ASPPH Collaborating For Community Health: Emory's Farmworker Project Webinar
2026-04-30 11:00 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | VIRTUAL, Portland, OR, United States
Join an upcoming webinar highlighting innovative approaches to interprofessional education and collaborative practice on April 30, 2026, from 2:00–3:00 PM ET. Hosted by the Interprofessional Education Collaborative (IPEC) and the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Officers Foundation (COF), the session will feature the 2025 Excellence in Interprofessional Education Collaboration Award-winning team from Emory University, including leaders from the Rollins School of Public Health.
The webinar will showcase Emory’s Farmworker Project, which delivers free care to more than 2,000 farmworkers and their families annually through community-based clinics, while training students in real-world, interprofessional practice. The discussion will highlight how cross-sector collaboration can address complex public health challenges while advancing workforce development and community engagement.
Registration is free, and all are encouraged to attend. Participants will have the opportunity to learn from award-winning leaders, reflect on best practices, and consider how similar models may be applied within their own institutions. A recording will also be available, ensuring continued access to these insights beyond the live session.
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Getting Started in R and RStudio Workshop
2026-04-30 14:00 - 15:30
OCTRI Research Forum
Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Research Design (BERD) Program
Jessica Minnier, Ph.D. and Meike Niederhausen, Ph.D.
In this two-part interactive workshop, we will introduce the freely available statistical software programs R and RStudio to attendees with no prior experience. We will cover how to use RStudio to write and run code, introduce data structure types, and demonstrate commands for working with data: loading, viewing, summarizing, plotting, cleaning, and saving. You will learn basic R data wrangling and plotting principles, and how to use them to create high-quality reproducible documents to present your work.
Part 1: Thursday, April 30, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
Part 2: Monday, May 11, 2:00 to 3:30 p.m.
No prior experience in R or RStudio is necessary. Installation materials will be circulated ahead of Part 1. We encourage you to bring a laptop with R and RStudio installed. For installation assistance, please join at 1:30 p.m. (30 minutes early) to Part 1 on April 30.
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Sessions will be recorded. Questions? Contact Amy Laird: laird@ohsu.edu
