11 ways to avert a data-storage disaster
Dementia ResearcherHard-drive failures are inevitable, but data loss doesn’t have to be. Top tips from Jeffrey M. Perkel in this blog shared from Nature Careers.
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At the coalface for Dementias Platform UK
Blog from Joshua Bauermeister for DPUK, providing an insight into a key job that makes it possible for researchers to compare data across different cohorts in the Data Portal.
Becoming a data steward
LSE Impact BlogIn this post for the LSE Impact Blog – Shalini Kurapati introduces the concept of data stewarding. Drawing on her own experience, she describes how data stewarding has developed an important role in delivering open science
Big data for better science: technologies for measuring behaviour
This meeting will give behavioural scientists the chance to learn about the latest research technologies for collecting ‘big’ high-quality data. Data scientists and technology experts will explain the latest developments, challenges and benefits of research technology in a series of cutting-edge talks. Attendees will also have the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with various research…
CONFERENCE – DPUK Annual Conference 2018: Using the power of cohorts
Register now for this free one-day conference. Attendees will develop an in-depth knowledge of Data Platform UK’s ground-breaking Data Portal, Clinical Studies Register and multi-centre experimental medicine activity.
Could bots be contaminating your research?
Adam SmithMelissa Simone a PhD student from the University of Minnesota recently tweeted a very interesting thread, sharing her experience of problems she had with maintaining data integrity in her online survey.
DPUK datathon at Swansea
Collaborate with fellow data scientists and dementia researchers at a DPUK datathon – a free three day event to kick start innovative dementia studies.
DPUK datathon at UEA
Collaborate with fellow data scientists and dementia researchers at a DPUK datathon – a free three day event to kick start innovative dementia studies.
International Data Harmonisation ESRC Workshop for Cognitive Ageing and Dementia
The workshops have been designed to provide in-depth information about the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (ELSA), Japan Collaborative Cohort Study (JCCS); Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study (JCES) and Japanese Study on Aging and Retirement (JSTAR)
Making data count with NHS Improvement
A practical, interactive guide is suitable for those working at all levels in the NHS, from ward to board, and will show you how to make better use of your data.
NIHR Statistics Group publish ‘how to guide’ for Continual Reassessment Method
A paper published by members of the NIHR Statistics Group, looks at modern trial design – Continual Reassessment Method .
Podcast – Data the new frontiers in dementia research – Exeter Datathon
A special podcast recording made on location from the Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) datathon at the University of Exeter, we discuss how ‘data’ is being used to push new frontiers in dementia research.