Data work with an impact: Discover the many applications of data science in the public sector in King County
Join us at Northeastern University on Tuesday, October 22nd to learn about how data science is shaping public policy and improving lives in our community. Three experts will share their experiences and insights on:
Using data to track changing health, economic and demographic conditions in King County.
How data scientists help shape planning, implementation, and evaluation of critical social service innovations like our regional crisis care centers.
Innovative strategies to support collaboration and cross-sector work while stewarding sensitive data about people in our communities.
If you’re a data analyst, scientist, or student curious about career opportunities in the public sector, a public policy enthusiast interested in the role of data in government, or just interested in using technology for social good, this event is for you.
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Meet the Speakers
Aley Joseph Pallickaparambil is a Senior Epidemiologist with Public Health – Seattle & King County, and is clinical faculty at the UW Department of Health Systems and Population Health. At King County, Aley oversees and works alongside a talented quantitative methods specialist team of epidemiologists, social research scientists and a data scientist who use data mining, and epidemiological analyses to conduct population health surveillance, public health program evaluation and build data modernization capacity. Before King County, Aley worked with tribal communities to assess race misclassification in health records. She studied mathematics and microbiology at the University of Mumbai, and has an MPH in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Carolina Johnson is a data scientist committed to developing ethical public sector data capacity. She has been working with King County for over seven years working to support cross-system data integration, equity-centered data governance, and creative problem-focused data uses, as well as supporting technical development of a large and growing team of evaluators and data scientists. Before joining King County she completed a PhD in Political Science on the CSSS track at UW, with a focus on understanding the civic effects of participatory budgeting in local communities.
Minh Phan oversees data and evaluation efforts for behavioral health crisis programs at King County, leading a team of program evaluators and data scientists. Their projects include, but are not limited to, the integration and transformation of complex behavioral health data from local providers, applying time series analysis, client matching algorithms, and crisis episode modeling. These efforts support the creation of data-driven strategies for both existing crisis services and the forthcoming Crisis Care Centers Levy.