What's Next Health Series

What's Next Health: Jake Porway

Big Data in Service of Humanity

Jake Porway is a data scientist and machine learning enthusiast. He is the founder of DataKind, where he works to connect data scientists to high impact organizations, leading to social good.

Why RWJF Cares

Big data’s relevance to our work grows daily—and so does the amount of data out there. Jake Porway understands the potential of big data and how to use it in the service of humanity.”

—Brian Quinn, RWJF Pioneer Team Director

I have data—now what do I do? @jakeporway's myth of the data science unicorn #WhatsNextHealth

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