Our Advisory Groups

International Advisory Board

Our International Advisory Board ensures that our work is of an internationally competitive standard and at the leading edge of health data science.

International Advisory Board members are drawn from across continents and sectors. The Board meets on an annual basis and plays a critical role in ensuring scientific and technical excellence and relevance, identifying and recommending emerging challenges and opportunities, and advising on ways in which Health Data Research UK’s international reputation can be built and upheld.

The Board is chaired by Amy Abernethy and advises Health Data Research UK’s Director, Professor Andrew Morris and the Senior Leadership Team.

Members

Amy Abernethy Chair of the International Advisory Board and Co-founder, Highlander Health

Paul Clarke Engineer, inventor and entrepreneur

James (Jim) Hendler Tetherless World Chair of Computer, Web and Cognitive Science

Ken Mandl Director of Computational Health Informatics Program, Boston Children's Hospital

Yik-Ying Teo Dean, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore

Peter Arlett Chair of the Data Board, European Medicines Agency

Nicola (Nicky) Mulder Head of Computational Biology Division, University of Cape Town

Gavin Starks Founder of IceBreakerOne.org

Camilla Stoltenberg Chief Executive Officer, Norce

Mihalis Kritikos Secretary of the European Group on Ethics in Science and New Technologies (EGE)

Public Advisory Board

The remit of our Public Advisory Board is to guide us and ensure that our work is driven by delivering benefits to patients and the public.

Members

Colin Godbold Chair of Public Advisory Board

Aisha Kekere-Ekun Public Advisory Board member

Alan Holcroft Public Advisory Board member

Mandy Rudczenko Public Advisory Board member

Munisa Hashimi Public Advisory Board member

Jan Speechley Public Advisory Board member

Roger Gibb Public Advisory Board member

Sarah Markham Public Advisory Board member

Tony Plant Public Advisory Board member

Sonia Patton Public Advisory Board member

The infrastructure Advisory Group (IAG)

The aim of the Health Data Research Innovation Gateway (The Gateway) is to transform the experience of health data researchers, so that data is used to enable discoveries that transform people’s lives. The infrastructure advisory group (IAG) provides strategic advice to Health Data Research UK and the UK Health Data Research Alliance to guide the development of the Gateway.