Fostering innovation, research, and education in the field of computational sciences for health

It’s been a few years in the making. With ongoing collaborations with IHTM alumni on projects in Liberia and Seychelles and having initiated the Open and Reproducible Science in R module 4 years ago, we’ve finally been able to formalise our vision of global health partnerships and collaboration.

Introducing Oxford iHealth

iHealth Team

Boxplots (also called

 box-and-whisker

plots) are a graphical tool used to summarise and display the distribution of a continuous variable. They are useful for several reasons:

 Identifying Outliers

: Boxplots clearly highlight outliers (values that fall significantly outside the range of most of the data). Outliers are shown as individual points beyond the “whiskers” of the plot.

Creating and styling boxplots

After the pilot run of the Open and Reproducible Science in R module for IHTM Class 2021-2022, it was apparent based on student feedback that learning to code in R was something most of our students valued. As with other elements of the course, it is clear that more impactful learning happens when students use whatever they have learned on an actual analytic task.

It takes a village…

October is here again and it is time to welcome our new cohort -

 
 Class 2025
 

- of the MSc in International Health and Tropical Medicine. We met all 19 students of the current cohort last week on the 1st and 2nd of October as they went through the now customary laptop setup for the Open and Reproducible Science in R module.

Welcome MSc IHTM Class of 2025

A histogram is a graphical representation of the distribution of numerical data.

Creating and styling histograms

By the end of July 2025, we are expecting delivery of a compute server/workstation capable of running large language models (LLMs) efficiently. This machine will allow for local LLM deployment to support development and use of artificial intelligence workflows in-house. This is part of Oxford IHTM’s efforts to support its current students and its alumni in learning and applying modern tools for global health projects.

Waiting for orchid

In mid-October 2024, Proochista Ariana announced the Oxford iHealth Champions programme - a re-brand of earlier efforts to encourage and support community-building among our Oxford IHTM alumni towards continued learning, collaboration, and impactful action along the lines of open and reproducible science. Nine months on, we are happy to welcome our latest batch of iHealth Champions from Oxford IHTM Class of 2025.

Welcome iHealth Champions 2025

We’ve organised four onboarding sessions to the Champions programme in August 2025 where we will discuss the Oxford iHealth Champions programme, what the

 programme is about

, the

 Champion’s journey

and its requirements, and the

 accreditation/badging process

for milestones and achievements. This event is open to all Oxford IHTM alumni. Registration is

 required

to be able to attend.

Oxford iHealth Champions onboarding sessions - August 2025

It’s time for our first monthly news round-up! Latest batch of Oxford iHealth Champions   We’re very happy to have our latest cohort of Oxford iHealth Champions inducted into the programme. Congratulations to our newest batch and we hope to hear from those of you plant to further their Champion’s journey. Read more about our newest Champions cohort in this blog post.