ASPIRE’s Curated Career Resources: Data Science and Programming Resources
Professional Societies/Organizations:
Greater Nashville Technology Council: https://technologycouncil.com/
SciPy – get involved with the Python community (https://scipy.org/community/) and check out their annual conference (https://conference.scipy.org/) Twitter/X: @SciPy_team and @SciPyConf
Campus Resources:
Vanderbilt Data Science Institute: https://www.vanderbilt.edu/datascience/
- Seminars series and workshops
- Join mailing list to stay informed: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSepIvOvAPUJ2UDAUvupDfms3AZwTth4v-T0vcviaA8DpHyo5g/viewform
Vanderbilt Libraries
- https://www.library.vanderbilt.edu/digital-lab/events/
- The Vanderbilt Libraries provides access to O’Reilly for Higher Education, a multimedia collection of instruction and reference materials focused on computer programming, web development, audio-video editing tools, and gaming and AR/VR.
Internships
- Multiple different ASPIRE Internships in data science and analytics offered throughout the year locally in Nashville, or possibly remote. https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/career-development/aspire-internships/
- Internships outside of ASPIRE; BRET-curated Excel list* of internship opportunities to consider in many areas including data science and analytics: https://medschool.vanderbilt.edu/career-development/aspire-internships/internship-opportunities-outside-of-aspire/
* Some of these internship opportunities may be out of date, but they can be used to find current opportunities.
Center for Quantitative Sciences runs CQS Summer Institute courses: https://www.vumc.org/cqs/cqs-summer-institute Resources outside of Campus
Local Meet-ups:
- Data Science Nashville: https://www.meetup.com/Data-Science-Nashville/
- Data Nerds: https://www.meetup.com/Data-Nerds/events/
- T. Girls: Slack Channel and local meet-up: https://nashdev.com/slack channel: #it-girls
Podcasts
- Build a Career in Data Science: https://podcast.bestbook.cool/
- Links to several data science podcasts: https://www.datacamp.com/blog/the-ultimate-list-of-data-science-podcasts-to-listen-to-right-now
Courses online/in person:
DataCamp (some free courses): https://www.datacamp.com/
Coursera: limited free courses
Nashville Software School : https://nashvillesoftwareschool.com/
(courses are not free)
*Seek out coding challenges and hackathons online and locally to learn and grow
Data Sources
All of US data: (https://allofus.nih.gov/) National program but data is housed and managed by VUMC’s VICTR office. Full time staff devoted to helping you use and analyze data. Students and postdocs can apply for access as members of a non-profit educational institution.
Data Sources of interest from Komen (all cancer related) to do your own projects for your GitHub
https://www.aacr.org/professionals/research/aacr-project-genie/aacr-project-genie-data/
https://www.ciitizen.com/blackdatamatters/
Resources compiled and updated by Aubrie Stricker, PhD Candidate, Cell and Developmental Biology