Hello and welcome to The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Data Science for Science Teachers Boot Camp. This is course is a broad and well-rounded training course designed specifically for you to learn data science techniques and to facilitate integration of this highly desired, cutting-edge skill set in your students’ coursework.
This workshop will provide hands-on training for data science tools commonly used by the biomedical research community and informational videos on data science topics.
This bootcamp will enable you to:
- Perform analysis with real data using data science techniques
- Network with and learn from leaders in the data science field
- Discuss strategies and success stories and form a network of educators across the country
- Learn about NIH programs that support educational partnerships and STEM programs
*Note: All times are in EDT to see your time zone use this calculator: https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
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12:00-12:50 EDT- Introduction to bootcamp and goals
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1:00-1:50 EDT – NIH and data science by Dr. Susan Gregurick
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2:00-2:30 EDT – Introduction to technologies used in this bootcamp
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2:30-3:30 EDT - Icebreakers breakout
Videos to watch before Wednesday's Data Science and data sources breakout Q & A
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Biology to Data Science:A Voyage of Discovery by Dr. Miranda Darby
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Shazam for Earthquakes: How geoscientists are leveraging data science to improve earthquake monitoring capabilities by Dr. Karianne Bergen
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Data, data everywhere! Exploring publicly available data sources by Dr. Lisa Federer
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12:00-12:50 EDT - Open Software for Biology live presentation by Dr. Anton Nekrutenko
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1:00-4:00 EDT - Galaxy sequencing analysis hands-on (Dr. Allissa Dillman, TA: Dr. Amy Stonelake)
Videos to watch before Thursday's Stats, ML/AI, ethics panel
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Applications of Artificial Intelligenece in Medicine by Dr. Sara Ranjbar
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Ethics by Design:Toward the Ethics of Machine Learning by E Jardas
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12:00-12:50 EDT - Data Science breakout and data sources Q & A
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1:00-4:00 EDT – RStudio Hands-on (Dr. Allissa Dillman, TA: Dr. Wynn Meyer)
Videos to watch before Friday's SEPA and Citizen Science panel
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Biomedical Open Innovation: Citizen Science and Crowdsourcing by Dr. Jennifer Couch
- (Watch first as it will give an overview of the SEPA program)
- Also check out this Citizen Science Resource
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Presentations from the SEPA program project leaders
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Teaching the Genome Generation by Dr. Charlie Wray
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Informatics and Data Science Projects at HudsonAlpha by Dr. Neil Lamb and team
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Data to action: a secondary school-based citizen science project to address arsenic contamination of well water by Dr. Jane Disney
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- 12:00-12:50 EDT – Stats, ML/AI, Bioethics panel
- With: Dr. Jeff Leek, Dr. Sara Ranjbar, E Jardas
- 1:00-4:00 EDT – RStudio Hands-on (Dr. Allissa Dillman, TA: Dr. Wynn Meyer)
Optional
- Other work problems in R
- Novel learning methods videos:
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12:00-12:50 EDT – SEPA and Citizen Science panel
- With: Dr. Jennifer Couch, Dr. Charlie Wray, Dr. Neil Lamb, Dr. Jane Disney
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1:00-1:50 EDT - NIH training programs, scholarships and internships
- High School Scientific Training and Enrichment Program (HISTEP) by Dr. Kristen Zukosky
- Undergraduate Scholarship Program (UGSP) by Dr. Darryl Murray
- Summer Internship Program in Biomedical Research (SIP) by Dr. Yewon Cheon
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2:00-2:50 EDT – Bootcamp: Group Discussion, what did we learn?
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3:00-4:00 EDT – Meeting outcomes:
- Future opportunities
- Collaborations
- Slack channel management
- Resource sharing on github
If you would like to continue learning data science skills here is a growing list of Data Science Training Resources: https://github.com/allissadillman/DS-Training-Resources