The International Journal of Population Data (IJPDS) is an innovative, open access, peer-reviewed journal, hosted by Swansea University. We spoke with the Editor-in-Chief, Kerina Jones Professor of Population Data Science at Swansea University, to find out more about what the journal has to offer.
The 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research brought together over 350 delegates from the UK and across the globe. The Conference which was held in Cardiff from the 9th – 11th December, focused on national and international population data science initiatives. We caught up with some of our team at the conference so they could share their experiences and their conference takeaways.
The 4th International Conference on Administrative Data Research brought together over 350 delegates from the UK and across the globe. The main theme of this year’s Conference, hosted by Administrative Data Research Wales, was ‘Public Data for Public Good’ – exploring how public data can be used to develop evidence-based policies and practices. The Conference…
Swansea University academics are calling for improved and targeted healthcare for pregnant women and new mothers who experience depression, following a new study looking at the impact of depression and anti-depressants. Professor Sue Jordan from the University’s College of Human and Health Science, who led the study, says the findings could be used to help…
We recently had the opportunity to host a ‘DPUK datathon’. The event challenged teams to explore data sets held in the DPUK Data Portal to identify early indicators of Dementia. The Dementias Platform UK (DPUK) datathon provided a safe space where dementia researchers and data scientists could collaborate and answer some of the most pressing research…
More than 25 data scientists, statisticians, researchers and students collaborated in a 3 day ‘hackathon style’ event which was held last week, at Swansea University. The event – a ‘DPUK datathon’ – challenged teams to explore data sets held in the DPUK Data Portal to identify early indicators of Dementia. Dementia set to triple by…
Girls in Wales are much more likely to end up in hospital after self-harming than boys according to new research led by Swansea University. The study, the first of its kind, has been published in the Archives of Disease in Childhood and reveals thisgender disparity is particularly evident among 10 to 15-year-olds who have self-…
What is the Multiple Sclerosis interactive Digit Modality Test or MSiDMT?
Rod Middleton, Project Manager and System Architect of the UK MS Register, talks about the development of the test and its importance for future MS assessments.
This week we welcomed our students from the UK and worldwide from as far afield as Canada, China, Greece, India, Ireland, Jamaica, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Sudan and Zambia, to both of our MSc in Health Informatics and MSc in Health Data Science courses. Chevening scholarships are the UK government’s global scholarship programme,…
The number of newborn babies subject to care proceedings in Wales (per 10,000 births) more than doubled between 2015 and 2018. In 2015, for every 10,000 births in Wales 39 newborns became the subject of care proceedings within two weeks of birth. By 2018, the rate had risen to 83 cases per 10,000 births. In…
