The University of Edinburgh
Data Science in Stratified Healthcare and Precision Medicine
The University of Edinburgh

Data Science in Stratified Healthcare and Precision Medicine

Taught in English

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Dr Areti Manataki
Dr Frances Wong

Instructors: Dr Areti Manataki

4.6

(312 reviews)

Intermediate level
Some related experience required
17 hours to complete
3 weeks at 5 hours a week
Flexible schedule
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There are 5 modules in this course

Join us this week to find out how the course works and to try your hand at programming in Python!

What's included

7 videos8 readings1 quiz2 ungraded labs

This week you will be introduced to Sequence Processing and Medical Image Analysis. Explore the course materials to find out about recent advances in these areas and how they contribute to Precision Medicine!

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9 videos1 quiz1 ungraded lab

This week you will learn about Probabilistic and Network Modelling, and how they are applied to biomedicine. You will also be introduced to Machine Learning and explore the opportunities it brings to the medical field.

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11 videos1 reading2 quizzes2 ungraded labs

This week you will discover how clinical notes and other free-form text can be analysed with the use of Natural Language Processing techniques. You will also find out how Process Modelling can help us understand, stratify and improve healthcare processes.

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9 videos1 reading1 quiz1 ungraded lab

In this final week of the course you will learn how the Graph Data model allows for effective linkage of different data in the life sciences. You will also explore societal, legal and ethical implications of precision medicine and stratified healthcare.

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7 videos3 readings1 quiz1 peer review1 ungraded lab

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4.7 (78 ratings)
Dr Areti Manataki
The University of Edinburgh
4 Courses590,385 learners
Dr Frances Wong
The University of Edinburgh
1 Course27,028 learners

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