Steven Worthington
Director Of Data Science Services & Lead Data Scientist
Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
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Top SchoolSteven Worthington is a data science leader with over a decade of hands-on experience building research-driven analytics and operational data services at Harvard University, where he progressed from postdoctoral data scientist to Director of Data Science Services. He blends deep academic training—a Ph.D. in Biological Anthropology and an MSc—with practical machine learning and statistical expertise, evidenced by a 4.0 data science master's from Harvard. Steven specializes in translating complex research questions into reproducible, production-ready data workflows and advising cross-disciplinary teams on experimental design, causal inference, and scalable analysis. Known for stewarding institutional data science capacity, he balances strategic leadership with day-to-day technical mentorship and implementation. A Cambridge-based practitioner, he brings an unusual combination of life-sciences domain depth and institutional program-building experience that helps organizations turn exploratory research into impactful, reliable insights.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological Anthropology, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biological Anthropology at New York UniversityMaster's degree (MLA), Data Science, GPA: 4.0, Master's degree (MLA), Data Science, GPA: 4.0 at Harvard UniversityCELTA, Education, CELTA, Education at University of Durham
Github Skills (11)
stata10
r8
hbs8
science7
python7
machine-learning6
data-science5
nodejs2
scrape2
webscraping2
scraper2
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
IQSS/dss-workshops
Mar 2020 - Apr 2020
Data science workshop materials developed by Data Science Services (IQSS) and Research Computing Services (HBS).
Contributions:2 commits, 4 PRs, 341 pushes in 15 days
hbspythonworkshop-materialsresearch-computingscience
stevenworthington/dss-powersim
Apr 2023 - Sep 2023
Contributions:62 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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