Tiffany Timbers

Tiffany Timbers is an Associate Professor of Teaching in the Department of Statistics at the University of British Columbia (UBC), Vancouver Campus. She is also Co-Director of the Master of Data Science program’s Vancouver Option. Her work focuses on developing curricula and teaching methodologies for reproducible data science practices. She holds a PhD in Neuroscience (2012) from UBC and a BSc in Biology (2005) from Carleton University, with postdoctoral research in genomics and data science education.

Key roles include teaching courses such as DSCI 523 (Programming for Data Manipulation), DSCI 524 (Collaborative Software Development), and DSCI 100 (Introduction to Data Science). She emphasizes modern software development workflows, reproducible research, and collaborative tools like GitHub, Docker, and R/Python package creation. Her research spans reproducibility practices in education, open science tools, and computational genomics.

• Education:
  • PhD in Neuroscience, UBC (2012)
  • Postdoc in Data Science Education, UBC (2017)
  • BSc in Biology, Carleton University (2005)
• Labs/Teams: Active in UBC’s Data Science education initiatives, developing tools like the ubccv R package for CV generation and RUDAUX for course management systems integration.
• Publications: Focused on reproducibility, educational resources, and computational biology, including peer-reviewed articles and open-source textbooks.

Her work bridges pedagogy and technical innovation, emphasizing ethical and reproducible practices in data science education.