Emily Halford

Emily Halford Data Science & Mental Health Expert

Emily is a data analyst working in psychiatric epidemiology in New York City. She is a suicide-prevention professional who is enthusiastic about taking a data-driven approach to the mental health field. Emily holds a Master of Public Health from Columbia University.

Scraping Data from Wikipedia Tables

Scraping Data from Wikipedia Tables

A few weeks ago, I wrote an article using historical population data from numerous US cities.

Emily Halford
05/05/2021
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Data Storytelling with Population Visualizations

Data Storytelling with Population Visualizations

One of the first things I wanted to do after receiving my COVID-19 vaccination was to visit a museum (with masks and social distancing, of course), and my first such visit was to The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston, Texas.

Emily Halford
05/04/2021
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Life as a Data Analyst in a Research Organization

Life as a Data Analyst in a Research Organization

There are so many articles and social media posts out there attempting to define the difference between data analyst and data scientist roles, a goal that I’ve never quite understood.

Emily Halford
12/03/2021
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End to End Shiny App Tutorial Using NYC Mortality Data

End to End Shiny App Tutorial Using NYC Mortality Data

Shiny is used by many data scientists and data analysts to create interactive visualizations and web applications.

Emily Halford
11/01/2021
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How to Connect a Local R Project to GitHub from a Mac

How to Connect a Local R Project to GitHub from a Mac

It’s fairly straightforward to set up a GitHub connection when creating a new R project.

Emily Halford
01/01/2021
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Evaluating Linear Relationships

Evaluating Linear Relationships

One of the most common analyses conducted by data scientists is the evaluation of linear relationships between numeric variables.

Emily Halford
24/11/2020
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Data Science in Mental Health

Data Science in Mental Health

Healthcare data science has been growing rapidly for several years, although the use of data to understand and address mental health problems has lagged behind the rest of the field.

Emily Halford
11/11/2020
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Google Searches and the U.S. Presidential Election: What the Polls May Have Missed

Google Searches and the U.S. Presidential Election: What the Polls May Have Missed

Most of us here in the U.S. are waiting with bated breath for the results of next week’s enormously consequential presidential election.

Emily Halford
26/10/2020
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5-Minute Guide to Calling Functions from R Scripts: R Code Tutorial Using Google Trends Data

5-Minute Guide to Calling Functions from R Scripts: R Code Tutorial Using Google Trends Data

You’ve likely heard the popular guideline that if you find yourself copying and pasting code more than 3 times, you should write it as a function.

Emily Halford
13/10/2020
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