Luke S.
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Harvard PhD | Biomedical Data Scientist | Practical, Applied Data Science
Studied at Harvard University
Works at Dandelion Health
Available Monday at 2:00 PM UTC
Usually responds within 48 hours
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Luke’s Data Science Qualifications
Experience level: Associate
I currently work as a Data Scientist at a Health AI company, and have been in the space for over 6 years now. My experience spans a PhD program at Harvard where I focused on applications of machine learning in medicine. While at Harvard, I also worked as a teaching fellow for several Master's-level data science courses. I loved my experience teaching, especially the office hours where I was able to spend more one-on-one time helping students with concepts from the course. I started my data science journey basically from scratch years ago, and have since compiled a long list of resources and 'what I wish I'd known' type advice. This is a fast-moving field, and I'm excited to help anyone looking to navigate their future and improve their skills in data science!
Luke can help with:
Data Visualization
LinkedIn Review
Data Science Strategy
Predictive Modeling
Resume Review
Technical Interview Prep
Machine Learning
Behavioral Interview Prep
About Luke
I'm a recent PhD graduate from the biomedical informatics program at Harvard, where I studied clinical applications of artificial intelligence. I've always been interested in medicine, but my plans changed from physician to research scientist when I discovered the potential impact of machine learning and data-driven decision making in the medical field. I finished my undergraduate degree in statistics/biostatistics and made the jump directly into graduate school. I began helping students prepare for and apply to graduate school as an undergraduate working in the Research and Writing Center at Brigham Young University and haven't ever really stopped. Since starting my graduate program, I've helped numerous students apply for and be accepted into graduate programs and even medical schools and residency programs. I love my work, but the best part of the day is usually something like going to the park with my young family.
Why do I coach?
As a pre-med stats major, I split my early years as an undergraduate between several departments on campus. I wasn't very outspoken and although I made some meaningful connections with peers, I felt like I didn't have much mentorship. Taking a little responsibility and a little courage, I cold-knocked on a professor's door and asked if he would let me do some research for his lab. Around that same time, I showed up to a student-led bioinformatics club. I started in both the lab and the club as a complete novice. Honestly, I didn't even want to show up some days because of how inexperienced I felt. But within these two groups I finally found people who were willing to patiently invest in my success. A few years later, I was a senior member of the lab leading other students into their first research projects. I feel like everyone has brilliance inside of them. Everyone also has fears and self-doubt. We can choose which we want to magnify in ourselves and in others.
Work Experience
Biomedical Data Scientist
Dandelion Health
July 2024 - Present
- Build curated data models for large, multimodal data from several large hospital systems - Leverage traditional NLP and LLMs to extract meaningful information from unstructured clinical notes - Apply and evaluate ML models on clinical data (e.g. echo video to echo measures) - Train predictive models for relevant clinical endpoints
Technology Consultant
SpringTide
March 2023 - Present
Technology partner working on due diligence for venture capital deals in the healthcare + AI space
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Harvard Medical School
January 2022 - Present
Data Science for Medical Decision Making (Spring 2022, Spring 2023) Computing Skills for Biomedical Sciences (Fall 2022) Computational Statistics for Biomedical Sciences (Fall 2022)
Writing Center Consultant
Brigham Young University
June 2017 - August 2018
Trained in multidisciplinary writing, grammar, tutoring pedagogy, and advanced communication. CRLA International Tutor Training Program certified. Helped hundreds of students from 30+ majors and 10+ countries improve their writing abilities through personal consultations tailored to their assignments and needs.
Education
Harvard University
PhD, Biomedical Informatics
2020 - 2024
- Graduate thesis work in Dr. Arjun Manrai's lab - Biomedical Data Science Research Training Fellow (Award from NLM) - Teaching fellow for the following courses: Data Science for Medical Decision Making, Computational Statistics for Biomedical Sciences, and Computing Skills for Biomedical Sciences
Brigham Young University
Bachelor of Science, Statistics/Biostatistics
2016 - 2020
Luke was also personally admitted to
Dartmouth College
Columbia University
Boston University
University of Wisconsin - Madison
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Luke has helped Leland clients get into Brigham Young University