
We were tasked with word scraping PDF files of academic reviews to pull out studies included in the papers, something I had no experience in.
My team decided to use python, a language I also have no experience in! And I integrated this code into a simple shiny app to make it more accessible for users with no coding experience.
Really pleased to be attending the @UKHSA #UKHSA23 conference presenting an eposter entitled “An overview of gastrointestinal disease surveillance established by the UKHSA” 🦠🌡️🚽💩
Get your tickets for #UKHSA23 🎫 We have a fantastic programme of inspiring addresses, captivating seminars and thought-provoking discussions - it's not to be missed!
Book now: ukhsa-events.org.uk/hpa/fron…
#UKHSA23 #Science #Data #PublicHealth
ALT UKHSA conference 2023 Prepare, respond, build Wednesday 15 and Thursday 16 November Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds Register here #UKHSA23
The dashboard made in #rshiny was launched last week, and is my first major project since starting the role. Very proud this piece of work will inform surveillance in the population and decision making for GI diseases in England🚀