Class of 2022
We are keen to help transform the prospects of, and provide opportunities for, early career Black people in the UK to flourish in their future health data science careers. Here you can meet the team of Interns and Host Organisations working together through our 2022 Health Data Science Black Internship Programme.
2022 Interns
Ribka Aschalew, 2022 Health Data Science Black Internship Programme Intern at The Health Foundation, said:
“I have a huge passion for science and technology, with a particular interest in data and Artificial Intelligence. Through HDR UK’s internship programme, I look forward to gaining invaluable insights into how data science is harnessed in the health sector, and to developing my skills as an analyst and researcher.”
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2022 Host Organisations
Dr Katherine Boylan, Head of Innovation at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT), said:
“Having interviewed an outstanding group of candidates – and part-funded by NIHR Manchester Biomedical Research Centre – we are delighted to have appointed three new colleagues under the Black Internship Programme to support data projects across our Trust, hosted infrastructure and Clinical Data Sciences Unit (CDSU). I look forward to welcoming our new colleagues to the MFT Innovation Team.”
Rob Stewart, Professor of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Clinical Informatics at King’s College London, and Clinical and Population Informatics lead at the NIHR Maudsley Biomedical Research Centre, said:
“I’m very pleased to be hosting candidates from the Black Internship Programme. Improving diversity in research communities is a long overdue, but thankfully growing, priority. My research group has been privileged over the years to provide training and experience to students and trainees at early stages in their careers and I look forward to continuing this through these summer placements.”
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