We are the national institute for health data science.
Our mission is to unite the UK's health data to enable discoveries that improve people's lives.
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CVD-COVID-UK / COVID-IMPACT
CVD-COVID-UK aims to understand the relationship between COVID-19 and cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and blood clots in the lungs through analyses of de-identified, linked, nationally collated healthcare datasets across the four nations of the UK.
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Our Scientific Priorities
We are focusing our science strategy on priority areas that will have the maximum impact for the health of patients and populations across the UK.
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Health Data Science Black Internship Programme
As the UK’s national institute for health data research, we are helping to transform the prospects of talented Black health data scientists in the UK by providing opportunities to flourish in STEM careers through our health data research Black Internship Programme.
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Celebrating impact from our Health Data Research Hubs
The Hubs provide a rich toolkit of healthcare datasets, infrastructure and expertise for nine areas of health data research. Learn about their impact to date.
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HDR UK Futures
HDR UK Futures is a free and flexible virtual learning platform which lets you learn from national and international experts however and whenever suits you.
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Highlights of 2022
Discover this year's highlights from the HDR UK community by opening a new door every day between 1st and 24th December.
News Story
Findings from health data research highlight opportunities for better healthcare planning and clinical management for patients with multimorbidity
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HDR UK Scientific Conference: Meet our marketplace
HDR UK Scientific Conference 2022
Health Data Research UK Scientific Conference 2022: Data for global health and society
Join us at this free event to celebrate the global health data revolution, and help build the knowledge, collaborations and public trust needed to enable data-driven discoveries which improve peoples’ lives.
Wednesday 14 December 2022, online. 9:30-17:00.
Wednesday 14 December 2022, online. 9:30-17:00.
Advancing Health Research
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Research Publications
We advance health data science by funding research that uses data at scale and by enabling others in our community to do the same.
Our vision is that every patient, clinical trial, biomedical...
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Our Scientific Priorities
We are focusing our science strategy on priority areas that will have the maximum impact for the health of patients and populations across the UK. These prioritiy areas include The Human Phenome;...
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Research Case Studies
Case study examples of how we have enabled research across the UK.
Infrastructure and Services
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Discover Data on the Gateway
The Health Data Research Innovation Gateway (the 'Gateway') search engine or 'portal' provides a common entry point for researchers and innovators to discover and request access to health...
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Trusted Research Environments
We are committed to enabling the trustworthy use of health data for research. Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, we have championed and led the use of Trusted Research Environments (also known as...
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National Phenomics Resource
We will develop new tools to help analyse Electronic Health Records (EHRs) and will help to build a community among users of these data, who will be encouraged to share their methods. This will...
Support for Scientists and Researchers in Ukraine
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