Michael Samuel
Data Scientist Senior Epidemiologist
Walnut Creek, California, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMichael Samuel is a seasoned data scientist and senior epidemiologist with over 25 years of experience translating public health data into actionable insights for policy, surveillance, and scientific communication. Based in Walnut Creek, CA, he has led state-level infectious disease surveillance and data science programs at the California Department of Public Health, combining deep quantitative skills with clear visual storytelling using open-source tools. His expertise spans data collection and management, complex statistical analysis, informatics, and mentoring teams on methods and results for manuscripts and reports. A DrPH-holder from UC Berkeley, he is comfortable across domestic and international projects and enjoys teaching others to make data more usable and impactful. Less obvious: beyond routine surveillance work he has repeatedly configured web-based disease surveillance systems and built visual displays that elevated routine data into decision-ready products.
9 years of coding experience
16 years of employment as a software developer
DrPH; MPH; BS, epidemiology, biostatistics, infectious diseases, DrPH; MPH; BS, epidemiology, biostatistics, infectious diseases at University of California, Berkeley
English, a little spanish
Github Skills (21)
r-package9
spatial9
r8
javascript7
react7
maps7
rmarkdown5
hugo5
xlsx4
spreadsheet4
knitr4
excel4
xls3
markdown3
blogdown3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
mcSamuelDataSci/callingCard
Jan 2021 - Sep 2023
Contributions:5 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 7 months
mcSamuelDataSci/CID
Jul 2016 - Dec 2017
Contributions:1 PR, 3 pushes, 1 branch in 1 year 4 months
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