An increasing volume of data is becoming available in biomedicine and healthcare, from genomic data, to electronic patient records and data collected by wearable devices. Recent advances in data science are transforming the life sciences, leading to precision medicine and stratified healthcare.
In this course, you will learn about some of the different types of data and computational methods involved in stratified healthcare and precision medicine. You will have a hands-on experience of working with such data. And you will learn from leaders in the field about successful case studies.
Topics include: (i) Sequence Processing, (ii) Image Analysis, (iii) Network Modelling, (iv) Probabilistic Modelling, (v) Machine Learning, (vi) Natural Language Processing, (vii) Process Modelling and (viii) Graph Data.
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What's included
7 videos8 readings1 assignment2 ungraded labs
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7 videos•Total 52 minutes
Welcome to the Course•3 minutes
About the Course•3 minutes
Demystifying Data Science•4 minutes
Python Basics Part 1•9 minutes
Python Basics Part 2•5 minutes
Professor Andrew Morris•12 minutes
Professor Aileen Keel•15 minutes
8 readings•Total 80 minutes
Syllabus•10 minutes
Course Logistics•10 minutes
How to use the Discussion Forums•10 minutes
Course Team•10 minutes
Acknowledgements•10 minutes
Copyright•10 minutes
How to use Jupyter Notebooks•10 minutes
Programming tips & tricks•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Quiz 1•30 minutes
2 ungraded labs•Total 120 minutes
Python Basics Part 1•60 minutes
Python Basics Part 2•60 minutes
WELCOME TO WEEK 2
Module 2•2 hours to complete
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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 assignment1 ungraded lab
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9 videos•Total 53 minutes
Introduction•2 minutes
DNA and Sequencing•4 minutes
Modelling the Data•3 minutes
Conclusion•4 minutes
Professor Tim Aitman•14 minutes
Professor David Porteous•11 minutes
Introduction•1 minute
Medical Imaging Data & Modalities•8 minutes
Analysing Medical Images•6 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Quiz 2•30 minutes
1 ungraded lab•Total 60 minutes
Image Analysis Programming Task•60 minutes
WELCOME TO WEEK 3
Module 3•4 hours to complete
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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.
What's included
11 videos1 reading2 assignments2 ungraded labs
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11 videos•Total 43 minutes
Introduction•2 minutes
Representing Networks•4 minutes
Biological Networks•5 minutes
Conclusion•2 minutes
Introduction•2 minutes
Statistical Methods in Medical Research•4 minutes
Conclusion•4 minutes
Introduction•2 minutes
Supervised Learning•11 minutes
Unsupervised Learning•6 minutes
Conclusion•2 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
How the Programming Assignment works•10 minutes
2 assignments•Total 60 minutes
Quiz 3•30 minutes
Programming Assignment Quiz•30 minutes
2 ungraded labs•Total 120 minutes
Machine Learning Programming Task•60 minutes
Programming Assignment Notebook•60 minutes
WELCOME TO WEEK 4
Module 4•3 hours to complete
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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.
What's included
9 videos1 reading1 assignment1 ungraded lab
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9 videos•Total 57 minutes
Introduction•3 minutes
Tasks•10 minutes
Computational Methods•4 minutes
Angus McCann from IBM•8 minutes
Introduction•2 minutes
Modelling Processes•7 minutes
Analysing Processes•6 minutes
Process Mining•3 minutes
Rodrigo Barnes from Aridhia•14 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
IBM Watson•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 30 minutes
Quiz 4•30 minutes
1 ungraded lab•Total 60 minutes
Natural Language Processing Programming Task•60 minutes
WELCOME TO WEEK 5
Module 5•5 hours to complete
Module details
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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Course is very good to understanding and instructors are highly experianced.I gain a lot from this course.
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An excellent introduction to Data Science in healthcare! Overall, this course was very knowledgeable, interactive, challenging and fun!Thank you Coursera!
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This is one of the excellent courses attended by me from Coursera. I am not from medical/healthcare background but got very good information about this domain. Thank you Team
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