April Sherin
Consultant Open Research And Open Data Science Tools, Methods, Training, And Community-building
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolApril Sherin is a consultant and epidemiologist with 11 years’ experience advancing open research, reproducible data science, and community-driven training across academia, non-profits, and foundations. She designs and delivers curriculum, workshops, and outreach—helping organizations like CUNY, the Center for Open Science, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation operationalize rigorous, reproducible methods. A co-founder and former executive director of Reproducibility for Everyone, she has scaled volunteer-led reproducibility education to global conferences and built modular teaching hubs adopted by researchers. Technically fluent in R and statistical methods from an MSc in Epidemiology, she also contributes backend fixes to prominent open-science projects such as the OSF platform. Known for pairing methodological rigor with inclusive community stewardship, she blends evidence-driven pedagogy with practical tool development to increase adoption of reproducible practices. Based in New York, she brings a rare combination of epidemiological training, curriculum design, and hands-on open-source contribution.
11 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS), Epidemiology, Master of Science (MS), Epidemiology at University of GuelphBachelor of Arts (BA), History (Honours), Bachelor of Arts (BA), History (Honours) at Mount Allison University
French, German
Github Skills (5)
python10
django10
database7
interaction7
databases7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
CenterForOpenScience/osf.io
Jan 2016 - Jun 2016
Facilitating Open Science
Role in this project:
Backend Developer
Backend DeveloperContributions:5 commits, 7 PRs in 5 months
Contributions summary:April primarily contributed to the configuration of conference data, specifically updating logo URLs and adding new conference entries. These modifications involved modifying a Python script (`populate_conferences.py`) to include details such as names, URLs, and logo information. Additionally, the user addressed a clarification within the website's FAQ regarding storage limits for registrations, indicating an understanding of the application's features and user experience.
pythonsciencedjango-rest-frameworkdjangojavascript
aprilcs/BYOCode-2hr
Feb 2018 - Jul 2023
Contributions:46 pushes, 1 branch in 5 years 6 months
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