About

A little about me and what I work on.

I’m a data scientist and epidemiologist at the Connecticut Department of Public Health (DPH). I care a lot about the R programming language, Linux, and free and open-source software — and about bringing those tools to bear on problems that matter.

If you work for the State of Connecticut, you’ll often find me presenting or helping out at our inter-agency R User Group.

What I’ve worked on

Over the last seven years at DPH, I’ve worked with colleagues to:

  • Help tackle the opioid epidemic in Connecticut.
  • Expand the use of near-real-time syndromic surveillance.
  • Bring automated daily and weekly reporting to DPH and to the public through the Connecticut Open Data Portal.

Outside of work

I’m a father who spends time camping, doing woodworking, tinkering with computer hardware, and pulling manual espresso shots (along with all the other coffee gear that tends to follow).

Elsewhere