Short Course by the Public Health Informatics Institute's Informatics Academy - Register Now!

Back by popular demand, the Public Health Informatics Institute will be offering its popular online short course Designing and Managing Public Health Information Systems: 8 Steps to Success again this fall.

This is an 8-week instructor-supported, distance learning course. It is designed to equip public health practitioners to communicate their information system needs more effectively and participate more fully in information technology projects that support their work. Weekly webinars with the instructors provide participants with the unique opportunity to share experiences and learn best practices from peers.

The course starts the week of October 14th. Course enrollment is limited and registration ends Friday October 4th, so register here now! For more details, check out the course overview and FAQs, or email informatics.academy@phii.org.

Are you using R? - A Brief R Software Survey

In an ongoing effort to provide resources and training for the public health surveillance community, ISDS requests feedback on your experience with using R, the open-source programming language and software environment. R is a no-cost and easily downloadable software environment with a relatively short learning curve for those with previous programming experience. R includes a vast library of free program components for various purposes ranging from data management, visualizations, statistical inferences, and more.

Please take a moment to respond to this brief 5-minute survey to help ISDS plan and deliver R trainings of the greatest need and value. 

Take the Survey

If you would like to learn more about R and some of the resources that are currently available to R users, visit the ISDS R Resources page.