Dave Luo
Briefly
MD/MBA-trained data scientist. Worked and working on all things data for healthcare, telecommunications, disaster risk management, pandemic tracking, and climate change.
In Detail
Work
- Data Scientist at the Pandemic Tracking Collective (partnered with Rockefeller Foundation's Pandemic Prevention Institute), 2021-Present
- Data Science & Data Visualization Lead at The COVID Tracking Project, 2020-2021
- Geospatial ML Consultant at GFDRR Labs (World Bank), 2019-20
- Strategy & Product at UPMC Enterprises, 2015-17
- Product Manager at Canopy Apps (medical language interpretation), 2015
- Co-Founder & CEO at Earth2Globe (saffron export and ecommerce), 2012-15
- Co-Founder & CEO at Jeevan (virtual medical consultation), 2014
- Partner at man goes mobile (mobile health), 2013-2014
- Telemedicine Consultant at Telecom Development Company Afghanistan dba Roshan, 2012-13
- Head of Strategy, promoted from Senior Manager at Telecom Development Company Afghanistan dba Roshan, 2011-12
Education
- MD, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, 2013
- MBA, Harvard Business School, 2011
- BS, magna cum laude, in Neurobiology & Behavior, Cornell University, 2006
Select Works
COVID-19:
- A User's Guide to US Vaccine Breakthrough Rates (Pandemic Tracking Collective)
- The Clearest Sign the Pandemic Could Get Worse (The Atlantic)
- Federal COVID Data 101: Working with Hospitalization Numbers (The COVID Tracking Project)
- Visualizing COVID-19's Impact on Hospitals Across the Country (The COVID Tracking Project)
- New HHS Dataset Tells Us Precisely Where COVID-19 Is Hitting Hospitals (The COVID Tracking Project)
- What We've Learned About the HHS's Hospitalization Data (The COVID Tracking Project)
- US Hospital Historical Bed Capacity Map (CovidCareMap)
Geospatial Data and Machine Learning:
- Machine Learning and Satellite Imagery Overview (presented at Cloud Native Geospatial Outreach Day 2020, awarded "Best Teacher - Intro level")
- The Open Cities AI Challenge (machine learning dataset and competition sponsored by GFDRR Labs/World Bank)
- AI-Mapped Buildings using Drone Imagery in Zanzibar demo
- How To Segment Buildings on Drone Imagery with Fast.ai & Cloud-Native Geo Data Tools
Telecommunications:
- Led business planning for 3G rollout in Afghanistan's largest mobile network resulting in $65M of debt financing from International Finance Corporation and 3G service launch in 2013.
Teaching & Research
- Graduate Course Assistant for Persuasion: The Science and Art of Effective Influence, Harvard Kennedy School, 2011
- Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for BIOAP 3190: Animal Physiology Experimentation, Cornell University, 2005-06
- Ropes Course & Team-Building Facilitator for Hoffman Challenge Course, Cornell University, 2005-06
- Research at Comprehensive Rural Health Project, India, 2007. Selected for oral presentation of "Health by the people: the control of tuberculosis using a community-based primary health care approach in Jamkhed, India" at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting 2008 and recipient of International Health section's Student Research Award.
Languages
- English (fluent), Mandarin Chinese (conversational), Spanish (basic)
