Data and Connectivity is led by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) in partnership with the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Professor Andrew Morris, HDR UK’s Director, leads the programme, supported by several colleagues:

Andrew Morris Director, HDR UK
David Seymour Director of Infrastructure and Services
Lara Edwards Programme Director, Driver Programmes
Helen Tatlow Programme Delivery Manager
Paola Quattroni Head of Alliance Strategy and Engagement, HDR UK
Nada Karrar Delivery Manager
Chris Milner Chief Solutions Architect
Alison Elderfield Programme Manager
Lucy Gould Associate Director, Financial Strategy
Cassie Smith Head of Legal, Trust and Ethics
Edel McNamara Data Protection and Information Governance Lead (Global)

Principle Investigators and collaborators for Data and Connectivity include:

Philip Quinlan Director of Health Informatics
Paul Elliott Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine
Aziz Sheikh Chair of Primary Care Research and Development, Usher Institute
Sharon Peacock Executive Director and Chair at COG-UK, and a Professor of Public Health and Microbiology in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge.
Dr Manjinder Sandhu
Cathie Sudlow Chief Scientist, Deputy Director of HDR UK and Director of the BHF Data Science Centre
Will Whiteley
Dr Will Whiteley Clinical Epidemiologist
Jonathan Sterne Professor of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology and Deputy Director, NIHR Bristol Biomedical Research Centre
Ben Goldacre Bennett Professor of Evidence-Based Medicine and Director
Emily Jefferson Chief Technology Officer at HDR UK, Interim Director at DARE UK and Chair of Health Data Science
Luke Readman Director of Digital Transformation
Julia Hippisley-Cox Professor of Epidemiology and General Practice at the University of Oxford
Kenny Baillie Professor of Experimental Medicine, University of Edinburgh

Data and Connectivity NCS Delivery partners

Office for National Statistics
SAIL Databank
Public Health Scotland
OpenSAFELY
BHF Data Science Centre
NHS Digital
Northern Ireland Honest Broker Service (Northern Ireland Health and Social Care)