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 Story
New study confirms far higher risk of blood clots from COVID-19, than from vaccines
Large-scale, linked health data study confirms the risk of blood clots is far higher from COVID-19 infection than from vaccination, providing crucial insights into a rare vaccine associated...
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Hospitalisation with severe Covid is linked with long-term mental illness
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Scottish population study reveals who is at most risk of getting Long Covid
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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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