EPSRC Digital Health Hub Partnerships
We are working with leading research organisations, universities and others to accelerate the development of digital technology to improve health and the quality of care.
HDR UK is partnering with UKRI (UK Research and Innovation) and EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) to help drive the work of two of its five regional Digital Health Hubs.
The Hubs are three-year programmes which began in 2023, focusing on increasing skills and capacity in the development and co-creation of digital health and care solutions, accelerating translation of digital technologies into the health and care sector, building new partnerships between industry, health and social care and academia, promoting research, sharing knowledge and skills, and fostering leadership.
Between them, the hubs will address five key healthcare challenges:
- Antimicrobial resistance
- Health and care outside the hospital
- Health inequalities
- Unmet health and care needs of underserved communities
- Developing digital technologies to improve health.
The five hubs are:
- Digital Health Hub for Antimicrobial Resistance, led by Professor Rachel McKendry, University College London
- The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub, led by Professor Tim Chico, University of Sheffield
- Northern Health Futures (NortHFutures) Hub, led by Professor Abigail Durrant, Newcastle University
- King’s Health Partner (KHP) Digital Health Hub, led by Professor Sebastien Ourselin, King’s College London
- The Leadership Engagement Acceleration and Partnership (LEAP) Digital Health Hub Partnership, led by Professor Ian Craddock, University of Bristol
HDR UK, specifically our Training Team, is a core consortium partner for two of the five hubs – NortHFutures led by Newcastle University and LEAP led by Bristol University. In addition, HDR UK is supporting several cross-hub activities, collaborating with all five hubs.
- Find out more about NortHFutures and LEAP, and HDR UK’s role in these programmes.
