Certificate in Clinical R Programming

Cytel team in India is growing by leaps and bounds and today Cytel India grows to a team of 400 people spread across current locations in Pune, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Navi Mumbai. Cytel has expanded its delivery from the core SAS Programming and statistics to other clinical domains such as Clinical R Programming, data management, medical writing areas. Cytel’s growth in services is supported by CliPLab – Cytel’s unique skill development machinery by introducing various industry focussed training and skill development programs. In a newly announced program titled C-ClinR  (Certificate in Clinical R Programming) spanning over 6 weeks, CliPLab provides theory and practical training to young graduates/professionals, who are hand-picked to ensure a mix of the right pool of talents with correct aptitude and skill set. The program helps participants to enhance the competency and credibility as a technical professional by attaining relevant practical and theoretical knowledge. 

Why Clinical R Programming ?

R Programming, an open-source tool, is extensively used for data analysis in universities. Professors and researchers in the field of medicine use R for quantitative analysis. Google and Facebook use R Programming for data exploration, model prototyping and predictive analytics. It is the main programming tool for many quantitative analysts in the finance domain. R Programming is a powerful tool with numerous applications: data import and cleaning, exploration and visualization, statistics generation and analyses and trading simulations. Thus, it is popular in varied fields such as finance, bio-science, clinical and life science, supply chain, sports, retail, marketing and manufacturing. 

The two main advantages of R are;

1.       It has been designed specifically for statistical analysis; therefore, programs in R always require fewer lines of code than programs created using other analytical tools.

2.       It is an open-source tool; therefore, it benefits from constant upgrades, improvements, enhancements and contributions from a global community of passionate users and developers.

Using R in a Clinical and Regulatory Environment

The Office of Biostatistics, US FDA, uses R on a daily basis. FDA scientists have written R packages that can be used by other scientists (FDA or non-FDA). It is a popular misconception that the FDA mandates or endorses the use of a specific software package for statistical analysis – this is not true. The FDA in fact encourages using anything that can be validated for correctness, including R. 21 CFR Part 11 regulates electronic records and their storage, not the software that is used to generate reports. No regulation restricts the use of open-source software (including R) at the FDA.

Meanwhile, in the pharmaceutical and clinical research domain, SAS Programming enjoys immense popularity and is widely used, although regulations do not specify or endorse the use of either SAS or R programming software for statistical analysis and generation of reports and graphs. Owing to the advantages and ease of use of both these tools, various organizations are creating talent pools that are trained in both SAS and R Programming.

Considering this, CliPLab launched “ClinR”, a new course in Clinical R Programming and welcomes candidates to join this course. At CliPLab, we are aware that R requires a data analysis background, and therefore, it must be taught in a manner different from Java or Python. Hence, we use relevant clinical datasets as examples and exercises in the ClinR module.

Duration: 6 weeks / 30 hours / Weekend Program (4 hrs on each week end)

Eligibility: Candidates are preferred from:

·         Pharmacy (M. Pharm., B.Pharm.,)

·         Life sciences (M.Sc., PhD - Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Microbiology)

·         SAS Programmers / Biostatisticians / Data Science professionals

·         Life Science Students / Researchers / Faculties in colleges and universities

Program Outline

The ClinR course module consists of the following topics:

Module	Topic
1.	Introduction to R
2.	Basics of R
3.	Data Structures
4.	Reading Data in R
5.	Writing R Functions
6.	Control Statements
7.	Loops
8.	Group Manipulation
9.	Data Reshaping
10.	Manipulating Strings
11.	Probability Distributions
12.	Basic Statistics
13.	R Graphics
14.	Report Generation

Features of the ClinR course

·         Specially designed for Life Sciences domain by Cytel, a global expert in biostatistics and clinical programming

·         Comprehensive and top-notch Clinical R Programming training

·         Experienced trainers, who are proficient clinical R programmers with exposure to global clients, including large pharmaceutical and biotech companies

·         Coverage of fundamentals of clinical operations and basic statistics

·         Practical exposure to R Programming using clinical data sets and case studies

·         Regular assessments to improve and evaluate performance

Program Fees:

• This self-financed program would require the investment of Rs. 25,000/- + Applicable tax

Mode of Payment:

o    Payment can be done by Cheque/DD/Credit Card/Debit card/Online Transfer