AUTHOR=Goldsmith Jeff , Sun Yifei , Fried Linda , Wing Jeannette , Miller Gary W., Berhane Kiros TITLE=The Emergence and Future of Public Health Data Science JOURNAL=Public Health Reviews VOLUME=42 YEAR=2021 URL=https://www.ssph-journal.org/journals/public-health-reviews/articles/10.3389/phrs.2021.1604023 DOI=10.3389/phrs.2021.1604023 ISSN=2107-6952 ABSTRACT=

Data science is a newly‐formed and, as yet, loosely‐defined discipline that has nonetheless emerged as a critical component of successful scientific research. We seek to provide an understanding of the term “data science,” particularly as it relates to public health; to identify ways that data science methods can strengthen public health research; to propose ways to strengthen education for public health data science; and to discuss issues in data science that may benefit from a public health perspective.