January Event: Data Gets Personal

In this talk, Louisa Smith will describe her experience collecting and analyzing some very personal data: data relating to her breast cancer treatment. From digging deep into her health insurance website to tracking her drug-induced hot flashes, Louisa will detail how she ended up with the data in this powerful twitter thread: https://twitter.com/louisahsmith/status/1179429494664388609. Whether you are interested in learning more about collecting data about yourself or just want to know how R can serve both as a tool to cope during stressful times and as a tool for advocacy, join us!

Louisa is currently a PhD candidate in epidemiology at Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health. She has been using R for five years in both her professional and personal lives. You can find her at https://www.louisahsmith.com and on twitter @louisahsmith.

Pizza will be served (thanks to BMS!) and the presentation will begin at 6:15