Our regional networks are designed to leverage local expertise in health data science systems and forge partnerships across the four nations of the UK’s diverse locations. Learn more about Health Data Research UK Northern Ireland below.
Thanks to the encompass digital health transformation programme, Northern Ireland’s five Health and Social Care (HSC) Trusts have now gone entirely digital.
HSC’s Honest Broker Service (Honest Broker Service – Business Services Organisation (BSO) Website) and the Northern Ireland Trusted Research Environment (NITRE) provide the digital infrastructure to support health data research.
HSC Data Institute (HSCDI) will collate data from all HSC systems with data on the Northern Ireland Health Analytics Platform (NIHAP), to enable more efficient, streamlined access to data from a single source to support research (Data – DHCNI).
Cancer data are collected and analysed through the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry, one of the first digital registries in the world.
Momentum One Zero, a £70M Belfast Region City Deal Innovation Centre will be a game-changer, driving innovation through a secure connected intelligence approach in health and life sciences
Mark Lawler – Mark is Professor of Digital Health at Queen’s University Belfast and Scientific Director of DATA-CAN, the UK’s Health Data Research Hub for Cancer. He chairs the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership a global initiative which looks at cancer outcome across the world. Marks pioneering work on Covid-19 and cancer received the Royal College of Physicians Excellence in Patient Care Award and the prestigious European Communique Award. His team won the HDR-UK Impact of the Year Award for providing the crucial intelligence informing a change in policy for treating colorectal cancer. Mark is passionate about the intersect between academia and innovation and how health research and innovation through a digital lens can deliver both a health and wellbeing and an economic dividend. Mark is the Health Lead for Momentum One Zero, a Belfast Region City Deal Innovation Centre
Frances Burns – Dr Frances Burns is the lead for the Northern Ireland Trusted Research Environment (NITRE), part of the HSC data institute. She is co-funder and director of the Northern Ireland Public Data Panel (NIPDP), a cross sectional infrastructure for public dialogue on Northern Ireland. She is a member of the Understanding Patient Data steering group . She developed the Northern Ireland Cohort for the Longitudinal study of Aging, Northern Irelands largest public health research project. She is an honorary lecturer in Queens University Belfast Centre for Public Health from where she gained her PhD in research and impact pathways.
Northern Ireland Leads the Way in Health and Social Care Data Research
Northern Ireland is making major strides in digital health innovation. Discover how these advancements are driving better public health and policy decisions by following the link below:
Northern Ireland makes giant strides in health and social care data research
Research in partnership with Bowel Cancer UK – address the issue of continuous versus intermittent treatment in advanced colorectal cancer. Won the HDR-UK Impact of the Year Award for providing the crucial intelligence informing a change in policy for treating colorectal cancer.
