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.
Data Science in Stratified Healthcare and Precision Medicine
Data Science in Stratified Healthcare and Precision Medicine
Instructors: Dr Areti Manataki
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2 weeks at 10 hours a week
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Skills you'll gain
- Python Programming
- Bioinformatics
- Statistical Modeling
- Precision Medicine
- Medical Imaging
- Big Data
- Network Analysis
- Molecular Biology
- Probability & Statistics
- Biomedical Technology
- Text Mining
- Machine Learning
- Image Analysis
- Data Science
- Natural Language Processing
- Graph Theory
- Data Analysis
- Process Driven Development
- Health Informatics
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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!
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7 videos8 readings1 assignment2 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 assignment1 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 assignments2 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 assignment1 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 videos4 readings1 assignment1 peer review1 ungraded lab
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SJ
5
Reviewed on Aug 31, 2018
One of the great course I have ever done through coursera! Thank you to Dr.Wong and Dr.Areti for their great contribution!
SP
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Reviewed on Oct 30, 2019
An excellent introduction to Data Science in healthcare! Overall, this course was very knowledgeable, interactive, challenging and fun!Thank you Coursera!
SR
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Reviewed on Apr 18, 2019
Excellent introduction to use of data science in healthcare with hands-on training in machine learning and NLP. Great course.
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