About the course developers

  • Naomi Waithira, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
  • Brian Mutinda, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit
  • Phaik Yeong Cheah, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

This course has been developed in collaboration with the Global Health Network, the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory, the Ethox Centre, Oxford University Clinical Research Unit (Vietnam), the Committee on Data of the International Science Council and the COVID-19 Coalition Data Sharing Working Group.

Phaik Yeong is a bioethicist and the coordinator of the Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit Data Access Committee (MORU DAC). She led the development of the MORU data sharing policy and the setup of the MORU Data Management department. Naomi and Brian are experienced data managers and have conducted training on data management. Naomi is also a member of the MORU DAC. Phaik Yeong Cheah, Naomi Waithira and Brian Mutinda are members of the COVID-19 Coalition Data Sharing Working Group.

The content within the new Introductory Module is adapted from a product originally developed as part of the Chatham House Global Health Programme project Strengthening Data Sharing for Public Health supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The principles it identified are applicable in any data sharing scenario, and this content has been included as an essential introduction to the reasons for sharing data, alongside the key points to consider in preparing the ground for such activities.

Introductory Module

Principles on sharing data and benefits for public health

 Author:

  • David R Harper, Senior Consulting Fellow, Global Health Programme

  • Michael Edelstein, Consultant Epidemiologist, Public Health England

  • Asha Herten-Crabb, IRD Fellow, Department of International Relations, LSE

  • Matthew Brack, Senior Programme Manager, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • David L Heymann, Distinguished Fellow, Global Health Programme

Application developer:

  • Kehkashan Shah, Training Officer, The Global Health Network

Module 1

Introduction to data management

Author:

  • Brian Mutinda, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Reviewers:

  • Professor Philippe Guérin, Director, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)
  • Yanina Borzykh, Data Manager, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Rupert Higgins, Data Manager, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Frank Kagoro, African Regional Manager, The Global Health Network

  • Shanti Rochester, Project Officer - Data Sharing, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • EDCTP Networks of Excellence Data Sharing Working Group

Application developer:

  • Kehkashan Shah, Training Officer, The Global Health Network

Module 2

Ethics of sharing individual level health research data

Author:

  • Susan Bull -  The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford

Reviewers:

  • Professor Philippe Guérin, Director, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Frank Kagoro, African Regional Manager, The Global Health Network

  • Shanti Rochester, Project Officer - Data Sharing, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • EDCTP Networks of Excellence Data Sharing Working Group

Application Developer:

  • Kehkashan Shah, Training Officer, The Global Health Network

Module 3

Data governance, policies and Data Access Commitees

Author:

  • Phaik Yeong Cheah, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Reviewers:

  • Professor Philippe Guérin, Director, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Susan Bull, The Ethox Centre, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford

  • Frank Kagoro, African Regional Manager, The Global Health Network

  • Shanti Rochester, Project Officer - Data Sharing, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • EDCTP Networks of Excellence Data Sharing Working Group

Application Developer:

  • Kehkashan Shah, Training Officer, The Global Health Network

Module 4

Data Quality

Authors:

  • Brian Mutinda, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Reviewers:

  • Professor Philippe Guérin, Director, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Hannah Jauncey, Data Manager, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Frank Kagoro, African Regional Manager, The Global Health Network

  • Shanti Rochester, Project Officer - Data Sharing, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • EDCTP Networks of Excellence Data Sharing Working Group

Application Developer:

  • Kehkashan Shah, Training Officer, The Global Health Network

Module 5

Costing for Data Management

Author:

  • Naomi Waithira, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Reviewers:

  • Professor Philippe Guérin, Director, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Frank Kagoro, African Regional Manager, The Global Health Network

  • Shanti Rochester, Project Officer - Data Sharing, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • EDCTP Networks of Excellence Data Sharing Working Group

Application Developer:

  • Kehkashan Shah, Training Officer, The Global Health Network

Module 6

Data repositories

Author:

  • Naomi Waithira, Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit

Reviewers:

  • Professor Philippe Guérin, Director, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Matthew Brack, Senior Programme Manager, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • Laura Merson, Associate Director, Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO)

  • EDCTP Networks of Excellence Data Sharing Working Group

Application Developer:

  • Kehkashan Shah, Training Officer, The Global Health Network