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I'm Bahamin Ayla Akhtari, Baha for short. I graduated with my Master's in Biomedical Informatics in 2025, and I'm currently looking for opportunities that will cultivate my skills, challenge me to grow, and allow me to turn my potential into meaningful contributions..
Every section you read adds one step to the cup on the left. By the end, it's a latte.
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I came to data through public health. I was drawn to the intersection of healthcare and technology, and my master's gave me the skills to chase both at once. I wanted to build my skills in about data, technology, and analysis, all while learning how it's applied in real-world settings, like healthcare.
I'm still drawn to health tech, but I've grown curious about what that same approach looks like in other fields too.
Alongside all of this, I still work retail pharmacy hours, where I have interacted with people from myriad of backgrounds all while learning about operational data in order to provide optimal care for patients.
Step 3, grind
Two degrees, my academic background.
UTHealth McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics, GPA 3.9
Coursework: Methods in Data Science, System Analysis and Project Management, Visualization and Visual Analytics, Statistical Methods, Clinical Decision Support Systems, Quality and Outcome Improvement.
University of Houston, Cum Laude
Epidemiology, biostatistics, and the population view of health that still shapes how I frame every analysis.
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RTI International
Research at the intersection of health and climate. Built and maintained data pipelines, ran analyses, and turned results into figures and summaries a non technical reader could follow.
CVS Pharmacy, Houston
Responsible for stock accuracy, ordering, and shrink across a high volume pharmacy. Real inventory data, real consequences when the numbers are wrong. Along the way I've also led and mentored staff on compliance protocols and quality standards, coordinating across teams to keep service and reporting consistent.
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Roughly how often I reach for each of these.
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A few things worth pointing to. Everything here, and more, lives on my GitHub.
Compares Prophet, SARIMA, and Exponential Smoothing to forecast cafe sales, with automated performance reporting built in.
A pipeline that pulls TikTok hashtag data and applies NLP to surface engagement trends.
A React app for rating cafes in real time, with client side validation and live score aggregation.
A two player Pong clone with Harry Potter theming, built from scratch with Pygame.
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The part that never shows up in a job title.
Guest Experience Volunteer
Helped run the fan festival for thousands of attendees: hospitality and information support at the front line, coordinating with event staff on crowd flow and accessibility, and serving as a point of contact when guests needed an answer fast.
Outside of the technical world, you'll probably find me reading books the internet convinced me to get, watching films that stick with me long after the credits roll, or discovering songs in languages I don't understand yet.
I sidequest too: beginner fencing classes, pottery with friends, and enough symphony and ballet to call myself a regular at the local arts scene.
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Now you know a little about me. I'd like to know a little about you too, whether that means a role you're hiring for, a dataset that needs a home, or just an iced coffee in Houston, where it's iced coffee weather roughly ten months a year.
Houston, Texas