Dr. Dasgupta is a biostatistician and data scientist with experience in statistical modeling and machine learning, bioinformatics, optimization, signal processing, and data visualization. He holds a PhD in Biostatistics with earlier training in Mathematical Statistics. He has been using R for over 20 years for a wide variety of applications in biomedical research, as well as for data-driven reports and presentations. He co-founded and organized the Statistical Programming DC meetup (formerly R Users Group DC) and served on the Board of Data Community DC. He regularly gives workshops and webinars on using R and Python for data analysis, machine learning and visualization.
Dr. Dasgupta currently is Data Science Associate Director at AstraZeneca. He previously served for 10+ years as a consultant to the National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal and Skin Disorders, part of the NIH, where he worked on complex analyses of healthcare databases as well as outcomes research and bioinformatics. He also is Co-Founder and Chief Data Scientist at Zansors, a healthcare wearable and analytics company based in Arlington, Virginia. He maintains his clinical trial chops by serving as a reviewer on NIMH Data Safety Monitoring Boards.
Dr. Dasgupta is a certified Carpentries instructor, and, with District Data Labs, he provides high quality cirruculum development and training in data science programming using R and Python.
Dr. Dasgupta and his wife have two teenage children and a golden retriever puppy named Jingle. He is also a 4th degree black belt in aikido, having practiced the martial art for over 25 years.