Dara Straussman

Data scientist @stripe, previously @Collective. Computational immunology PhD @Stanford

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

@LondonDA yes! Still some of the most beautiful hiking I've done.

[Ed Yong is not here @edyong209]

The origin of this story is one of my colleagues asked for an immunity explainer, and I said, "GOD NO, have you any idea how complicated immunology is, that would kill me," but then I realized that I am already dead inside, and wrote the piece.

https://t.co/Cg6i6Mj17k

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

#TWiV is always excellent, and during the pandemic has been such a great way to stay up-to-date on SARS-CoV-2 science. This episode on the promise of rapid testing is especially enlightening. Highly recommend! https://t.co/4nfmO8je5M

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

The team went to great lengths to incorporate all the data we could, state assumptions clearly, and present the model in a way that folks can understand. We hope it proves to be useful.

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

It was a real privilege to work on this project - an unusual confluence of science, engineering, data, and design. I’m especially proud of our long list of citations and attention to detail in parameterization.

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

1/ Some folks at Stripe built https://t.co/7g2o78kwE6.

While no model is perfect, it does three things a bit differently: (1) goes to extensive lengths to fit a sensible parametric model to observed data (both medical and mobility);

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

Another key feature: our model runs all the way to the end of the year. Many models end sooner. This longer timescale inherently gives us a greater probability to be wrong, but we felt the value of modeling a potential ‘second wave’ was important enough to take this risk.

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

Fast Grants for COVID-19: https://t.co/vEd27V4oE1.

[Trevor Bedford @trvrb]

I wrote a blog post that details Saturday's finding of "cryptic transmission" of #SARSCoV2 in Washington State. Genomic evidence suggests that #COVID19 has been circulating here since Jan 15, but undetected due to lack of testing. https://t.co/cYmyTdU4Cg

[Bill Hanage @BillHanage.bsky.social @BillHanage]

As news reports begin to express concern about mutations in #nCoV_2019 I wrote a piece with the great @XuetingQ to help the public make sense of mutations and evolution - including what sequence can tell us, and what it can't https://t.co/CgSqnPBChF

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

Amazing opportunity to work with the brilliant @GabiFragiadakis!

[Gabi Fragiadakis @GabiFragiadakis]

We're hiring software engineers in my lab for our UCSF Data Library project! Enable important disease-focused biological research, have flexible work hours (remote ok!), work with a fun academic data science group.

Check it out here: https://t.co/0KJdCBZT81

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

@RSegalGreenberg Beautiful work!! Congrats Rachel!!

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

We have a few more spots available for our upcoming Stripe Women in Data Science event on June 6th. Come hear cool talks spanning DS/eng fields and meet like-minded folks. RSVP here! https://t.co/MDC27svxpu

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

I'm excited to be speaking at @kaggle’s #CareerCon2019 this Thursday 4/18! I hope that sharing a bit about my journey from computational immunology to data science will be helpful to those contemplating data-oriented careers!

[Dr. Hassamildsauce Rollerinka Ali-Freeman, Pre-PhD @multihyphenate]

Learned something new today from @dstraussalbee Dialated CNNs #WiAC2019 #neuralnetworks #MachineLearning

[Melissa @iMel408]

Awesome Data Scientist's Forcasting Toolbox workshop by Dara Straussman from @stripe #WiAC2019 #DataScience #WomeninAnalytics

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

So excited to be speaking this year at the Women in Analytics conference at Facebook on April 12! I’ll be talking all about forecasting methods. Apply to attend here: https://t.co/scDKCfDb7N

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

@MsJondahl @AbingdonGIFT Thank you for having me! What a treat!

[MsJondahl @MsJondahl]

Dr Dara, a scientist, came to read aloud and answer our questions about becoming a scientist @AbingdonGIFT

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

Can't imagine the implications for science if the Republican tax bill is passed. https://t.co/RNMSu7qffW

[Dara Straussman @dstraussman]

@datasciimmunol what a cool project! My two favorite fields. So much potential. Let me know how I can help :)