Mike Jarrett

Vancouver, BC

mike@mikejarrett.ca @mike.raccoon.bike github.com/mjarrett Google Scholar

Employment

Lead, Data Services

2023 – Present

Population Data BC — UBC, Vancouver

  • Leads data management at Population Data BC, managing a team of 8 programmers and data scientists responsible for intake, processing, and provisioning of PopData's health data holdings.
  • Sets strategic direction for data management and implements initiatives to improve efficiency, accuracy, and security. Member of PopData's leadership team.
  • Led transition of data provisioning system to support Parquet-based file formats in response to stakeholder needs.
  • Implemented an internal project management system (OpenProject) and led cross-unit initiatives to meet data delivery commitments to external partners.
  • Collaborates with academic researchers and public sector data providers across Canada.

Programmer / Analyst

2018 – 2023

Population Data BC — UBC, Vancouver

  • Principal linkage analyst, responsible for record linkage across dozens of sensitive health databases.
  • Implemented novel linkage techniques including probabilistic matching on encrypted records and parallel processing.
  • Collaborated on an inter-provincial initiative to design and implement a Common Data Model for federated analysis of provincial health data.
  • Initiated adoption of Frictionless Data Package standard for internal data management.
  • Developed and maintained custom software in Python, C++, and Bash for complex data management tasks.

MRI Data Analyst

2012 – 2018

UBC MRI Research Centre, Vancouver

  • Designed data analysis pipelines for MRI research studies using Python, Matlab, R, and medical imaging tools.
  • Led data analysis for published quantitative MRI studies of concussion, multiple sclerosis, and osteoarthritis.
  • Built researcher tools including a GUI for marking MRI scans and an HTML front end for an image database.
  • Led adoption of Git and GitHub for reproducible analysis; trained trainees, staff, and faculty.
  • Collaborated with imaging scientists, MRI technologists, and medical researchers to develop and implement novel MRI techniques.

Education

M.Sc. Physics

2008 – 2011

University of Victoria, Victoria BC

Thesis: Prospects for the measurement of the Higgs CP structure at ATLAS in H → 4l decays

B.Sc. (Hons) Physics

2003 – 2007

University of Guelph, Guelph ON

Skills

Python 10+ years — data pipelines, scientific stack, custom package development
Data Management TB-scale repositories, record linkage, reproducibility, common data models
Linux & Shell 10+ years — Bash, job automation, system administration, cloud environments
Databases SQL, SQLAlchemy, Django ORM; relational database design and administration
Machine Learning Probabilistic record linkage, medical image analysis
Web & Visualization Django, Plotly Dash, HTML/CSS; interactive data visualization
Other Languages R, C++, SAS, Matlab, SPSS

Selected Publications

Myelin water fraction is transiently reduced after a single mild traumatic brain injury — a prospective cohort study in collegiate hockey players. Wright AD, Jarrett M, Vavasour I, Shahinfard E, Kolind S, van Donkelaar P, Taunton J, Li D, Rauscher A. PLOS ONE 11(2), 2016.
A prospective pilot investigation of brain volume, white matter hyperintensities, and hemorrhagic lesions after mild traumatic brain injury. Jarrett M, Tam R, Hernández-Torres E, Martin N, Perera W, Zhao Y, Shahinfard E, Dadachanji S, Taunton J, Li DKB, Rauscher A. Frontiers in Neurology 7, 2016.
Evaluating PPRL vs. clear text linkage with real-world data. Jarrett M, Hills B, Zhao Y, Brown A, Randall S, Boyd J, Ferrante A, McGrail K. International Journal of Population Data Science 5(5), 2020.
Cartilage recovery in runners with and without knee osteoarthritis: a pilot study. Esculier J-F, Jarrett M, Krowchuk NM, Rauscher A, Wiggermann V, Taunton JE, Wilson DR, Gatti AA, Hunt MA. The Knee 26(5), 2019.
Cerebrovascular reactivity following spinal cord injury. Weber AM, Nightingale TE, Jarrett M, Lee AHX, Campbell OL, Walter M, Lucas SJE, Phillips A, Rauscher A, Krassioukov AV. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation 30(2), 2024.

Full list on Google Scholar.