https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-023-02785-y
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10654-020-00689-2
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanam/article/PIIS2667-193X(22)00201-0/fulltext
I hope this gives you a good idea of some of the fantastic things you could go onto do with R!