Toph Allen
Software Engineer at RStudio PBC
New York, New York, United States
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Top SchoolToph Allen is a software engineer in New York with 13 years of experience translating epidemiology and data science into production-ready software. After a decade at EcoHealth Alliance advancing predictive models for disease emergence—from research scientist to director of data science—Toph joined RStudio PBC to bridge scientific modeling and developer tooling. They combine rigorous public health training (MPH, Columbia) with hands-on software practice honed at the Recurse Center, making them adept at turning complex statistical workflows into maintainable systems. Notably, Toph’s background in field-facing research and voter organizing gives them a rare blend of technical depth and real-world stakeholder empathy that informs pragmatic, user-centered engineering.
13 years of coding experience
6 years of employment as a software developer
BA, Sociology, BA, Sociology at University of Southern CaliforniaMPH, Epidemiology, MPH, Epidemiology at Columbia University Mailman School of Public HealthRecurse Center
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Github Skills (147)
dependency-management10
renv10
python10
api-client10
deep-learning10
gcloud10
r10
neural-network10
ipados10
r-package10
geonames10
rsconnect10
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Programming languages (18)
Github contributions (5)
ecohealthalliance/hotspots2
Oct 2016 - Dec 2019
This code powers the models for the paper "Global hotspots and correlates of emerging zoonotic diseases".
Contributions:5 releases, 110 commits, 2 PRs in 3 years 2 months
hotspotspowersdiseases
rstudio/fastapitableau
Aug 2021 - Feb 2022
A Python package for writing FastAPI apps that you can call from Tableau.
Contributions:11 reviews, 146 commits, 40 PRs in 6 months
fastapipythontableau
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