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.org/hub-resources/spotlight-r/
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 – Senior Regional Manager at The Global Health Network, University of Oxford, UK
Agenda
• Welcome
• Overview of the R programming language and its use in research
• Live demonstration of R and RStudio Presentations from health data science project teams that are using R
• Q&A Session
• Further resources on the hub
https://globalhealthdatascience.tghn.org/
https://www.hdruk.org/helping-with-health-data/hdr-global/
