Health Data Science workshops

Aiming to bridge the gap between research and practice
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Using data and analytical approaches to improve healthcare services for patient and public benefit
The aim of these workshops is to catalyse the benefit of academic research for healthcare patients, bridging the gap between research and practice. In addition to the workshops, we will be organising regular meetings for academic staff and non-academic partners to showcase their work and exchange knowledge.

Project partners

  • EPIC
  • Royal Cornwall Hospitals Business Intelligence
  • NHS Kernow Datalab
  • NHS Business Services Authority
  • Health Education England
  • Cisco

Workshops

The Health Data Research (HDR) group at the ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ is running two workshops under the broad theme of using data and analytical approaches to improve healthcare services for patient and public benefit.
This workshop is a great opportunity to share expertise and facilitate collaborations, leading to various project opportunities for postgraduate students.
 

6 March 2025 – workshop agenda

Register to attend this Health Data Science Workshop
Time Content Speaker
11:00–11:15Ìý Arrival (Tea/Coffee and Networking) 
11:15–11:25Ìý Welcome and Introduction   Professor Mona Nasser, Director of the Plymouth Institute of Health & Care Research
11:25–11:40Ìý Introducing Health Data Science: The Whys Whats and Hows and the Rise of the Secure Data Enviroment Dr Yinghui Wei, Associate Professor of Statistics and Lead for the Health Data Science Research Group
11:40–12:00 Quickfire Presentations from PIHR Health Data Science Award Holders (5 minutes per team)
Theme 1: Data Resources and Secure Data Environment  
12:00–12:20Ìý The One Devon Dataset   TBC
12:20–13:10 Networking Lunch 
Theme 2: Routine Data   
13:10–13:30Ìý Implementing Population Health Management in Primary Care using the One Devon Dataset. Implementation Lessons for Southwest Integrated Care Systems Dr Julian Elston, Senior Research Fellow and Consultant in Public Health  
13:30–13:50Ìý The Danish Health Big Data Experience: Lessons for the South West Professor Clive Sabel, Professor of Big Data and Spatial Science
Theme 3: Trial Data 
13:50–14:10Ìý Beyond the Primary Analysis: Opportunities in Clinical Trial Data Dr Lexy Sorrell, Senior Research Fellow in Medical Statistics
14:10–14:20 Tea and Coffee Break
Theme 4: Image/Video Data
14:20–14:40 Human Body Gesture Recognition in Quantum Computing Mr Josh Gray, PhD Student 
Theme 5: Patient Generated Data Collected by Mobile Apps 
14:40–15:00Ìý Using Data from Mobile Health Applications to Inform Service Design and Clinical Decision Making Ava Keeling, Research Assistant in Health Data Science
15:00–15:30 Where to from Now? Roundtable Discussion
 
 
 
 

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