Tyler Stepaniak
About Me
On a mission to promote excellence and equity in healthcare
M.S. in Global Health Sciences from UCSF with expertise in Python, R, SQL, and data visualization. Skilled in predictive modeling, ETL pipeline development, and AI-augmented tools. Adept at bridging wet lab, clinical, and data sciences. Interned in Geneva with WHO, developing a data-sharing tool to support global health initiatives.
Currently...
I'm currently with Montana's Department of Public Health and Human Service's Early Childhood and Family Support Division. My role focuses on supporting WIC across the state. For more information on my work history, please see my LinkedIn.
I'm also working on publishing a paper related to breath-based TB diagnostics.
Education
Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS)
University of California, San Francisco, CA — July 2025
Capstone: Volatile Organic Compound Biosignatures in Breath as Diagnostic Tool for Tuberculosis Triage in Adults.
Developed machine learning models (SVM, LASSO) to predict disease status.
Double Major in Biochemistry and Philosophy
University of Colorado at Boulder, CO — December 2021
Publications
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Combined Weight Loss and Exercise Training Alters Skeletal Muscle Subcellular Lipid Localization and Intermuscular Adipose Tissue Cellular Composition.
Zemsky et al., Diabetes, 2025
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It's Time for Change, We Cannot Let Ukraine Be the Next Congo.
Stepaniak (Op-ed), UCSF Synapse, 2025
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Coronal Heating as Determined by the Solar Flare Frequency Distribution Obtained by Aggregating Case Studies.
Mason et al., ApJ, 2023, Vol. 948, 71
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