Sammi Rosser

Sammi Rosser

Aspiring Health Data Scientist. Plays many instruments badly. Lover of Lady Grey tea.

Who Am I?

Diving Photo

Education

MSc Health Data Science - Distinction - University of Exeter - 2021

Dean’s Commendation

Angela Shore Award for the highest mark for the project module in the 2020-21 Health Data Science MSc cohort

BA Biological Science - 2:1 - Lady Margaret Hall, University of Oxford - 2014

More informally…

More DataCamp certificates than you can shake a stick at (56 as of December 2021).

Programming languages and frameworks

  • R (intermediate/advanced)
  • Python (advanced)
  • SQL (most experience with T-SQL, intermediate)
  • Javascript (beginner)

Conferences Attended

November 2021 (virtual) - NHS-R

May 2021 (virtual) - Association for Professional Healthcare Analysts (AphA)

December 2020 (virtual) - Developer!Developer!Developer!

Outside of work

I think you can tell a lot about me by my diving journey.

I’m not a great swimmer. Therefore, before starting university, it seemed like a great idea to work in a factory for a year so I could afford to spend six weeks scuba diving off a tropical island.

So, at 18, I paid the money I’d saved, packed a rucksack that was almost bigger than me, and got on a plane to Indonesia. I became a PADI qualified rescue diver (after obtaining my open water and advanced open water qualifications). I failed my first attempt after not locating the missing diver, and narrowly avoided being rescued on my second attempt after one fin fell off and I had to swim against a current to get back to shore while carrying an extra set of diving gear. Honestly, don’t expect me to rescue you in anything larger than a pond.

I wasn’t a natural diver. I struggled with every aspect of it.

I bloody loved it.

I bring this attitude to everything else I have tackled in my life. My studies, my jobs - I will throw myself into it with a smile on my face. I believe you can learn anything with the right attitude.