Getting started with R for Health Data Science (ENG)

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In today's digital age, where data plays a pivotal role in healthcare, our 'Getting started with R for Health Data Science' webinar will explore the dynamic world of R programming and its applications in health data research. This webinar will serve as an entry point and offer you insights into the powerful capabilities and versatility that R brings in the pursuit of a diverse range of health research projects, focusing on data manipulation, analysis and presentation/visualisation.
You'll have the opportunity to hear from our four exceptional speakers as they share their experiences of using R in real projects, conducted from their respective institutes from around the world.

More information and resources on the Spotlight on R page: https://globalhealthdatascience.tghn....

Event date
Oct 25, 2023

Chair
• Agklinta Kiosia - Data Science and Research Manager at HDR Global, convened by HDR UK

Speakers
• Aashna Uppal, DPhil Student, The Global Health Network, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, UK
• Md Sojibul Islam - Research Assistant, Non-Communicable Diseases and Nutrition Research Division, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b)
• Dr Soraida Aguilar - Lecturer in the Department of Industrial Engineering (DEI) at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio), Brazil.
• Dr Frank Kagoro - Research Fellow, University of Cape Town & Research Scientist, Ifakara Health Institute, Tanzania

Agenda
00:00 - Welcome
03:07 - Resources on the Global Health Data Science hub
05:20 - Overview of the R programming language and its use in research
12:25 - Live demonstration of R and RStudio
25:13 - Presentations from health data science project teams that are using R
01:22:10 - Q&A Session

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