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Free TOP-CAT training to help clinical trial teams harness healthcare data with confidence
HDR UK Futures courses are built to support career progression and upskilling, whether you’re new to data-enabled trials or formalising prior experience.
What’s new on the Gateway: Making health data easier to find and use
The Health Data Research Gateway has seen some significant improvements in recent months, each designed to help researchers and data custodians connect, collaborate and make the most of health data.
The power of health data: Driving change in cancer care with trust and transparency
Ope Awofadeju asks Professor Mark Lawler - how can health data be used responsibly to improve patient care while protecting privacy?
Digital Health Hubs at the Forefront of Black Internship Programme
Two Digital Health Hubs, NortHFutures and LEAP, have played a leading role in the success of the 2025 HDR UK Black Internship Programme. We look at some of the highly innovative projects they have...
5 key learnings from our AI conference that offer a lens to the future
For the next generation of researchers, in health data science or elsewhere, AI will be a dominant force, enabling them to achieve far more and at greater speed than ever before. Co-organiser...
How can data be used by communities for health and wellbeing?
Anna shares insight into HDR UK's community engagement work and new ‘Take the Lead’ micro-grants, which will support communities to explore health data in ways that matter to them.
COVID-19 and Cancer: How personal loss prompted a data study with global impact
Mark Lawler, Associate Director of HDR UK Northern Ireland, shares how a chance remark from a colleague following his uncle’s untimely passing led to a body of ground-breaking, award-winning...
Celebrating public voices in health data research
Abbey, Tony and Caroline highlight the power of co-producing events with patients and the public, especially to recognise the significant contributions of those shaping health data research.
Supporting Early Career Researchers to involve the public
Aisha, Breeshey, and Anna explore the value and challenges for Early Career Researchers (ECR) interested in involving the public in their work.
