Derek Beaton
Director, Advanced Analytics at St. Michael's Hospital
Old Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolDerek Beaton is the Director of Advanced Analytics at Unity Health Toronto, leading a high-performing team that embeds statistical and machine learning models into clinical and operational workflows. With a PhD in Cognition & Neuroscience and nine years of applied experience, he bridges biostatistics, neuroinformatics, and multi-modal healthcare data to deliver practical AI solutions across genomics, neuroimaging, and electronic patient records. He is the author of the widely used ExPosition family of R packages, evidencing a strong commitment to reproducible open-source tools for multivariate analysis. Previously a postdoctoral fellow at the Rotman Research Institute, Derek specializes in multivariate methods, forecasting, and workforce analytics, and is known for integrating rigorous research into production healthcare systems. Unusually for a data scientist, he also holds joint world records in costumed team marathons, reflecting a flair for creative teamwork and public engagement.
9 years of coding experience
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognition & Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Cognition & Neuroscience at The University of Texas at DallasMaster of Science - MS, Computer and Information Sciences, General, Master of Science - MS, Computer and Information Sciences, General at University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Github Skills (34)
r-package9
resampling9
meta-analysis9
least-squares9
partial9
julia8
connectivity8
sampling8
covariance6
neuroimaging5
visualization4
multidimensional4
inference4
recall4
medicine3
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
derekbeaton/OuRS
Jan 2018 - Dec 2020
Contributions:148 commits, 105 pushes, 8 comments in 3 years
derekbeaton/Workshops
Apr 2017 - Apr 2021
Contributions:40 commits, 44 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 1 month
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