The University of Bristol and UCL will lead the Population Research UK (PRUK) co-ordination hub, part of an existing strategic investment from the UKRI Infrastructure Fund. The UK is a world leader in population research, bolstered by its unique collection of longitudinal population studies, which follow groups of people over time. Individually, the studies have…
The first research study of the entire UK population highlights gaps in COVID-19 vaccine coverage. Between a third and a half of the populations of the four UK nations had not had the recommended number of COVID vaccinations and boosters by summer 2022. Findings suggest that more than 7,000 hospitalisations and deaths might have been…
In January 2023, as part of the DARE UK programme, UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) commissioned five driver projects to inform the design of a UK-wide network of trusted research environments (TREs) – highly secure digital environments that provide access to sensitive data for analysis by accredited researchers. These driver projects ran for nine months, from…
Simon Thompson & Lewis Hotchkiss of DPUK Data Portal based in Population Data Science were delighted to be awarded the DARE community group grant for their Community group work on AI Risk Evaluation, we catch up with Lewis to discuss the implications of the award! Congratulations on securing the DARE Community group funding, can you…
A team from the Population Data Science have created a new driver programme as part of a UK partnership to better understand the fundamental mechanisms of inflammation and immunity through data science discoveries. The new Inflammation and Immunity Driver Programme will deliver key insights to improve patient care for those affected by inflammation-mediated diseases. Inflammation-mediated…
This year’s Annual Scientific Meeting (ASM) of the Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research (AUKCAR) was held in Swansea’s Brangwyn Hall in late April 2023. The theme of this year’s ASM was ‘Big data – its implications and use in asthma care’. Invited speakers gave presentations about how big data can be applied to asthma…
SAIL Databank is excited to announce this year’s cohort of student projects as part their 3rd year Capstone viva project. Their projects will benefit from the vast repository of health, social and administrative data held within SAIL and help nurture the data science knowledge and expertise amongst these budding medical and data research professionals. As…
SAIL Databank’s Senior Research Manager and Data Scientist, Ashley Akbari, speaks to DHEW about how the Trusted Research Environment (TRE) technology behind the SAIL Databank is supporting the One Wales response.
