Melissa Isobelle Smith Email & Phone Number

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for collaborating with external organisations and internal stakeholders for DEI benchmarking activities (information gathering & collation, submission, gap analyses, action planning, progress monitoring) and external DEI-related reporting (e.g. CSRD S1).

Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Data scientist using R and SQL to provide business value via statistical modelling to determine the effectiveness of business activities and automated ETL and data processing using Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Azure Databricks and Azure Logic Apps.Responsibilities include:- Application of strong statistical understanding in a business setting (appropriate test selection, interpretation of statistical measures, parametric and nonparametric tests and models).- Fluent & flexible… Show more Data scientist using R and SQL to provide business value via statistical modelling to determine the effectiveness of business activities and automated ETL and data processing using Azure Data Factory, SSIS, Azure Databricks and Azure Logic Apps.Responsibilities include:- Application of strong statistical understanding in a business setting (appropriate test selection, interpretation of statistical measures, parametric and nonparametric tests and models).- Fluent & flexible use of R and Tidyverse packages for data import, manipulation, cleaning, analysis, visualisation and export (e.g. readr, tidyr, broom, dplyr, ggplot2, purrr).- Establishment of access to databases via jdbc & odbc connections (both local and via Databricks) and SSIS packages.- Fluent use of SQL for data extraction, including ability to embed SQL queries via odbc/jdbc connections within R scripts for flexible and automated data import and analysis.- Usage, maintenance and debugging of Microsoft Azure resources including Data Factory, Databricks, Logic Apps and Azure SQL databases.- Application of a strong background in linear, logistic and multivariate modelling with lm, glm, gam and lme4 functions to evaluate the success of business activities in the presence of temporospatial confounds and lack of controls.- Presentation of findings, limitations and recommendations to a corporate audience in a clear, concise, engaging and actionable way.- Advising and planning business activity design to facilitate adequate data collection for evaluation, including representative controls, A/B testing, sample size and practical considerations. Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

Data scientist focusing on developing processes for evaluating performance of marketing campaigns, including effect on market share and return on investment, as well as developing and automating analytical infrastructure to facilitate compatibility with "big data", including parallel computing and complex statistical models.Working with R, SQL, Apache Spark, Microsoft Azure, Databricks and SSIS.

Bristol, United Kingdom

Performed a range of analyses including repeated measures and mixed model ANOVA, mixed effects binary logistic regression, t-tests, and nonparametric and descriptive analyses, working with a range of statistical software including RStudio, SPSS, GraphPad Prism, MLwiN and Microsoft Excel.Used the R programming language to enter, clean and and manipulate data, import packages, perform analyses, and plot and manipulate figures to visualise data, requiring familiarity with the dplyr… Show more Performed a range of analyses including repeated measures and mixed model ANOVA, mixed effects binary logistic regression, t-tests, and nonparametric and descriptive analyses, working with a range of statistical software including RStudio, SPSS, GraphPad Prism, MLwiN and Microsoft Excel.Used the R programming language to enter, clean and and manipulate data, import packages, perform analyses, and plot and manipulate figures to visualise data, requiring familiarity with the dplyr, readr, ggplot2, lme4, epitools and MultinomialCI packages in addition to base R functions.Planned and performed several time-limited research projects requiring extensive review of the existing literature to identify the limits of current knowledge, identification of appropriate techniques to expand upon these, and implementation of controls to overcome potential pitfalls that may affect the validity of results. This involved obtaining ethical approval from several university agencies, costing and purchasing equipment, designing suitable protocols and apparatus, recruiting subjects via online and veterinary-targeted marketing campaigns, and recruiting and managing animal handling assistants.Compiled a thesis document in Microsoft Word using tools for automation of formatting, such as themes, styles, citations, cross referencing, section breaks, insertion and manipulation of fields, and use of the Endnote plugin. Show less

Bristol, United Kingdom

Compiled weekly surveillance reports using exceedance algorithms to identify potential GI disease outbreaks, by bringing together, cleaning and processing data from regional laboratories using SQL and STATA. Aggregated, cleaned and analysed questionnaire response data using R, and calculated and reported initial crude odds ratios to determine the effects of household flooding or flood-related disruption on likely mental illness prevalences, from the third year of data collection of a… Show more Compiled weekly surveillance reports using exceedance algorithms to identify potential GI disease outbreaks, by bringing together, cleaning and processing data from regional laboratories using SQL and STATA. Aggregated, cleaned and analysed questionnaire response data using R, and calculated and reported initial crude odds ratios to determine the effects of household flooding or flood-related disruption on likely mental illness prevalences, from the third year of data collection of a large-scale longitudinal cohort study.Formulated an analysis plan, cleaned and analysed questionnaire response data and calculated and reported crude and demographically-adjusted odds ratios for the effect of risk factors on likely mental illness prevalences in respondents who had experienced flooding or flood-related disruption, from the second year of data collection of a large-scale longitudinal cohort study.Provided training and supervision to other staff members in the data entry and double-entry validation of questionnaires collected from new respondents as part of large-scale longitudinal cohort study, using EpiData software and Microsoft Excel. Show less

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Clinical Veterinary Science

"The effects of chronic pain from spontaneous canine osteoarthritis on working memory and sleep."

Bvsc, Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General, With Distinction

Bsc, Pharmacology, First Class Honours

A2 Levels, Chemistry, Biology, Mathematics, Aaa

Activities and Societies: Voluntary work for Dudley Zoological Gardens