Erik Westlund
Assistant Scientist at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Milton, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolErik Westlund is an Assistant Scientist and data scientist/statistical engineer at Johns Hopkins with 12+ years of experience blending rigorous academic research and full-stack development. Trained in competitive causal inference and program evaluation programs, he pairs PhD-level sociological insight with hands-on statistical modeling, data pipeline construction, and scalable backend and frontend engineering. He has a decade-long track record building production systems for high-traffic web platforms and publishing statistical tools to support reproducible simulations. Comfortable as a “server guy” and web developer as well as a methodological consultant, he translates complex study designs and messy data into defensible, actionable results. Based in Milton, MA, he brings an educator’s clarity from prior university teaching and program evaluation roles to collaborative, interdisciplinary teams.
12 years of coding experience
13 years of employment as a software developer
M.Sc., Comparative & International Education, Distinction, M.Sc., Comparative & International Education, Distinction at University of OxfordJohns Hopkins UniversityThe University of Maryland, College ParkBHS
English, Spanish
Stackoverflow
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Github Skills (147)
web-application10
laravel10
trellis10
php10
acl9
flask-application9
expressive9
laravel-dusk9
foundation9
application-framework9
js-grid9
vagrant8
webpack-plugin8
macos8
authorization8
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
erikwestlund/zuhanden
Oct 2019 - Nov 2019
A ready-to-hand full-service sidekick for academics.
Contributions:32 commits, 26 pushes, 1 branch in 16 days
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erikwestlund/documentinghate
Nov 2016 - Nov 2016
Contributions:124 commits, 103 pushes, 2 branches in 20 days
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