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	👋 Invitation by Emma Klein • Mar 09, 2022 at 4:51 PM 👋 Public Health Data Workshop — Hello DSTT participants! The Harris County Public Health team is using our funds to host a Public Health Data Workshop, a one day hybrid event focused on building data science capacity for public health workers at all levels of experience. The in-person component of the event is here in Houston,...	1
	Svetlana • Dec 01, 2021 at 10:28 PM Where to post Data/Systems job ad? — Greetings DSTT colleagues, Our team is looking for someone familiar with systems architecture, data science, ETL, and data integration to lead a project (no coding needed, though). Job title of “Data Analyst” produced developer-type applicants, most of whom were not a good fit. We didn’t want to ...	3
	Bernadette Aylward • Sep 30, 2021 at 7:41 PM Coursera Check-in — As the seasons change, it's time to start thinking about what you want to accomplish before the end of the DSTT program year. Here are a couple of questions to prompt your goal-setting: What are you planning to focus on for the last part of the training? What courses have you taken recently ...
	James Kelley • Sep 27, 2021 at 12:07 PM Slope graph — Hello Team, I just learned about the slope graph. Is it a way to do it in Excel or R. Or is this something you have to do manually? James- MSDH, Mississippi	5
	Kristin Bergman • Sep 23, 2021 at 9:53 PM Let’s keep talking about IT! — We hope you genuinely enjoyed your conversations and took something away from today's call. Use this post to share questions, notes or takeaways.	2
	Beverly Shen • Sep 15, 2021 at 8:12 PM Text/character recognition in Adobe — Is anyone familiar with building queries to run text/character recognition in Adobe pdf documents? Does it require software outside of Adobe? For context, I need to look through medical records for data like lab results and such based on a medical case definition. If there is a way to do this ...	9
	Megan Noel • Sep 08, 2021 at 4:21 PM Using remaining funds — Hi all! Our Boulder team has engaged with a lot of the free Coursera material and it has been great for capacity building! As we get closer to the end of the grant period, we have some remaining funds we need to use. Does anyone have ideas or recommendations from their experience to date that we ...	4
	👋 Invitation by Kristin Bergman • Aug 23, 2021 at 8:31 PM 👋 Office Hours: Dashboards — We are holding Office Hours this Thursday, August 26 from 3-4PM EST. Join us to have meaningful conversations, share progress in light of December’s presentations, discuss dashboard dos and don’ts, and chat with people who have built dashboards in Tableau, Grafana and PowerBI. We hope you'll j...	3
	🛠 FYI by Gene Ho • Jul 28, 2021 at 5:40 PM 🛠 Open Data Science Conference — The Open Data Science Conference - West, one of the largest data science training conferences in the world, will be happening on Nov 16th - 18th, in person in San Francisco and virtually. This might be a good opportunity to utilize some of the DSTT funding that we all recieved. They have 60% of...
	Kristin Bergman • Jul 16, 2021 at 3:50 PM Knowledge Management? — Does anyone have a go-to knowledge management system for team collaboration, knowledge documentation and FAQ generation? I just read about the knowledge management system Stack Overflow for Teams' MS Teams integration and it made me curious how you all manage your knowledge, document and share ...	4
	Kristin Bergman • Jul 15, 2021 at 4:33 PM Office Hours: R Packages & Functions — July Office Hours Topic: How to find, choose and use useful R packages and functions Date/Time: July 22 at 3PM EST Vote! Thanks to everyone who voted on topics in our doodle poll. We had a really great response, and will be keeping the poll open for a few more days just in case anyone else wou...
	🛠 FYI by Bernadette Aylward • Jul 08, 2021 at 2:48 PM 🛠 Info-Aid Informatics Assistance from CDC fellows — Would your team or agency benefit from additional technical assistance? You may want to consider applying for an Info-Aid. An Informatics Aid (Info-Aid) is a mechanism that allows PHIFP fellows— CDC’s data detectives—to provide short-term technical assistance in the event of an urgent public hea...
	Kristin Bergman • Jul 07, 2021 at 6:55 PM Choose topics for Office Hours! — Hi everyone - We're sourcing your input for the remaining Office Hours sessions! Please select your top six topics from our survey no later than Wednesday, July 14. If the above link doesn't work then please copy and paste the url below. https://doodle.com/poll/wpkhckmaf78tat8s?utm_source=poll&...
	Dan Drociuk • Jun 23, 2021 at 7:37 PM RStudio Terms of Use concerns from our Office of General Council — Howdy do folks. I'm trying to get RStudio for use by some of our Epi staff and I'm getting a bit of a push back from our Agency lawyers regarding some lines in their Terms of Use. Has anyone had this experience and want to chat about it over a virtual adult beverage? :) With all the R ...	2
	👋 Invitation by Kristin Bergman • Jun 22, 2021 at 2:27 PM 👋 Office Hours Agenda: qualitative analysis and team showcase — June Office Hours Thursday, June 24 at 3-4PM EST Our topic for this month is qualitative analysis. We'll discuss qualitative analysis software, techniques for managing a collaborative qualitative research project and qualitative research's role in data science. In lieu of breakout rooms, a few...	1
	Claire Holladay • Jun 04, 2021 at 8:22 PM Ideas for budget spending — Hello everyone! When we drafted our budget we envisioned we would need to buy software that recently became available to us without the need to purchase. This leaves some room in our budget that we did not previously plan for. I was wondering how other jurisdictions were spending down their budgets?	1
	Amanda Sapp • May 13, 2021 at 3:00 PM Query to CSTE Health Department teams using who use Python. — Hello CSTE teams, currently we are attempting to leverage our IT department in our county to get on board with up-to-date software and have received a large pushback. In order to innovate and be as efficient as possible, we need to acquire permissions for use of new tech. One of the programs we ...	9
	Bernadette Aylward • May 12, 2021 at 7:57 PM CSTE Annual Conference Thread — So far it looks like at least 8 teams are planning to attend the CSTE Annual Conference June 13-17. What sessions and workshops are you planning to attend? Are you presenting? Feel free to comment on this thread to share with your fellow participants. Featured Speakers: https://www.csteconferen...	2
	Bernadette Aylward • May 07, 2021 at 5:45 PM Coursera Recommendations & Requests — As you get started on the Coursera platform, use this thread to share and ask for course recommendations. Did you love the Crash Course in Data Science from Johns Hopkins? Looking for a review of the University of Michigan Python Data Structures course? Post your thoughts here. *If you haven't y...	1
	Bernadette Aylward • May 07, 2021 at 5:30 PM Data linkage and R Studio: April office hours follow up thread — Have you used what you learned at April's office hours for your project? Do you plan to do probabilistic linkage? What about using R studio? Chime in below and connect with other learners.	9
	Kristin Bergman • May 07, 2021 at 3:37 PM Short courses from ISI and Odum — International Statistical Institute (ISI) is hosting a series of online courses that may be of interest. They are paid courses but the fees are reasonable, if you're interested in the specific topics. You may be able to find similar courses on Coursera too. In this case the courses might be serve...
	Josh Levy • Apr 30, 2021 at 3:13 PM Two coaches meet up in North Carolina — [Josh_and_Kristin.jpg]Coaches Josh and Kristin met on Friday to share info and troubleshoot team issues.	4
	Bernadette Aylward • Apr 22, 2021 at 8:03 PM Suggestions for Office Hours Topics — What would you or your team like to hear about from the coaches? What topics or methods can Kristin , Josh , Patric , and Patrick illuminate during a monthly workshop?	10
	Bernadette Aylward • Apr 09, 2021 at 7:35 PM Project Management Tools — Patrick shared a list of some tools you might want to consider using to manage your data science project during March's office hours workshop: • Excel • Monday.com • MS Project • SmartSheet • Trello • Jira In the world of remote work and with everyone pulled in multiple directions, we may find ...
	🛠 FYI by Kristin Bergman • Mar 30, 2021 at 5:57 PM 🛠 "Overview of HL7 Standards for Interoperability" — Overview of HL7 Standards for Interoperability April 21-22, 2021 "This online class provides a survey of the healthcare interoperability standards landscape, pointing out the main features of the terrain and how they link together to perform useful functions." I received this announcement fro...	4
	Bernadette Aylward • Feb 04, 2021 at 8:27 PM COVID-19 TechXpo — Hi everybody! This event may be of interest to some of you all-more info at the link or on the attached flyer. Join ASTHO on March 31, 2021 from 2 p.m to 7 p.m. ET for the first national convening of state and territorial health officials with local and federal partners focusing specifically on...
	Bernadette Aylward • Jan 15, 2021 at 8:19 PM Introductions! — Welcome to CSTE's Data Science Team Training program! In advance of our orientation on 1/22, I'm going to kick us off with introductions. Please use this message thread to tell us: 1. Your name 2. The agency you work for (and what team you are a member of, if those are different entities) 3. W...	60
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	Marya Barker • Feb 16, 2021 at 5:49 PM Introduction — Hi! I'm Marya Barker with the South Carolina team. I've been in our Acute Disease Epi division since 2005, working mostly in surveillance of vaccine-preventable diseases. I joined this team because I worked on the team that helped create our newest electronic surveillance system and I'd like to ...
	Ashley Simmons • Jan 29, 2021 at 4:25 PM Introduction — Hi all, my name is Ashley Simmons, and I'm and Epidemiologist with the WV Bureau for Public Health within the Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. My normal work is in general disease surveillance and health informatics. I look forward to learning new data analysis skills and ways to impr...
	Autumn Locklear • Jan 26, 2021 at 4:29 PM Intro — Hi all, My name is Autumn Locklear. I am the climate epidemiologist with the North Carolina Division of Public Health. My teammates are Ariel Christensen, Chandrika Rao, Kim Gaetz, and Phoebe Shurtleff. We are located in Raleigh, NC and I look forward to refining my analytical skills to develop...
	Gus Madsen • Jan 22, 2021 at 8:29 PM Intro — Hey everyone, my name is Gus Madsen. I am an informatics epidemiologist with the KY Department of Public Health in Frankfort, Kentucky. I'm looking forward to getting to know you all and work on improving our data efforts in the COVID-19 response.
	Xiaojian Liu • Jan 22, 2021 at 6:16 PM Introduction — Hey Everyone, My name is Xiaojian ("Jack") Liu, a Biostatistician / Data Analyst working in the Office of Health Data & Research with the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) in Jackson, Mississippi. My background is in Biostatistics and Data Science. I am currently serving as one of th...
	Margret Watkins • Jan 22, 2021 at 5:14 PM Introduction — Hello All, my name is Margret Watkins, and I'm the Surveillance Epidemiologist with the WV Bureau for Public Health, Division of Infectious Disease Epidemiology. My normal work is now focused on COVID-19 response while utilizing multiple systems for lab reporting, case investigating and contact t...
	Scott Erickson • Jan 22, 2021 at 5:03 PM Introduction — Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well. My name is Scott Erickson and I am an epidemiologist at the Urban Indian Health Institute. I typically work on COVID-19 Case Surveillance work. I am excited to begin work on better understanding R Shiny and small population surveillance statistics.
	Masoumeh Karimi • Jan 22, 2021 at 3:44 PM Introduction — Good Morning everyone! My name is Masoumeh Karimi. I am the epidemiologist for the "Delta Health Collaborative" with Mississippi State Department of Health. The program focuses on the cardiovascular disease in Mississippi Delta region. I am excited to learn more about programming and data present...
	Jason Lee • Jan 22, 2021 at 3:26 PM Introduction — Happy Friday everyone, My name is Jason Lee and I am the Homeless Management Information Systems Manager here at the Home Services Bureau of the Boston Public Health Commission. I look forward to learning with everyone here. Many thanks, Jason HMIS Manager Boston Public Health Commissio...
	Chandrika Rao • Jan 22, 2021 at 2:30 PM Introduction — Hello everyone! This is Chandrika Rao from North Carolina Division of Public Health. I manage the operations & administration of the Central Cancer Registry. One of the main objectives is to collaborate and integrate the cancer surveillance data with the NC Environmental and Occupational Health D...
	Joe Tabor • Jan 20, 2021 at 8:35 PM Spatial Epidemiologist — Hi all, looking forward to learning with you. Currently I am Pima County (AZ) COVID-19 Testing Management Team Lead. My interests include valley fever, environmental health, and food security in low income countries.
	Deepak Mekala • Jan 20, 2021 at 2:02 PM Introductions — Hello everyone. My name is Deepak Mekala and I am .Net Developer for NEDSS working in Frankfort, KY. I'm very excited about this new opportunity and looking forward to learn new things.
	David Swenson • Jan 19, 2021 at 9:56 PM Introductions — Hello! I'm David Swenson MS MEd PMP, the NH state-wide syndromic surveillance Project Manager and lead for the NH DSTT team working in Concord, NH. The NH team includes the following staff (myself; Abigail Mathewson - DVM, MPH, Surveillance Epidemiology Program Manager; Trevor Bauer - MPH, Asso...
	Maggie Bell • Jan 16, 2021 at 3:26 AM Introductions — Hafa Adai (hello) everyone. My name is Maggie Bell and I am the Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Program manager for the beautiful island of Guam. I am excited to learn new tools and technologies, and apply those new skills to help reduce the impact of fetal death in our community.