Join us on the second day at the Data and Research stage for a keynote address featuring Ming Tang, Chief Data and Analytics Officer at NHS England, and Dr Raghib Ali, CEO of Our Future Health. Hear directly from Ming about the latest advancements of the NHS’s national data strategy. Dr Ali will provide insights into the ambitious “Our Future Health” research programme, which aims to recruit 5 million volunteers. Having already collected data from 100,000 individuals, the initiative is poised to redefine early disease detection and prevention. Together, they will offer a comprehensive look at the upcoming horizons of healthcare data and research.
Ming Tang
Chief Data & Analytics Officer, NHS England
Ming has over 20 years’ experience in managing and delivering large scale change involving implementation of new operating models in complex and challenging environments.
She joined the NHS in October 2009, initially leading commissioning support services in the West Midlands as the Managing Director for Healthcare Commissioning Services and then as the Managing Director for South Yorkshire and Bassetlaw Commissioning Support Unit.
Ming is currently the Chief Data and Analytics Officer for NHS England responsible for strategic development of data and analytics capability across NHS.
Dr Raghib Ali
Chief Medical Officer & Joint Chief Investigator, Our Future Health
Raghib is a clinical epidemiologist whose research is focused on the causes, prevention and treatment of diseases including diabetes, heart disease and cancer. He has spent the last 15 years at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and New York University working on similar studies, including UK Biobank, and is the Principal Investigator for the UAE Healthy Future Study. He is also a Consultant in acute medicine at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust.
Chair: Jon Hoeksma
CEO, Digital Health
Jon is the founder and CEO of Digital Health, the health IT B2B news, research and events publisher and professional networks specialist. He previously co-founded and edited eHealth Insider, and is a leading journalist, commentator and thought leader on UK health IT. In 2014 he led the trade sale of eHealth insider to Informa Plc.
Achievements of note include: founding the UK CCIO movement, from launch of CCIO campaign in 2011 to development and growth of CCIO Networks and community; the development of Digital Health Networks – centred on CCIO and CIO Networks – as the leading independent online best practice community of NHS IT professionals – 5,000+ members as of November 2020; plus growing Digital Health Summer Schools into the premier health IT leadership event in UK; and launching Digital Health Rewired in March 2019 as the most dynamic and compelling Expo in digital health space.
