Delve into case studies that reveal the collaboration between different data platform and research initiatives and the NHS. An insightful snapshot of current projects, this session will illuminate the diverse ways data is driving progress in healthcare. An essential overview for those keen on the interplay of data and health research in the NHS.
Prof Tim Hubbard
Associate Director, HDR UK London
Professor Tim Hubbard is Head of the Department of Medical & Molecular Genetics at King’s College London and Associate Director of the London site of Health Data Research UK (HDR UK). He is also Head of Genome Analysis at Genomics England, the company set up by the Department of Health to execute the 100,000 genomes project, which aims to mainstream the use of whole genome sequence analysis for treatment in the UK National Health Service (NHS).
Until 2013 he was Head of Informatics at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute where he was one of the organisers of the sequencing of the human genome. In 1999 he co-founded the Ensembl project to analysis, organise and provide access to the human genome and from 2007 led the GENCODE project to annotate the structure of all human genes.
Dr Lauren Walker
Senior Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Internal Medicine, University of Liverpool
Dr Lauren Walker is Clinical Senior Lecturer in Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Honorary Consultant in General Internal Medicine. She co-leads the DynAIRx programme, funded by the NIHR AI in multimorbidity stream and her research interest involves utilising existing health record data to understand how multiple long-term conditions, and their associated prescriptions, evolve over time and how these relationships between drugs and diseases lead to harm. She is very interested in predicting risk and examining patient journeys to identify at what point the harm of a medicine outweighs the potential for benefit. She contributes to outpatient clinics, inpatient reviews and multidisciplinary team meetings for adults with complex multimorbidity & polypharmacy.
Prof William Dixon
Chair in Digital Epidemiology, Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Science, University of Manchester
Will is a Professor of Digital Epidemiology at the University of Manchester and an honorary consultant rheumatologist at Salford Royal Hospital. His research interests are using digital health data for population health research, collected from both clinicians and patients.
Chair: Natalie Chishick
Director, Silver Buck
Natalie has over 15 years’ experience working in healthcare, delivering high-impact PR and marketing campaigns. She specialises in health-tech and has worked with companies ranging from blue-chip businesses to start-ups, implementing projects in brand development, lead generation, reputation management, media relations and digital media, crisis communications, stakeholder engagement, event management and public affairs.
Her previous roles include spearheading the industry trade body’s health and social care programmes (representing over 450 tech companies), and running a busy policy and communications department for an EPR supplier.
Dr Lauren Walker, Natalie Chishick, Prof Tim Hubbard, Prof William Dixon
