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Health Data Research UK

By harnessing health and biomedical data in the UK, HDR UK will develop and apply cutting edge data science approaches in order to address the most pressing health research challenges facing the public.

HDR UK is a joint investment led by the Medical Research Council, together with the National Institute for Health Research (England), the Chief Scientist Office (Scotland), Health and Care Research Wales, Health and Social Care Research and Development Division (Public Health Agency, Northern Ireland), the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, the Economic and Social Research Council, the British Heart Foundation and Wellcome.■

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June 14

Today we published our #charityimpact infographic & briefing. New figures show that our member charities have maintained a collective spend of £1.6bn on research in the UK in 2017 despite a tough #Brexit environment. Find out more in our press release: https://t.co/9Vj9QiY7A4

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June 14

Clear evidence of the impact of Medical Research Charities to the health and scientific footprint of the nation: £1.6B, 200,000 people participating in 1300 trials and 17,000 researchers salaries - a cornerstone in the UK’s quest to improve health through research @HDR_UK @AMRC

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June 13

Research Fellow in #healthinformatics. Working in our department on exciting new initiatives like @HDR_UK & @cogstack - grade 7 (£41k-£49k and £2,923 LW) - make sure you apply in time! 🙌🏼 @KingsJobs located at the lovely @SGDPCentreKCL. Closes 15 July https://t.co/eMX2O0YXs9

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Health Data Research UK welcomes £50m competition to create network of digital pathology and digital radiology centres

—–08.06.18

This week the government has opened a competition to invest up to £50 million in a network of up to six Centres of Excellence in digital pathology and imaging, including radiology. The centres, using digital systems and artificial intelligence (AI), will help diagnose deadly diseases earlier and select the best therapies for patients through...

Distinguished academics to lead innovative national training approach for health data scientists

—–04.06.18

Professor Peter Diggle has been appointed by Health Data Research UK as Director of Training, starting in June 2018. He will be joined in the summer by Professor Georgina Moulton and Dr Gabriella Rustici as Associate Directors to develop and lead an innovative training programme for health data scientists. [caption id=\"attachment_483\" align...

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