
Zaenab Ilesanmi
Data Science Fellow at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
Zaenab is a founder and clinical data scientist with a deep commitment to reducing health inequalities. She is passionate about understanding health challenges and improving patient- centred care through data. She won the Black Disrupther Award (2023-2024) due to her innovative contributions in advancing the digital technology landscape in the UK. She is also a valued member of Warwick Innovation District DeepTech Incubator where she continues to push boundaries in digital health innovations.
Beyond her professional achievements, Zaenab is a dedicated entrepreneur who has secured multiple grants and excelled in pitch competitions. Her commitment to empowering the next generation is evident through her Graduate Support Network, a platform that has helped over 500 students and graduates across the UK achieve high social mobility.
Zaenab thrives on learning and fostering genuine connections, blending her technical expertise with a compassionate approach to drive meaningful change in healthcare and beyond.
Zaenab Ilesanmi is enthusiastic about a career in health data science. She is passionate about understanding health challenges and improving patient- centred care through data. She is an ALX-Udacity scholar of Data analytics using Python and gained a Masters at University of Manchester. She is proficient in the use of Python for data cleaning, wrangling and data visualisation where she delivered several projects in Udacity. Through HDR UK, she participated in Health Data Engineering and Health Information Engineering workshops where she worked on health data wrangling using python and executed projects using Agile and Scrum.
She has excellent knowledge of Excel, SQL and Power BI. Her thirst for continuous learning and development earned her a scholarship in Cisco for Cyber Security and she has good knowledge of Privacy and Data confidentiality, Cyber security, Network Vulnerability and Threat detection. Zaenab enjoyed her internship with HDR UK which led to an exciting learning journey in improving the health care system.