User:Smcdougall

About

Sarah McDougall is a senior at Bucknell University, located in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania. She is majoring in Applied Mathematical Sciences with a concentration in statistics. Upon graduation, Sarah intends to pursue a career in biomedical data science/data analytics.

University Email: snm009@bucknell.edu

Weekly Work Log

Week 1

• Orientation and REU expectations
• Data Science Boot Camp (Python packages, data visualization, and classification methods)
• Initial meeting with project mentor
• Talk: Good Research Practices
• Brainstormed project goals and milestones
• Completed research on opioid abuse/dependence and opioid use disorder (OUD)

Week 2

• Completed Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) CITI Training
• Completed Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) Biomedical Research CITI Training
• Talk: Technical Writing
• Completed research on on statistical analyses of OUD
• Completed research on machine learning methods for predicting OUD, overdose readmissions
• Met with project group about preliminary work, next steps

Week 3

• Watched and read tutorials about scikit-learn Python package
• Completed research on machine earning methods for predicting OUD, overdose readmissions
• Met with project group to discuss datasets and exploratory data analysis
• Talk: Research Presentation by Dr. Praveen + Student Check-in
• Compiled BibTex references
• Began data preprocessing on encounter and diagnosis datasets'

Week 4

• Completed data wrangling and preprocessing for hospital readmission component of project
• Began Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) for hospital readmission component of project
• Talk: Research Presentation by Dr. Bialkowski + Student Check-in
• Planned approach for data wrangling and preprocessing for OUD component of project

Week 5

• Completed data wrangling and preprocessing for OUD component of project
• Created mini presentation on contributions made toward project so far
• Talk: Good Presentations with Dr. Brylow
• Recorded all preprocessing documentation, and narrowed down potential predictors for machine learning models
• Delivered mini presentation
• Conducted background research on opioid epidemic specifically in Wisconsin and Milwaukee County

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