Author Archives: Amy Yarnell
New Datasets added to UMB Data Catalog
Happy Love Data Week! To kick things off, we are publishing the first in a new monthly series showcasing recent submissions to the UMB Data Catalog. The UMB Data Catalog facilitates discovery of data by providing a searchable and browsable collection … Continue reading
Love Data Week 2024 Starts Monday, Feb 12
Love Data Week (Feb. 12 to 16) is an international celebration of all things data! Each year, the Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) looks forward to engaging our community … Continue reading
Love Data Week 2023 Starts Monday, Feb 13!
Love Data Week (Feb. 13 to 17) is an international celebration of all things data! Each year, the Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) looks forward to engaging our community … Continue reading
Understanding Algorithmic Bias
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF Understanding Algorithmic Bias Algorithm. Machine Learning. Artificial Intelligence. We might feel like we are encountering these terms more and more every day, and yet they can remain mysterious and intimidating to those who do not … Continue reading
Learn R this summer with CDABS
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF Learn R this summer with CDABS The Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) will be holding an R workshop every Thursday in July. All sessions run from 12:00pm to 3:00pm and meet online. Space … Continue reading
NIH Releases Guidance on Informed Consent Language for Data Sharing
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF NIH Releases Guidance on Informed Consent Language for Data Sharing Last month we talked about the new NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing. Yesterday, the NIH released related documentation which provides suggested language to … Continue reading
NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing 2023
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing 2023 You may have heard something by now about the new NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing coming into effect January 2023. Concerned about what this policy … Continue reading
Registration Open for ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods
DABS: DATA AND BIOINFORMATION STUFF Registration Open for ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods Improve your statistical analysis skills with ICPSR’S Summer Program! ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research), is home to the world’s largest collection of digital … Continue reading
Data and Bioinformation Stuff (DABS): 10 Simple Rules for Improving Research Data Discovery
To wrap up another Love Data Week, we are going to talk about a topic that goes hand-in-hand with data sharing, but may often be overlooked – data discoverability. If you’re familiar with the FAIR data principles, you may remember … Continue reading
Love Data Week 2022 Starts Monday, Feb 14!
Love Data Week (Feb. 14 to 18) is an international celebration of all things data! Each year, the Center for Data and Bioinformation Services (CDABS) at the Health Sciences and Human Services Library (HSHSL) looks forward to engaging our community … Continue reading