Pursuit of Mastery: How Wuraola Oyewusi Transitioned Careers From Pharmacy to Data Science
Rough estimates put Yoruba (a popular language in Western Nigeria) at having roughly 50 million speakers and our guest today is one of those pathfinding teaching Artificial Intelligence concepts in this language (her mother tongue). She transitioned from being a full-time Pharmacist into becoming an expert Data Scientist. On this enlightening conversation with Technical Instructor at LinkedIn Learning, Data Scientist, Pharmacist, AI educator Wuraola Oyewusi, we explore the following:
Her up-bringing and the influence of her family on her life (spoiler alert - they believe in exploring and trying new things a lot and they don't take failure to heart)
The fun story of how she got into Pharmacy and then Data Science
How she structured her time to understand and master a new field while working full-time
How she got her first jobs in Data Science
Concept overlap between Pharmacy and Data Science
How she applies for job roles
Lessons she has learned from teaching
Rapid-fire questions
Favourite book: ‘Buy the future’ by Mensah Otabil
Favourite food: Catfish Pepper soup
Favourite holiday destination: Home (Ogbomosho, Kwara State)
People who have made a big impact on your career: Her parents.
Bio
Wuraola Oyewusi is a Data Scientist, Technical Instructor and Pharmacist, a passionate professional committed to advancing Artificial Intelligence practice. She has held roles in AI Research as a Researcher(Data Science and Data Curation) at the Imperial College London and previously Led Research and Innovation at Data Science Nigeria.
Her research interest is in Natural Language Processing and she has also been in the forefront of the unstructured data application and open source access, especially in the area of health and language. She is the Author and Instructor of the Hand-on Natural Language Processing, Advanced AI: NLP techniques for Clinical Datasets and Hands-On Data Science and AI for Healthcare courses on LinkedIn Learning, contributed to the Springer AI in Medicine Textbook and teaches Tech in Yoruba on YouTube. You can follow her research publications and medium blog"
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Favorite book: ‘Buy the future’ by Mensah Otabil
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