diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2d0c637a..ad36db4a 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,10 @@
 
 name: Tests
 
-on: [push, pull_request]
+on: 
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  pull_request:
 
 jobs:
   test-macos:
@@ -52,3 +55,44 @@ jobs:
           cd tests
           make main.o
           ./main.o
+
+  test-epiworld-r:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: rocker/r2u:latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: UofUEpiBio/epiworldR
+          path: ./r-pkg
+
+      - name: Getting epiworldR
+        run: |
+          install2.r knitr rmarkdown tinytest netplot igraph data.table
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends pandoc 
+          cp -r include/epiworld/ r-pkg/inst/include/epiworld/
+          R CMD build r-pkg
+          R CMD check --no-manual epiworldR_*.tar.gz
+
+  test-epiworld-r-valgrind:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: rocker/r2u:latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: UofUEpiBio/epiworldR
+          path: ./r-pkg
+
+      - name: Getting epiworldR
+        run: |
+          install2.r knitr rmarkdown tinytest netplot igraph data.table
+          apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
+            pandoc valgrind
+          cp -r include/epiworld/ r-pkg/inst/include/epiworld/
+          R CMD build r-pkg
+          R CMD check --no-manual --use-valgrind epiworldR_*.tar.gz