The rise of R in public health research institutes
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Presentation by dr. Robby De Pauw, researcher at Sciensano.
Robby explains how R is used by researchers at Sciensano (the national health institute in Belgium). There are about 300 researchers in the institute and about 80% are using R. Robby covers
- how Sciensano moved from SPSS/STATA/SAS to mainly R
- which R packages are in use at Sciensano
- some use cases and data flows covering among others
- a shiny app https://burden.sciensano.be/shiny/mortality about the Belgian National Burden of Disease Study
- data flows for https://healthybelgium.be
- how they collect surge capacity across the hospital system in Belgium (especially relevant given current COVID crisis)
Enjoy the recordings below!
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