WORKSHOP | What are the existing gaps in knowledge and skills among researchers in low- and middle-income countries, to effectively share and use COVID-19 research data?
Online Workshop: What are the existing gaps in knowledge and skills among researchers in low- and middle-income countries, to effectively share and use COVID-19 research data?
ORGANIZERS: Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Thailand and the George Institute of Global Health, India on behalf of the coalition’s Data Sharing Working Group
FUNDING: World Health Organization
AIMS:
- To understand the training needs of LMIC researchers to effectively share, use and re-use COVID-19 research data
- To scope out the elements for an online training resource on data sharing for LMIC researchers
TARGET AUDIENCE:
- Early career researchers, including post-graduate students and post-doctoral researchers
- Health researchers and research teams who collect, generate and curate health research data from LMICs. This includes study coordinators, study doctors, and data managers
- Secondary data users, e.g., statisticians, mathematical modelers, epidemiologists, machine learning experts
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AGENDA:
Aims of workshop & introductions – Phaik Yeong Cheah, Oommen John
Part 1
What are the ethical imperatives of data sharing? – Anant Bhan, Susan Bull
Current expectations for data sharing by funders and journals, including in the time of COVID-19 – Naomi Waithira
Part 2
What are the areas of support for the following? (virtual post-it session) – facilitated by Anne Osterrieder
- Data collection
- Data reuse and access
- Data sharing
Part 3
What are the current available data sharing training materials/courses? (using chat function) – facilitated by Anne Osterrieder
Presentation of draft modules for an e-course – Brian Mutinda and scoring exercise
Q&A and wrap up
A small token of appreciation will be given to workshop participants.