Heidi Seibold
Dr. Heidi Seibold is the co-executive director of the Digital Research Academy, a trainer community with the aim of improving the quality of research.
HDR UK Event
Research Software Engineering in Health Research Webinar (March)
4 March 2026
Research Software Engineering in Health Research – how to get started
In health research, we are increasingly reliant on research software. Many of us are developing data analysis scripts, code, or even entire software packages. This webinar is for anyone who is writing code and wants to receive an overview of good coding practices to ensure their code is of good quality.
In this webinar, we will discuss why research software engineering is relevant for your work and how to get started with simple, yet helpful practices. Drawing from real-life examples in health research projects, we will illustrate key concepts and get you coding like an expert.
Agenda:
- Research Software Engineering in Health Research – Why does it matter?
- Getting started (with examples)
- Organising a code project
- Creating useful code
- Collaborative coding
- Automation
- Overview of the Research Software Engineering learning pathway from HDR UK Futures
Target Audience:
The intended audience for the webinar are health researchers who write code and want to get an overview of good coding practices. It is also helpful to anyone who supervises people who write code. No prior knowledge is required, other than a general understanding of what code, software, and writing code and software means.
This curriculum is accredited by The CPD Certification Service.
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