A webinar on Research Reproducibility and Replicability, originally presented on Nov. 10 with a keynote by UAMS faculty member Kevin Sexton, M.D., is now available for viewing on ScholarWorks. This platform is the university's digital repository for faculty publications, presentations, student works, and teaching materials.

John English, the vice chancellor for research and innovation, noted the importance of research reproducibility and replicability in the introduction.

"I think we need to be mindful of these things as a measure of the quality of our research and what we do in view of this campus. I think you'll find that things like these [reproducible results and repeatable experiments] are very important to me. ... I know it's critically important to the future of our research ecosystem," English said.

The program agenda was organized by the U of A Research Reproducibility and Replicability Committee. The first presentation was given by Jason Ramage and Lora Lennertz on a survey of research integrity as applied to reproducibility and replicability. The keynote presentation titled, "Clinical Informatics as an Ally for Data Reproducibility & Replicability in COVID-19 Research," was given by Sexton. The final portion of the webinar was dedicated to a discussion panel. The panel included campus experts Seth Warn, an assistant professor of geosciences and CAST affiliate; and Josh McGee, an assistant professor of education reform and the chief data officer for the state of Arkansas. Sexton joined the panel to discuss his insights as a medical professional. Members of the R&R Committee also answered questions from the audience. 

The webinar was sponsored by the Office of Research and Innovation.