Deboleena Thakur is an Intermediate Data Analyst with the Rural Telehealth Evaluation Center (RTEC) at the Institute for Digital Health & Innovation, UAMS. She earned her Master’s in Healthcare Data Analytics from UAMS in May 2024. During her studies, Deboleena worked as a Graduate Research Assistant at the Center for the Study of Obesity, where she contributed to the NIH-funded “The Green Schoolyard Study,” focusing on recruitment of study participants, primary data collection, and data analysis under Dr. Michael R. Thomsen. She also completed a summer internship with RTEC, where she refined the broadband dataset and analyzed data on broadband speed and its impact in rural areas under Dr. Cari Bogulski.
With over five years of experience in healthcare and marketing, Deboleena specializes in data cleaning, manipulation, statistical analysis, and visualization. Her areas of interest include maternal and child health, cognitive and behavioral studies, analyzing large population datasets and data visualization. At RTEC, her primary role is to synthesize and evaluate information from in-depth analyses for program evaluation, research, fulfilling contractual agreements from extramurally funded awards, and planning or developing specific service programs and initiatives.
Deboleena holds a Bachelor’s degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology. Her future goal is to work with the government to modify health policies and improve the quality of life for underserved populations in the U.S.