Women in Health Data Science
Meet some of the remarkable women in health data science and discover more about their experiences, careers and ambitions.
Believe in yourself and follow your own career path
Monica Jones, Chief Data Officer for University of Leeds and Associate Director for HDR UK, is a former British Army officer with a long-standing interest in science. She moved into health data...
Health data science combines my two long standing interests – meet Marta Blangiardo
While studying for her doctorate During her PhD Marta became 'completely mesmerised by Bayesian statistics'. Since then she has developed a high-flying career and is now Professor of...
Integrity and empathy are key words when dealing with patient data – meet Jaine Blayney
Dr Jaine Blayney, Lecturer, Translational Bioinformatics at QUB, was originally set for a career in software development before developing an interest in protein structure prediction. Here she...
My dream has led me to health data science – meet Watjana Lilaonitkul
Watjana Lilaonitkul, UKRI Rutherford Fellow, University College London, has a clear aim - to build and deploy innovations that can positively impact real-world healthcare outcomes. Here she...
I became inspired by mathematical applications in healthcare – meet Rowena Bailey
Rowena Bailey, Senior Research Officer, HDR UK Swansea University, helps identify social and environmental determinants of ill health to inform decision makers and support policy decisions. Here...
I am proud of every project I led or contributed to – meet Fatemeh Torabi
Fatemeh Torabi, Research Officer & Data Scientist, HDR UK Wales and Northern Ireland, at the University of Swansea, is focused on harnessing large scale linked health data for advancement of risk...