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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Uniting the UK’s Health Data: A Huge Opportunity for Society
Professor Cathie Sudlow's independent review of the UK health data landscape is now published.
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Learn with HDR UK Futures
HDR UK Futures is a free and flexible online learning platform where you can learn health data science skills from subject matter experts.
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Major update to the Health Data Research Gateway
The newly launched Gateway simplifies the process of finding and using health data so that researchers can spend more time answering important questions that drive improvements to people’s health.
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Health Data Science Black Internship Programme
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 Science Black Internship Programme.
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Our Research Priorities
Five UK-wide Research Driver programmes are focusing on areas where data science has great potential to improve public health, prevent people from becoming unwell, and enhance patient care.
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News Announcement
First-of-its-kind study evaluates link between shingles vaccine and reduced risk of dementia
New collaboration between GSK, UK Dementia Research Institute (UK DRI) and HDR UK aims to deepen understanding of neurodegeneration using the UK’s health data ecosystem.
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£10m to develop new AI tools for predicting risk of cancer
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New AI technology in development to predict dementia risk from eye test
Advancing Health Research
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Impact at HDR UK
Our vision is that every patient, clinical trial, biomedical discovery and public health policy benefits from the use of large scale data and advanced analytics.
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HDR UK Research Driver Programmes
UK-wide Research Driver Programmes harness the power of large-scale data to deliver ground-breaking scientific impacts and infrastructure innovation.
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Case Studies
Case study examples of how we have enabled research across the UK.
Infrastructure and Services
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The Gateway
A platform that streamlines the end-to-end researcher journey.
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Health Data Research Hubs
The Health Data Research Hubs provide a rich toolkit of healthcare datasets, infrastructure and expertise that enable users to identify, access, understand and use data to improve people’s lives.
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UK Health Data Research Alliance
The UK Health Data Research Alliance (the 'Alliance') is an independent alliance of leading healthcare and research organisations united to establish best practice for the ethical use of UK health...
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