In 2019, Health Data Research UK – the national Institute for health data science – launched the Digital Innovation Hub (DIH) Programme to establish the UK’s infrastructure for trustworthy data research. Funded by UK Research and Innovation’s Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, this has delivered impact for industry, the NHS and patients across the UK who are benefiting from medical discoveries and breakthroughs resulting from research using health data.  

Our event on 28 June 2022 in Birmingham – Building a Legacy for Health Data Research Infrastructure – showcased the impact to date of the DIH Programme achieved through the outstanding partnerships of organisations and people across the UK to establish a strong foundation for the future.  

In this free, one-day event, attendees heard about the latest developments in technology, infrastructure and standards that is supporting trustworthy research with health data. The event connected colleagues working in the data field across healthcare, academia, charities, industry and with patient groups by showcasing the impacts of the DIH Programme, including the:  

  • Nine Health Data Research Hubs – established as centres of excellence, providing a rich toolkit of health datasets, infrastructure and capabilities. With over 100 partners across the NHS, academia, charities and industry  
  • Health Data Research Innovation Gateway – the UK’s unified portal to discover and request access to health data 
  • UK Health Data Research Alliance – a growing partnership of leading healthcare and research organisations who are uniting to establish best practice for the ethical use of large-scale data for research  

With a varied programme of talks and an interactive market place the event provided a fantastic opportunity to contribute to discussions and support the UK’s development of health data research infrastructure.

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The event was held from 09.30-17.30 (followed by networking and drinks) at Eastside Rooms, 2 Woodcock Street, Birmingham, B7 4BL and the talks at the event were livestreamed for those unable to attend in person.

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Highlights from the day

Speakers

Cheryl Battersby Clinical Senior Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Neonatologist at Imperial College London/Chelsea and Westminster Hospital
Claire Bloomfield Deputy Director, NHS England’s Centre for Improving Data Collaboration
Rory Cellan-Jones Former BBC Technology Correspondent
John Jeans Non-Executive Director, Digital Health and Care Innovation Centre
Andrew Morris Director, HDR UK
Carole Morris Head of Data and Modelling Services, Public Health Scotland
Paola Quattroni Head of Alliance Strategy and Engagement, HDR UK
Philip Quinlan Director of Health Informatics
Andrew Roddam CEO, Our Future Health
David Seymour Director of Infrastructure and Services
Kay Snowley Programme Director, Infrastructure and Services (HDR UK)
Janet Valentine Industrial Challenge Strategy Fund Director at Innovate UK, UK Research & Innovation
Neil Walker Chief Data Officer for Gut Reaction and Clinical Bioinformatics and Statistical Genomics Manager at the NIHR BioResource
Mark Walport Honorary Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Imperial College

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Interested in the HDR Innovation Gateway for data discovery and access?

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