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HDR UK bursaries for Oxford wearables machine learning course
Bursaries are being offered to early career scientists affiliated to members of the UK Health Data Research Alliance (the Alliance) for an immersive week-long course exploring Reproducible Machine Learning of Wearables in Health Data Science.
The course will connect post-graduate and post-doctoral researchers from academia and industry with experts at Oxford’s Big Data...

HDR UK Master’s Programme Trains 300 Students
We have worked with leading universities across the UK to establish a variety of specialist master's courses that have prepared hundreds of talented people for careers in health data science

Experimental and Observational Methods for Health Data Science in Health Data Training
An immersion week delivered as the first part of a series introducing graduates with advanced skills in mathematics and computational science to key health data science topics.
Monday 30 January to Friday 3 February 2023, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston.

Northern Care Partnership drive to build NHS health data science skills
Capacity building is essential if the UK is to have the level of health data research expertise needed to address its mounting healthcare challenges. Professor Peter Bath, Training Lead for HDR UK’s Better Care Northern Partnership (HDR UK North), has been closely involved in work to enhance the health data research skills of existing and future NHS workers.

Bringing new talent into health data research – the Great PhD Survey
Health data science researchers have the chance to make a real difference to the world and be part of a fast-developing scientific field. Yet universities are finding it tough to recruit the talent they need. Professor Chris Yau recently carried out a survey to find out what motivates people to take a PhD and what they want from their subsequent careers. The results, plus plans for a...

Black Internship experience inspires Alumni Network role
As the new joint co-ordinator of the HDR UK Alumni Network, Phinehas Arkorful hopes to help bring together early career health data scientists to support each other and to help build a forum where they can advance their careers and their scientific interests.

Its strength is its breadth – the future of the HDR UK Alumni Network
The HDR UK Alumni Network offers the chance to join a growing community of present and future health data scientists. James Godwin is the new co-ordinator - here he tells us what he has in mind for its future.

Opinion
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Experimental and Observational Methods for Health Data Science in Health Data Training
An immersion week delivered as the first part of a series introducing graduates with advanced skills in mathematics and computational science to key health data science topics.
Monday 30 January to Friday 3 February 2023, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston.
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