Learnings From Participation in My First Health Datathon
Last Updated on July 18, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Carla Martins
Originally published on Towards AI.
4th Datathon ESICM 2022

In May 2022, and for the first time, I enrolled in a Health Datathon organized by ESICM (European Society of Intensive Care Medicine). This was my first Datathon, and a great experience for learning and sharing knowledge with people from different educational and professional backgrounds worldwide.
How I was invited?
It was a surprise to me when I received a message on LinkedIn with an invitation to join an already formed group that included doctors and data scientists. The invitation came from a data scientist that found my profile and some links to my Medium publications. I immediately fell in love with… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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