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James Azam
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Research Fellow analysing multi-pathogen wastewater data and developing maths/stats models for polio eradication. Previously RSE at Epiverse TRACE Initiative. https://jamesmbaazam.github.io/ #rstats
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My go-to resource for scientific writing

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September 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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I really enjoyed doing this (with feedback from @seabbs.bsky.social and the amazing stan forum). I'm now porting over learned wisdom to EpiNow2, epinowcast, EpiSewer, and other stan-heavy R packages.

Here's a short clip showing the before and after #mcstan #stan #rpackage
April 7, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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Here's a summary of our training materials.
The image is a digital graphic titled "Epiverse training resources," displaying different training materials related to the Epiverse TRACE initiative. It consists of four sections: e-Epi training kit in Español – A Spanish-language online learning strategy for infectious disease modeling in public health. Includes a tutorial titled "Análisis de Brotes y Modelamiento en Salud Pública," marked as "pre-alpha" in development. Research Software Curriculum – Focuses on best practices for outbreak analytics using R, including tutorials on "Version Control with Git in RStudio" (alpha stage) and "Improve your code for Epidemic Analysis with R" (pre-alpha stage). Tutorials in English – Covers outbreak analytics topics such as "Reading and cleaning data for outbreak analytics with R," "Real-time analysis and forecasting for outbreak analytics with R," and "Scenario modeling for outbreak analytics with R," all in the pre-alpha stage. How-to guides in English – Contains "How-to guides for Outbreak Analytics with R," also in the pre-alpha stage. Each section includes icons for accessing the site, repository, and instructor schedules, along with development stage labels. The design has a dark gray background with white text and blue highlights.
March 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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