Summary:
Want to learn more about git version control? This workshop will introduce you to the key concepts of git, including an interactive demonstration of using git and RStudio.
No setup is required but please create a Github account ahead of the workshop.
https://github.com/join
Target Audience:
Beginners and users new to Git.
Instructors:
Alexandra Lauer
Alexandra Lauer is a Senior Principal Statistical Analyst at Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, with a background in mathematics. She specializes in bridging psychometrics and biostatistics, with a primary focus on Health-Related Quality of Life evaluations. Alex is an R enthusiast, co-leading the Merck-internal R User Group.
Irene Vassallo is a senior statistician at Incyte and has been programming in R for over 10 years. She has a multi-disciplinary background coming from cancer molecular biology and later moving into statistics. Her interest is in using R programming for clinical research focusing on reproducibility and validation.
Christina Fillmore formally trained as a statistician, but over her 5 years at GSK transitioned into a data scientist. With a keen interest in R, she joined the PSI AIMS SIG in 2019. She maintains the metacore and metatools R packages. Her focus is on open source package development in a regulated environment.
Lyn Taylor is an Associate Director Biostatistics at PAREXEL and has worked in medical research for over 22 years, mostly for CROs, in a wide variety of therapeutic areas. In 2014, Lyn obtained her Ph.D. in Statistical Modelling of Markers of Severity in Rheumatoid Arthritis, which is where her experience in programming in R began. Since then Lyn has been chair of the PSI AIMS SIG, been on the executive committee for the R Validation Hub Project and is now leading the PHUSE CAMIS project.
