Harriet Sands
Senior Data Scientist
London, England, United Kingdom
Summary
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Top SchoolHarriet Sands is a Senior Data Scientist with nine years of experience applying data science to public good across UK government and civic tech. Currently at NHS England, she previously shaped policy-facing analytics at HM Treasury and built population-level insights at the ONS Data Science Campus. Her background includes data-for-good research with the University of Chicago’s DSSG and commercial analytics experience at dunnhumby, giving her a rare mix of policy, research and product-focused practice. She is experienced in turning complex public-sector problems into actionable, auditable models and operational tools used by decision makers. Collected roles across No.10, HMT and NHS suggest strong stakeholder fluency and an ability to embed data products into government workflows. Trained at the University of Cambridge, she blends rigorous analytical foundations with a pragmatic, impact-first approach.
9 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Bachelor's degree at University of Cambridge
Github Skills (56)
data-science10
science10
rap9
machine-learning9
vocabulary9
python8
r-language8
analytical8
stata8
package-template8
sector8
r8
futures8
mkdocs-material8
scenarios7
Programming languages (11)
Github contributions (5)
data-ethics-and-society/data-ethics-and-society-reading-group
Jul 2020 - Jan 2023
Data ethics and society reading group for cross government. We run sessions on books and articles relating to ethics in data science and AI for public sector colleagues.
Contributions:11 reviews, 102 commits, 61 PRs in 2 years 6 months
ethics-resourcespythonsciencedata-sciencereading-group
harrietrs/copy-to-pr
Aug 2022 - Oct 2022
Contributions:10 releases, 32 commits, 37 pushes in 2 months
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