Steele Valenzuela
Biostatistician
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolSteele Valenzuela is a biostatistician with 12 years of quantitative research experience applying statistical methods to public health problems, currently working at Oregon Health & Science University focusing on cardiovascular interventions, policy evaluation, and medical education. Trained in pure mathematics and biostatistics, Steele blends rigorous mathematical thinking with practical data science, particularly in R, and has a passion for teaching statistical computing to beginners. His research spans diverse applied topics—from readmission disparities among non-English-speaking patients to epigenetics and the evaluation of smoking bans—demonstrating both breadth and the ability to translate complex models into actionable insights. Steele has substantial teaching and mentorship experience at UMass Amherst, having designed and instructed an introductory statistical computing course while supporting intermediate biostatistics curricula. Colleagues describe him as a lifelong student of the statistical trade who pairs reproducible analysis with clear communication, often surfacing unexpected patterns in messy health data.
12 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Public Health, India: Health and Human Rights, Study Abroad, Public Health, India: Health and Human Rights, Study Abroad at School for International TrainingMaster of Science (M.S.), Biostatistics, 2nd year, Master of Science (M.S.), Biostatistics, 2nd year at University of Massachusetts AmherstBachelor of Science (B.S.), Pure Mathematics, Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Pure Mathematics at Creighton University
English, Italian, Hindi
Github Skills (19)
r-package6
htmlwidgets4
shiny4
datatables3
stata3
javascript3
r3
computation3
plug3
statistics3
jquery2
jstree2
water1
health1
file-format1
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
shv38339/statcomp597d
Oct 2015 - Nov 2015
Contributions:33 commits, 27 pushes, 1 branch in 1 month
computationstatisticsstatistical
shv38339/bitchin-bayes
Mar 2016 - May 2016
Contributions:2 PRs, 18 pushes, 3 branches in 1 month
class-projectcomputationalbayes
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