Laura D. Hughes
portfolio
about
I'm a data scientist who works on interdisciplinary problems. Trained as a biophysical chemist, I love analyzing complicated data, figuring out what they mean, and deciding how to visually communicate the results to others.
Recent Projects
international development
Rwanda
scrollytelling website
with Tim Essam and Baboyma Kagniniwa
genetics
MuscleDB
gene expression database
with Michael E. Hughes lab and Karyn Esser lab
international development
Bangladesh
household and program analysis
with Tim Essam, Patrick Gault, Brent McCusker, Jamison Conley
international development
Rwanda partner coordination
interactive prototype
international development
Haiti
water and sanitation access
international development
Ethiopia
household and program analysis
with Tim Essam, Patrick Gault, Doug Johnson, Brent McCusker, Jamison Conley
Resources
vis
Visualization Process
what to consider when visualizing
vis
Visualization Takeaways
common pitfalls in visualizations
R
Custom R scripts
reusable functions and snippets
Stata
Intro to Stata course
analysis and visualization in Stata
with Tim Essam, Aaron Chafetz, Doug Johnson
Stata
Stata cheat sheets
analysis and visualization
with Tim Essam
data science
Resources & Pinterest gallery
things I've found useful and inspiring
with Tim Essam