The "Sitrep" blog

Posts covering events, R tips, and other commentary on developments in the field of applied epidemiology

Github highlights the Epi R Handbook

Github highlights the Epi R Handbook

On 16 August, 2021, Github’s Tech for Good and Social Impact teams featured the Epidemiologist R Handbook in a blog post.

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R Tip: auto-efficient date axes

R Tip: auto-efficient date axes

Today’s R tip Below, we demonstrate the use of label_date_short() from the scales package, which will automatically print efficient date labels in your ggplot.

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From the frontline to headquarters - How Ope Ogundiran has leveraged R

From the frontline to headquarters - How Ope Ogundiran has leveraged R

Dr. Opeayo OGUNDIRAN is a Technical Officer in Health Emergencies Information & Risk Assessment at the WHO Regional Office for Africa

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Training local epidemiologists in Georgia, USA

Training local epidemiologists in Georgia, USA

Applied Epi equips local COVID-19 response Note:The R training materials that Applied Epi made for Emory University can be accessed for free at this website!

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