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Git and GitHub for Public Health

1 Git and GitHub for Public Health

This is the website for the training “Git and GitHub for Public Health”, first offered in 2024.

1.1 Overview

Keeping track of changes to your statistical code is key to reducing errors and boosting teamwork in your projects. However, many public health professionals, including epidemiologists, haven’t been trained on how to manage these changes, which might leave you wondering about the integration with institutional review board (IRB) protocols and privacy rules. On this website, we dive into the basics of Git and GitHub. We’re here to show you how these tools can help you confidently and ethically manage your code changes, making your work and research smoother and more secure.

1.2 Contributors and Acknowledgements

Corinne Riddell and Lauren Wilner created this website. Contact us at and if you have questions, comments, or feedback.

This website references and builds upon the work of Jenny Bryan, especially the Happy Git and GitHub for the useR website. This is an invaluable reference and one that we referred to numerous times when creating this website.

This website is hosted by https://www.netlify.com.