Expanding R Use in Applied Epidemiology and Public Health
Channel: R Consortium
Date: 2023-06-27

Neale Batra, President, Applied Epi

R has been increasingly used for Epidemiology. Neale Batra, President of Applied Epi, gave his keynote at R/Med 2023 on “Expanding R Use in Applied Epidemiology and Public Health.” Neale covered Applied Epi, a nonprofit organization and grassroots movement of frontline Epidemiologists (“epis”) from around the world. He shared his thoughts on epis being under-equipped and how R can be used as a great resource for data and solving epidemiology problems. Neale also gave additional and covered the Epi R Handbook and an example of how it was used in a recent Ebola response. At the end of his keynote, Neale discussed efforts for improvement and wrapped up with a Q&A session with the audience.

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Main Sections

0:00 Peter Opening remarks
5:15 Introduction
7:14 Epidemiologists are under-equipped
9:10 Colleagues' statements and impact with R in Epidemiology
11:55 The need for R training is clear 
13:17 Applied Epi in Epidemiology
15:10 The Epidemiologist R handbook 
18:08 The Epi R Handbook in a recent Ebola response 
18:49 Epi R Handbook challenges 
19:46 Our education approach
22:26 Putting in the effort - local computer install issues 
24:04 Improvement 
27:00 Applied Epi Community 
29:30 R help desk - looking forward
30:00 Beyond R: the applied epidemiology manual 
30:30 Closing remarks 
35:10 Q&A 

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