Data Science for Biology Workshop Series

Workshop 1: October 16th-20th 2023 at UKZN School of Medicine in Durban, SA

Workshop I - R, RStudio, and Quarto for clinical research

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Table 1: Schedule
Date/Time Topic Instructor
Monday, October 16th
AM Course Introduction & Introduction to data types Salina Hussain and Suuba Demby (Ragon Institute)
PM Intro to R, Rstudio, and Quarto Chandani Desai and Joseph Elsherbini (Ragon Institute)
Tuesday, October 17th
AM Intro to data visualizaion with the tidyverse Scott Handley (Wash U School of Medicine)
PM Data wrangling and more data visualization Joseph Elsherbini (Ragon Institute)
Wednesday, October 18th
AM tableone and statistics for clinical data Marothi Letsoalo (CAPRISA)
PM Small group worktime Participants
Thursday, October 19th
AM Hypothesis testing and data transformations Laura Symul (UCLouvain)
PM Small group worktime Participants
Evening Reception
Friday, October 20th
AM Keynote Lenine Liebenberg (CERI Stellenbosch)
Small group work time Participants
PM Small group presentations