Pandemic Reflections Community Event: Book Discussion on “The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll when Inequality and Disease Collide” to be held Oct 4th from 3-4pm

Steven Thrasher’s The Viral Underclass Community Event  Center for Faculty Development and Excellence (CFDE), Emory University Tuesday, October 4 from 3-4pm  REGISTER HERE: https://emory.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4siXn5eXQryke1Sq9592IQ Dr. Steven W. Thrasher will discuss his new book The Viral Underclass: The Human Toll when Inequality and Disease Collide at a community event that is part of Emory University’s Center Read More …

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series, September 29 @ 2 pm: Introduction to the upcoming NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

WHSC Library Seminar Series on Rigor and Reproducibility presents: Introduction to the upcoming NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing. Date/Time: Thursday, September 29, 2022 at2 pm Register: https://emorylibraries.libcal.com/event/9671779 Speakers: Jennifer Doty, Research Data Librarian and Jeremy Kupsco, PhD, Research Informationist An overview of the upcoming NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing will be Read More …

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series, April 21 at 2pm: Significance testing is the reason that scientific results have poor reproducibility.

WHSC Library Seminar Series on Rigor and Reproducibility presents: Significance testing is the reason that scientific results have poor reproducibility. Date/Time: Thursday, April 21st at 2:00pm Register: https://emorylibraries.libcal.com/event/9080188 Presenter: Timothy Lash, DSc, MPH, Rollins Professor and Chair of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health. In the last years, some in the scientific community have raised Read More …

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series, Feb 3 at 2pm: Why is it so hard to do good science?

WHSC Library Seminar Series on Rigor and Reproducibility presents: Why is it so hard to do good science? Societal approaches to improving the rigor and reproducibility of preclinical biomedical science have largely been technical in nature with a renewed focus on the role of statistics in good experimental designs. By contrast, the importance of preconceived Read More …

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series presents REDCap at Emory: An Introduction to Best Practices for Research, Nov 18 at 10am

Emory Libraries’ Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series presents REDCap at Emory: An Introduction to Best Practices for Research. The talk will present REDCap as a research tool – highlighting appropriate use cases, practical applications, guidance for implementing best practices, and an overview of available resources. To Register:  https://emorylibraries.libcal.com/event/8497018  Presenters: Sean Mann, MPH, M.Ed Product Manager, Research Read More …

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series, Sept 17 at 2pm: An Introduction to the Upcoming NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series presents an Introduction to the upcoming NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing. Learn about the new NIH DMS policy announced in October of 2020 and going into effect in January of 2023 to promote the management and sharing of scientific data. Register: https://tinyurl.com/684bzmb8 An overview of previous seminars and Read More …

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series, April 29 at 10am: Reproducing Reproducibility? Challenges in Reproducing Classifier and Predictive Models

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series presents Reproducing Reproducibility? Challenges in Reproducing Classifier and Predictive Models. Learn about poor Artificial Intelligence development and reproducibility in Medical Imaging algorithms.Thursday, April 29, 2021, 10:00am-11:00am Register: https://bit.ly/3siAJlJ An overview of previous seminars and recordings can be found at https://guides.libraries.emory.edu/rigor-rep.  

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series, February 26 at 2pm: An Introduction to Open Science Principles and Tools

Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series presents An Introduction to Open Science Principles and Tools on February 26 at 2pm via Zoom. Learn what tools support open science throughout the research cycle including planning, data collection, publication, and grant reporting and complicance. We will discuss various tools such as Registered Reports, Protocols.io, Open Science Framework, MedRxiv Read More …

Rigor and Reproducibility at “eLife” Webinar on November 20th at 2 pm

Dr. Ronald Calbrese will be the featured speaker at the Emory Libraries and Information Technology Services and WHSC-Data Initiative’s virtual seminar series on November 20th at 2 pm. He is a Senior Editor for eLife.  The journal’s mission includes “accelerat[ting] discovery by operating a platform for research communication that encourages and recognises the most responsible Read More …

Virtual Seminar – Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series Making Reproducibility Practical: Using R and R Markdown

Emory Libraries and Information Technology Services are partnering with the WHSC-Data initiative to host a virtual seminar series this summer and fall dedicated to topics related to Rigor and Reproducibility.  The second seminar in this series is “Rigor and Reproducibility Seminar Series Making Reproducibility Practical: Using R and R Markdown.” Featured Speaker: Melinda Higgins, PhD. Read More …