Alan Yeung
Healthcare Scientist (Advanced) at Public Health Scotland
Kirkintilloch, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Top SchoolAlan Yeung is a Healthcare Scientist (Advanced) and statistical epidemiologist with eight years’ experience building and managing national public-health data systems, most notably the UK’s Hepatitis B database. He combines deep expertise in R and SQL with applied research at Public Health Scotland and Glasgow Caledonian University to deliver surveillance statistics, predictive models, and policy-relevant analyses for blood‑borne viruses and STIs. His PhD work on infectious-disease transmission and vaccine effectiveness informs pragmatic modelling approaches used in routine surveillance and outbreak analysis. Alan has a track record of turning messy linkage problems into robust datasets and actionable quality indicators, including novel visualisations for care-home analytics. He is particularly interested in prediction using statistical methods and brings a reproducible, code-first mindset to public health challenges. Based in Kirkintilloch, Scotland, he blends academic rigour with operational delivery across government and university settings.
8 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistical Epidemiology, Achieved, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistical Epidemiology, Achieved at University of Strathclyde
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Github Skills (21)
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rmarkdown10
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dplyr6
addin6
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Github contributions (5)
alan-y/objectremover
Feb 2019 - Aug 2021
RStudio addin to remove objects from the Global environment based on text patterns
Contributions:16 commits, 2 PRs, 30 pushes in 2 years 6 months
addinrrstudio
alan-y/blogdown-website
May 2019 - Dec 2023
Contributions:98 pushes, 2 branches, 7 comments in 4 years 7 months
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