Overview
Computationally intensive research, complementing our increasing understanding of the mechanisms underpinning human life and disease, together with our unprecedented ability to measure and collect health-related data, is creating opportunities for better prevention and care. Specific topics of research include:
- Connected health
- Health data analytics
- Drug discovery
- Omics
- Virtual Physiological Human
Academic Theme Leads
The theme leads for each institution are:- Durham - Dr James Liley, Co-Director of the Durham Biostatistics Unit
- Lancaster - Dr Claudio Fronterre, Lecturer in Biostatistics (Global Health), Faculty of Health and Medicine
- Leeds - Dr Samuel Relton, Associate Professor of Health Data Science, School of Medicine
- Liverpool - Prof Sarah Rodgers, Professor of Health Informatics
- Manchester - Dr David Jenkins, Lecturer (Health Data Science), Division of Informatics, Imaging & Data Sciences
- Newcastle - Prof. Abi Durrant, Professor of Interaction Design, School of Computing
- Sheffield - Dr. Andrew Narracott, Senior Lecturer, Department of Infection, Immunity & Cardiovascular Disease
- York - Prof Mark Sujan, Chair in Safety Science, Department of Computer Science