🌍 World TB Day: Community Wellness Outreach To mark World TB Day, the Division of Epi & Biostats delivered food parcels to TB TUTT beneficiaries at Gugulethu TB Clinic, alongside TB education, screening, and community outreach with the UCT Lung Institute @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social

Last week we partnered with Central Library for Libraries Week to introduce high school learners to public health. Students explored the role of an epidemiologist and took part in a hands‑on outbreak investigation game. Thanks to Central Library and everyone who joined!

Don’t miss our two in-person upcoming R workshops next week! Multiple imputation with R: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📅 Weds, March 25 🕛 11:00 - 14:00 🧑🏾‍💻 Advanced Group summaries and comparisons with R: 🔗 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... 📅 Fri, March 27 🕛 11:00 - 14:00 🧑🏾‍💻 Beginner

Interested in learning how to perform longitudinal data analysis using R? 📊 Upcoming R workshop👇🏼 🔗 Link: forms.gle/P59uU2HqkKF8... 📅 Wed, March 11 🕛 10:00 -13:00 📍 In-person #UCTPublicHealth #RStats #Biostatistics #DataScience @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social @uctcider.bsky.social

Interested in performing statistical inference? 📊 Upcoming R workshop👇🏼 🔗 Link: forms.gle/dUozjGaT3jQu... 📅 Fri, March 13 🕛 10:00-13:00 📍 In-person #UCTPublicHealth #RStats #Biostatistics #DataScience @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social @uctcider.bsky.social

#CROI2026 Denver 🇺🇸 @epibiostats-uct.bsky.social

Epi & Biostats students, join us for a lively and educational Bingo Break Time! 🗓️ Date: Wednesday 3 September 🕑 Time: 12pm to 1h30pm 📍 Location: Frances Ames Lecture Theatre 📩 RSVP by 27 August to [email protected]

📊 Coming up this Friday, 29 August: 👉 In-person workshop on Logistic Regression with R 🔗 Register here: forms.gle/QfCdcRsxLywe... #UCTPublicHealth #RStats #Biostatistics #DataScience @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social

Happy to present on causal dynamic predictions at #ISCB46 in Basel! Join me, @gelovennan.bsky.social‬, @vanamsterdam.bsky.social, and @ruthkeogh.bsky.social‬ for the invited session “Prediction modelling meets causal inference for clinical decision making”. 📍 Mon 25 Aug, 16:00 (Biozentrum U1.111)

🧪 We're thrilled to celebrate National Science Week with an interactive presentation for high school learners at Cape Town libraries! 📚 Join us: Gugulethu Public Library, Wed, 6 August, 1pm Central Library, Cape Town, Thu, 7 August, 3pm #NSW2025 #CapeTownEvents @uct-fhs-research.bsky.social

📑 Check out this exciting 2025 article published in Scientific Reports: Objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity does not attenuate prospective weight gain among african-origin adults... ➡️ Read the full article here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PublicHealth #Research #Data

📅 Upcoming deadline: Submit a poster abstract for the SPH Research Day taking place on 18 September 2025. 🖱️ For more information visit: health.uct.ac.za/school-publi... #epidemiology #biostatistics #research #data

Does your team need more training in machine applications and/or software? Or maybe they need to brush up on their theoretical statistical skills or #Bayesian stats? By becoming a corporate partner you get a discount on any in-house course: rss.org.uk/training-eve...

CIDER is pleased to be part of capacity building in infectious disease modelling with aspiring modellers from around Africa, through the annual Meaningful Modelling of Epidemiological Data (MMED) clinic, delivered by the International Clinics on Infectious Disease Dynamics and Data (ICI3D)