{"id":22959,"date":"2025-02-14T14:25:52","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:25:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/?p=22959"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T19:26:13","slug":"aspires-curated-career-resources-data-science-and-programming-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/2025\/02\/14\/aspires-curated-career-resources-data-science-and-programming-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"ASPIRE\u2019s Curated Career Resources: Data Science, AI and Programming Resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Professional Societies\/Organizations:<\/strong><br \/>\nGreater Nashville Technology Council: <a href=\"https:\/\/technologycouncil.com\/\">https:\/\/technologycouncil.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SciPy \u2013 get involved with the Python community (<a href=\"https:\/\/scipy.org\/community\/\">https:\/\/scipy.org\/community\/<\/a>) and check out their annual conference (<a href=\"https:\/\/conference.scipy.org\/\">https:\/\/conference.scipy.org\/<\/a>) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Twitter\/X: @SciPy_team and @SciPyConf<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Campus Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Vanderbilt Data Science Institute: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/datascience\/\">https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/datascience\/<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Seminars series and workshops<\/li>\n<li>Join mailing list to stay informed: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSepIvOvAPUJ2UDAUvupDfms3AZwTth4v-T0vcviaA8DpHyo5g\/viewform\">https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSepIvOvAPUJ2UDAUvupDfms3AZwTth4v-T0vcviaA8DpHyo5g\/viewform<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AI Summer (Vanderbilt Data Science Institute and the College for Connected Computing)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/datascience\/ai-summer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/datascience\/ai-summer\/ <\/a>\u00a0 check for upcoming registration openings<\/li>\n<li>Past sessions are recorded and available via links on their website<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Vanderbilt Libraries<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.library.vanderbilt.edu\/digital-lab\/events\/\">https:\/\/www.library.vanderbilt.edu\/digital-lab\/events\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Vanderbilt Libraries provides access to\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.library.vanderbilt.edu\/eres?id=1676\">O\u2019Reilly for Higher Education<\/a>,\u00a0a\u00a0multimedia collection of instruction and reference materials\u00a0focused\u00a0on computer programming, web development, audio-video editing tools, and gaming and AR\/VR.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Internships<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Multiple different ASPIRE Internships in data science and analytics offered throughout the year locally in Nashville, or possibly remote. <a href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/aspire-internships\/\">https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/aspire-internships\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Internships outside of ASPIRE; BRET-curated Excel list*\u00a0 of internship opportunities to consider in many areas including data science and analytics:\u00a0 <a style=\"font-size: 1.2rem;background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/aspire-internships\/internship-opportunities-outside-of-aspire\/\">https:\/\/medschool.vanderbilt.edu\/career-development\/aspire-internships\/internship-opportunities-outside-of-aspire\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Some of these internship opportunities may be out of date, but they can be used to find current opportunities.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Center for Quantitative Sciences<\/strong> runs CQS Summer Institute courses: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vumc.org\/cqs\/cqs-summer-institute\">https:\/\/www.vumc.org\/cqs\/cqs-summer-institute<\/a> <strong>Resources outside of Campus<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vanderbilt&#8217;s\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/agi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amplify Generative AI Innovation Center<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Trainings and Resources: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/agi\/platforms\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.vanderbilt.edu\/agi\/platforms\/resources\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Meet-ups:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Data Science Nashville: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Data-Science-Nashville\/\">https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Data-Science-Nashville\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Data Nerds: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Data-Nerds\/events\/\">https:\/\/www.meetup.com\/Data-Nerds\/events\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li>T. Girls: Slack Channel and local meet-up: <a href=\"https:\/\/nashdev.com\/slack\">https:\/\/nashdev.com\/slack<\/a> channel: #it-girls<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local Conferences:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>DataTune: <a href=\"https:\/\/datatuneconf.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/datatuneconf.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Podcasts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Build a Career in Data Science: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcast.bestbook.cool\/\">https:\/\/podcast.bestbook.cool\/<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Links to several data science podcasts: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacamp.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-list-of-data-science-podcasts-to-listen-to-right-now\">https:\/\/www.datacamp.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-list-of-data-science-podcasts-to-listen-to-right-now<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Courses online\/in person: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>DataCamp <\/strong>(some free courses): <a href=\"https:\/\/www.datacamp.com\/\">https:\/\/www.datacamp.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<strong>Coursera<\/strong>:\u00a0 limited free courses<\/p>\n<p><strong>Nashville Software School<\/strong> : <a href=\"https:\/\/nashvillesoftwareschool.com\/\">https:\/\/nashvillesoftwareschool.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n(courses are not free)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>*Seek out coding challenges and hackathons online and locally to learn and grow<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Sources<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>All of US data: (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allofus.nih.gov\/\"><strong>https:\/\/allofus.nih.gov\/<\/strong><\/a><strong>) <\/strong>National program but data is housed and managed by VUMC\u2019s VICTR office.\u00a0 Full time staff devoted to helping you use and analyze data.\u00a0 Students and postdocs can apply for access as members of a non-profit educational institution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Data Sources of interest from Komen (all cancer related) to do your own projects for your GitHub<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mbcproject.org\/\">https:\/\/mbcproject.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacr.org\/professionals\/research\/aacr-project-genie\/aacr-project-genie-data\/\">https:\/\/www.aacr.org\/professionals\/research\/aacr-project-genie\/aacr-project-genie-data\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ciitizen.com\/blackdatamatters\/\"><u>https:\/\/www.ciitizen.com\/blackdatamatters\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Resources compiled and updated by Aubrie Stricker, PhD Candidate, Cell and Developmental Biology<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional Societies\/Organizations: Greater Nashville Technology Council: https:\/\/technologycouncil.com\/ SciPy \u2013 get involved with the Python community (https:\/\/scipy.org\/community\/) and check out their annual conference (https:\/\/conference.scipy.org\/) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Twitter\/X: @SciPy_team and @SciPyConf &nbsp; 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