MED 299: Intro to Data Science

Instructor: Jejo Koola, MD
Co-Instructor: Tsung-Ting Kuo, PhD and Matteo D'Antonio, PhD
Quarter: Summer, Monday - Friday, 8:00 am - 4:30 pm, BRF-II 5A07

Overview: Projects in the Department of Biomedical Informatics (DBMI) at UC San Diego Health's summer internship program cover a range of topic areas and vary according to the intern's background and interests. Past projects have included predictive modeling for personalized medicine; privacy technology; natural language processing; image processing and retrieval; integration of genotypic, phenotypic, and behavioral patient data for discovery; informed consent ontology/tools; and blockchain technology.

Class organization: In class lecture, hands-on practice, discussion and student presentation.

Topics:

Biomedical data analysis
Overview of data science and informatics
Privacy considerations for future data stewards
Electronic Health Records
Informatics research ethics
The computational environment (R/RStudio, R Basics, etc.)
Literature reviews
Omics
Visualizing data and analyses
Introduction to machine learning and AI

Materials and Prerequisites:

Participation in a 2-Day Bootcamp, and Full Summer Curriculum Training Program
Learning about biomedical data analysis
Work with experienced faculty, postdocs and students
Work with a designated Mentor
Office space