Terrence D. Alexander
Decatur,GA
Summary
Self-motivated Data Scientist with data management, analytical, technical, and strong leadership skills. Offering three years of experience in Public Health field working with large datasets and providing data collection, statistical analysis, dashboard development, and IT expertise. Seeking a position that will foster career growth, use of my skills, and experience as a value-added asset in the Public Health industry.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Statistician/Senior Data Scientist - Consultant
Innovative Insights, LLC
Atlanta, GA
01.2024 - Current
- Automated processes for gathering, cleaning, processing, analyzing and reporting large amounts of data efficiently.
- Assisted with the implementation of new technologies related to big data collection and storage systems.
- Provided technical guidance on best practices for collecting and analyzing data.
- Performed hypothesis tests to determine if there is a statistically significant difference between two groups of data points.
- Translated complex analytical results into plain language understandable by non-technical stakeholders.
- Conducted exploratory data analysis on large datasets to identify trends, patterns, and correlations in the data.
Data Scientist - ORISE Fellow
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
Atlanta, GA
08.2022 - Current
- Develop dashboards for tracking internal performance metrics.
- Partner with Informatics fellow to build and consistently update a public-facing interactive dashboards that displays data from the System for Enteric Disease Response, Investigation, and Coordination (SEDRIC).
- Facilitate evaluation of various data systems within the Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases
- Executed the update of a Division-wide data processing toolkit for system evaluation to process data from the Agency-wide DMI (CDC DMI System Modernization Toolkit).
- Executed the update of a Division-wide Rshiny dashboard to visualize data from the CDC DMI System Modernization Toolkit.
- Developed workflows and apps in Microsoft Power Automate and Power Apps to address administration needs.
- Created graphs and charts detailing data analysis results.
- Cleaned and manipulated raw data.
- Used statistical software to analyze and process large data sets.
- Recommended data analysis tools to address business issues.
- Designed surveys, opinion polls and assessment tools to collect data.
Preparedness and Response - ORISE Fellow
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
ATLANTA, GA
08.2020 - 07.2022
- Produced project level and aggregate-level operational and executive reports of CPR funded projects..
- Assisted in organizing and facilitating the Primary Objective Reviews for the Fiscal Allocation Process.
- Engaged with leadership and provided relevant inputs to build plans for the CPR's Fiscal Allocation Process and Science Research Agenda
- Managed funds allocated to CPR for intramural programs and activities for building and sustaining preparedness and response.
- Facilitated program management and evaluation of preparedness and response portfolios, including Training, Medica Countermeasures, Epidemiology/Surveillance, Laboratory, Response and Recovery, Healthcare Preparedness, and other Cross-Cutting programs/activities
- Managed and created guidelines for funding within the Countermeasures and Mitigation and Surge Capacity domain (PHEP Capability)
Data Manager - COVID-19 Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
Atlanta, GA
02.2022 - 04.2022
- Assisted with conducting evaluation of the Health Equity Action Tracker (HEAT).
- Conducted crosswalk of other project inventories with the HEAT, including the e-clearance health equity focused projects and CICIP task force projects databases.
- Created procedures for data sharing and managed incoming and outgoing data files.
- Managed data gatekeeping by receiving information, translating and overseeing documents within file management system.
- Detected and resolved data quality issues and discrepancies for integrity and quality control.
- Devised reports and visualizations to present requested data in sleek format.
Data Analyst - COVID-19 Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
Atlanta, Georgia
08.2021 - 09.2021
- Executed data cleaning and quality assurance on data collected from various Southwest border sites
- Developed professional relationships and collaborated with field-deployers to collect data and perform quality assurance.
- Compiled and managed data to produce daily and weekly PowerBI reports and dashboards
- Assisted in generating changes to data collections forms to increase efficiency
- Trained upcoming task-force members.
Data Science Intern - Innovation Laboratory
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, Georgia
10.2018 - 03.2019
- Created and managed data collection tools using Epi Info and REDCap.
- Produced monthly and final data reports.
- Completed data science training, collection, and evaluation.
- Conduct literature review and publication development
Education
Master of Public Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Morehouse School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA05.2020
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS05.2019
Skills
- R
- SAS
- Git
- RedCap
- Epi Info
- Power BI
- Power Apps
- Power Automate
- Palantir (DCIPHER)
- Database Management
- Statistical Analysis
Affiliations
- Emerging Researchers National (ERN) Conference - Presenter; February 2020
- Curtis Parker Research Symposium - Presenter; February 2020
- Healthcare Innovations Day - Presenter; February 2020
- Community Health Leadership Program (Satcher Health Leadership Institute) - February 2019 - April 2019
- Morehouse School of Medicine Dean's List - October 2019 - March 2018
- Arthur R. Collins Honors Scholarship - August 2018 - May 2019
Certification
- Data Analysis for New Data Analyst - CDC Training Opportunities
- Intro to Python Programming - CDC Training Opportunities
- Introduction to Data Science in R - Bevera Training
- HIPPA Certification - Department of Health and Human Services
Timeline
Statistician/Senior Data Scientist - Consultant
Innovative Insights, LLC
01.2024 - Current
Data Scientist - ORISE Fellow
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
08.2022 - Current
Data Manager - COVID-19 Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
02.2022 - 04.2022
Data Analyst - COVID-19 Response
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
08.2021 - 09.2021
Preparedness and Response - ORISE Fellow
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC
08.2020 - 07.2022
Data Science Intern - Innovation Laboratory
Morehouse School of Medicine
10.2018 - 03.2019
Master of Public Health - Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Morehouse School of Medicine
Bachelor of Science - Biology
University of Mississippi
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