The Epidemiologist R Handbook

What is the Epi R Handbook?

The Epidemiologist R Handbook, from Applied Epi, is a free digital reference book for R code, that is specifically designed for people working in applied epidemiology, public health practice, and disease control.

The “Epi R Handbook” is available at www.epiRhandbook.com, and for offline use via our download page.

Who wrote it?

The Epi R Handbook was written by an independent, grassroots collective of 50 epidemiologists based around the world, who eventually formed Applied Epi. They worked in their spare time (during the COVID-19 pandemic response!) to create this free resource for the community. The Handbook was launched to the public on 10 May 2021.

Read more about our team, the origin of Applied Epi, and our partners in the About us pages.

How widely is it used?

As of April 2022, the Epi R Handbook had been used over 745,000 times, by 175,000 unique people, in 203 countries. Over 40,000 of the users were based in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs).

The Epi R Handbook has been incorporated into training curricula of numerous institutes and agencies, including Doctors without Borders (MSF), the World Health organization, national Field Epidemiology Training Programs (FETPs), and universities.

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Live versions

English | Vietnamese

Translations in progress (contact us to help)

French | Chinese | Japanese | Portuguese | Swahili | Spanish | Turkish | Mongolian | Burmese

Support our translators

You can support translations by making a donation. Over 75 people worldwide are contributing to translations of the Epi R Handbook. To discuss support of a translation financially, or with your own time, please email us at contact@appliedepi.org.

Supporters

In January 2021, TEPHINET (Training Programs in Epidemiology and Public Health Interventions Network) - a global network of field epidemiology training programs (FETPs) supported the Epi R Handbook financially to accelerate production.

In March 2021, Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors without Borders) - especially the Operational Centre Amsterdam - supported production of the Epi R Handbook by reviewing early drafts and systematically testing and collecting feedback from their epidemiologists around the world.

Contributors

The handbook was written and reviewed by over 50 epidemiologists worldwide, who brought their experience working at dozens of local, national, and international agencies.

You can see the list of authors, reviewers, and translators on the Our Team page.