Crossposted from Public Health Insider

Our website is full of all sorts of interesting data dashboards, synthesizing information from an array of data sources to allow our staff and the public to better understand who is most impacted by various health issues.

Danny is one of the data scientists who does the behind-the-scenes work to make these data visualizations possible and to allow our staff to work efficiently. For this month’s Portraits in Public Health, we look behind the scenes to understand the work of Danny and his colleagues.

Hi Danny. What’s your job at Public Health? 

I’m a data scientist. I create software tools to help my colleagues easily access and analyze public health data for the community.

I love taking away unnecessary complexity for people. If I can free their time, their energy, their resources, they can engage more fully with community partners. Read more.