BHF Data Science Centre
Enabling data-led research to improve heart and circulatory health.
What We Do
The BHF Data Science Centre is a partnership between Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) and the British Heart Foundation (BHF), and sits within HDR UK.
We work with a wide range of partners including patients, public, clinicians, researchers and NHS organisations to help them carry out research using health data into the causes, prevention and treatment of all diseases of the heart and circulation (such heart attacks, stroke and vascular dementia).
Incidence of heart attacks and strokes was lower after COVID-19 vaccination, finds study of 46 million adults
A new study involving nearly the whole adult population of England has found that the incidence of heart attacks and strokes was lower after COVID-19 vaccination than before or without vaccination.
New data science catalyst aims to transform kidney patients’ lives
Dr Samira Bell has been named Associate Director of the new Kidney Data Science Catalyst where she will lead on urgently needed data-led research to improve kidney and heart health.
Ethnicity data in over 61 million people’s health records studied for the first time
Ethnicity data from GP and hospital records of over 61 million people has been studied for the first time in research supported by HDR UK and the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Data Science Centre.
