Mark Wheldon
Population Affairs Officer
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMark Wheldon is a statistician and demographer with a Ph.D. from the University of Washington and nine years of professional experience applying Bayesian methods and complex modelling to population and health research. At the United Nations he develops population estimates and projections and previously led Bayesian hierarchical modelling for contraceptive prevalence in a Gates Foundation–funded project, translating noisy and big data into actionable policy insights. He combines deep technical fluency in R and SAS with a track record of training non-statisticians and publishing scholarly work, bridging technical and policy audiences. Prior academic roles in New Zealand and the U.S. underpin his strengths in teaching, communication and developing social indicators from census microdata — a background that helps him see demographic patterns other analysts might miss.
9 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Statistics at University of WashingtonBachelor of Science (BSc), Statistics and Psychology, Bachelor of Science (BSc), Statistics and Psychology at University of CanterburyMaster of Science (M.Sc.), Statistics, Hons 1st Class, Master of Science (M.Sc.), Statistics, Hons 1st Class at University of Auckland
French, Chinese
Github Skills (7)
planning7
bayesian6
adjustment4
carbon-emissions3
standardization3
evaluation2
statistics2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
FPcounts/FPEMglobal
Dec 2019 - Feb 2025
Global Family Planning Estimation Model
Contributions:10 releases, 13 PRs, 116 pushes in 5 years 3 months
estimationplanning
FPcounts/FPEMglobal.aux
Jul 2022 - Feb 2025
Provides functions for working with files and objects associated with FPEMglobal.
Contributions:9 releases, 6 PRs, 78 pushes in 2 years 7 months
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