Well being Knowledge Analysis UK has launched a £2m fund to raised perceive Covid-19 by way of knowledge and superior analytics.
The funding name is a part of the Nationwide Core Research (NCS) into Covid-19, with Well being Knowledge Analysis UK working in partnership with The Alan Turing Institute and the Workplace of Nationwide Statistics.
It would kind a part of the NCS Knowledge and Connectivity programme. This examine makes obtainable UK-wide well being and administrative knowledge to assist and speed up analysis into Covid-19, by way of streamlined knowledge entry and evaluation.
Andrew Morris, director of Well being Knowledge Analysis UK and lead for knowledge and connectivity, mentioned: “The tasks supported by this thrilling funding name will allow insights that proceed to enhance our understanding of Covid-19 and due to this fact inform how we are able to finest assist sufferers within the subsequent part of the pandemic response.
“Working in partnership with ONS and The Alan Turing Institute gives an extra demonstration of how our collaboration is driving innovation and that, collectively, we’ll ship even larger constructive affect to society by way of the applying of well being knowledge science.”
By supporting analysis tasks and analyses Well being Knowledge Analysis UK hopes to create new insights that may inform nationwide Covid-19 insurance policies in addition to future pandemic preparedness. It would do that by utilizing the information infrastructure and functionality assembled by the examine; utilizing the Trusted Analysis Setting (TRE) to use novel analytical, statistical and mathematical modelling and machine studying experience; and enhancing the information property being made obtainable.
Analysis tasks that look to make use of a number of datasets at the moment linked and obtainable in TREs to conduct analyses might be prioritised. For instance:
- Viral variant abstract and genomic sequencing knowledge from Covid-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK)
- Linked outbreak-relevant knowledge from medical data, analysis research and audit from key initiatives (CO-CIN, for instance)
- The linked Covid vaccination knowledge
- The linked nationwide digital well being report knowledge asset
- The linked Public Well being Analysis dataset (census, mortality, major care knowledge)
Professor Sir Adrian Smith, institute director and chief govt of The Alan Turing Institute, mentioned: “This name builds on the energy of the present partnership between Turing, ONS and HDR UK, which mixes experience in superior analytics, with knowledge assortment and curation in and past the well being area. We’re delighted to assist development of the Nationwide Core Research and its success so far.”
Earlier this 12 months, Well being Knowledge Analysis UK launched a brand new performance for researchers permitting them to look by particular inhabitants standards throughout a number of datasets.
An episode of Digital Well being Unplugged with Well being Knowledge Analysis UK checked out using knowledge in the course of the Covid-19 pandemic. You may take heed to the episode right here or on Spotify, Apply Podcasts and the same old podcast platforms.
