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6th National Workshop on R for Biostatistics

NAWORB 2025

Department of Pharmacology - AIIMS, Bhubaneswar

📅 November 11-14, 2025
📍 AIIMS-BBSR Library E-Learning Center

About the Workshop

The Department of Pharmacology at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) - Bhubaneswar organized the '6th National Workshop on R for Biostatistics' from November 11 to 14, 2025.

Why Learn R?

R, being an open-source tool focusing on data analysis, is widely used from basic data analysis to advanced analytical procedures. R can easily handle simple descriptive and inferential statistics. However, R can also handle meta-analysis, network meta-analysis, sample size calculation in clinical research, randomization of participants in clinical research, designing clinical trials, systems modeling in clinical research (pharmacokinetic modeling, pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic modeling, and population modeling in pharmacometrics), health economic analysis including pharmacoeconomic analysis, Bayesian analysis in clinical studies, clinical trial/study simulations, and artificial intelligence. R also allows hosting successfully developed models from research projects for use by other peer scientists. So, learning R always provides an advantage in the field of health research.

Aims of the Workshop

  • To give an idea about the basic structure and functioning of the R programming language
  • To manage, analyze, and interpret the data generated from clinical trials, health research projects, and PG/PhD thesis using R as a statistical analysis platform

Target Audience

  • Anyone who is interested to learn and new to R
  • Medicine/biology/other health sector faculties, residents, scientists, research scholars and students

Prerequisites

  • Programming capabilities - NONE
  • A very basic understanding of statistics is preferable but not mandatory

Topics Covered

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Basics of R

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Plotting in R

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Descriptive Statistics

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Randomization

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Sample Size Calculation

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Parametric Tests

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Non-parametric Tests

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Linear Regression

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Logistic Regression

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ROC Curve Analysis

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Survival Analysis

Resource Personnel

The resource personnel are the Faculty, the Residents and the Alumni of the Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS, Bhubaneswar.

Editors

Dr. Anand Srinivasan

Additional Professor, Pharmacology

Dr. Archana

Senior Resident, Pharmacology

Organizing Committee

Leadership

Prof. Ashutosh Biswas

Patron

Executive Director of AIIMS - Bhubaneswar

Prof. Debasish Hota

Chairperson

Head of the Department of Pharmacology, AIIMS - Bhubaneswar

Dr. Rituparna Maiti

Convener

Professor, Pharmacology, AIIMS - Bhubaneswar

Dr. Anand Srinivasan

Organizing Secretary

Additional Professor, Pharmacology, AIIMS - Bhubaneswar

Faculty Organizers

Dr. Biswa Mohan Padhy

Professor, Pharmacology, AIIMS - Bhubaneswar

Dr. Bikash Ranjan Meher

Additional Professor, Pharmacology, AIIMS - Bhubaneswar

Dr. Monalisa Jena

Additional Professor, Pharmacology, AIIMS - Bhubaneswar

Dr. Ajaya Kumar Sahoo

Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, AIIMS - Bhubaneswar

Resident Volunteers

Dr. Archana

Dr. Naveen Hegde

Dr. Abhishek Anil

Dr. Sayantan Shankar Roy

Dr. Richardson M

Dr. Subham Sarkar

Dr. Bikram Keshari Rout

Dr. Amiya Shaju

Dr. Mowdharani Selvarajan

Dr. Rachita Meher

Dr. Bharath Kumar

Dr. Divya V

Dr. Kumaresh A

Dr. Archana AS

Dr. Nidhi Ibrahimpur

Dr. Preksha Gupta

Dr. Aaja Alex

Dr. Rini Fasni

Workshop Schedule

Day 1 – November 11, 2025

S.NoTimeTopic
18.00-8.45 AMBreakfast and registration
28.45-9.00 AMWelcome address
39.00-9.30 AMInaugural address
49.30-9.45Participants introduction
59.45-11.15 AMTypes of data, data presentation, and descriptive statistics
611.15-11.30 AMTea Break
711.30 AM – 1.00 PMInferential Statistics
81.00 - 1.45 PMLunch
91.45 - 2.15 PMIntroduction to R
102.15 - 2.45 PMGUI intro, navigation, basic functions, and data types
112.45 - 3.45 PMList, vectors, matrix, data frame, and arrays
123.45 - 4.00 PMTea Break
134.00 - 5.00 PMOperations - mean, sum, summary, and logical
145.00 - 5.30 PMFunctions in R

Day 2 – November 12, 2025

S.NoTimeTopic
18.00-9.00 AMBreakfast
29.00-10.30 AMSubsetting, combining, and other data frame operations
310.30 - 11.15 AMReading and writing to external data
411.15-11.30 AMTea Break
511.30 AM - 12.45 PMParametric tests for hypothesis testing
612.45-1.30 PMLunch
71.30 – 2.30 PMParametric tests for hypothesis testing
82.30-3.15 PMNon-parametric tests and categorical data analysis
103.15 - 3.30 PMTea Break
113.30 - 5.00 PMNon-parametric tests and categorical data analysis

Day 3 – November 13, 2025

S.NoTimeTopic
18.00 - 9.00 AMBreakfast
29.00 - 10.30 AMPlots in R
310.30 -10.45 AMTea Break
410.45 AM -1.00 PMPlots in R
51.00 - 1.45 PMLunch
61.45 - 3.00 PMLinear Regression
73.00 - 3.15 PMTea Break
83.15 - 5.00 PMLogistic Regression

Day 4 – November 14, 2025

S.NoTimeTopic
18.00 - 9.00 AMBreakfast
209.00 - 10.45 AMSurvival Analysis
310.45 – 11.00 AMTea Break
411.00 AM -1.00 PMSample Size Estimation in R
51.00 - 1.45 PMLunch
61.45 - 3.00 PMRandomization in R
73.00 - 3.15 PMTea Break
83.15 - 4.30 PMROC Analysis
94.30-5.30 PMCertificate distribution, feedback, and valedictory proceedings

Registration Information

Registration Fee

Students

INR 9,000/-

Faculty, Industry Personnel & Others

INR 10,000/-

Fee once paid is non-refundable

Payment Details

Account Name: AIIMS Bhubaneswar CME Account

Bank: Bank of India, AIIMS BHUBANESWAR

Account Number: 557820110000033

IFSC: BKID0005578

Address: AIIMS Hospital Basement, Sijua, Bhubaneswar - 751019

Accommodation can be arranged for a limited number of participants in the AIIMS guest house. The cost will be covered by the participants. For more details, please contact Dr. Bharath Kumar (+91-9715892724).

Venue

AIIMS-BBSR Library E-Learning Center

Building: Administrative Block

Institution: All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)

Address: Bhubaneswar - 751019, Odisha

Contact Information

Dr. Anand Srinivasan

Phone: +91-9216996577

Email: naworb@aiimsbhubaneswar.edu.in