Technical Data Skills

Explore training focused on working with public health data.

Topics include big data, machine learning, data modeling, and more.

Training links will take you to other websites. Most training requires registration on these sites. All training listed below is free.

Region II Public Health Training Center

Data Science and Predictive Models in Public Health

This webinar defines data science in the context of public health and illustrates the strengths, weaknesses, and practical applications of predictive models in public health.

Webinar • 1 hour • Beginner

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Duke University School of Medicine

Data Analytics for Health: Utilizing Large Social Media Data

This webinar provides an example of data science applied in public health research, using natural language processing (NLP) to identify health changes from social media data.

Webinar • 1 hour • Intermediate

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Duke University School of Nursing

Encoding Useful Information from Clinical Free-Texts Using Natural Language Processing

This webinar provides an example of data science used in public health research, using natural language processing (NLP) to find useful insights from clinical chart notes.

Webinar • 1 hour • Intermediate

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Duke University School of Nursing

Predicting Inpatient Deterioration: From Quality Improvement to Research

This webinar describes an application of data science analytics to public health, using data from electronic health records (EHRs) to predict patient mortality.

Webinar • 1 hour • Intermediate

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