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A fantastic review of our annual meeting earlier in July. Thanks @penarc.bsky.social !

Inspiring talk by @jessrmorley.bsky.social‬ at the @swaih.bsky.social annual meeting

Really important issues to consider. Especially liked the "data availability law" (availability of high quality health data inverse to the health/care needs of the individual)

Professor Jane Masoli introducing how secondary care electronic healthcare records data (Epic) can be used for research

Exciting session on using the (appropriately named) "Epic" secondary care electronic healthcare records data for research by Prof Jane Masoli (pictured), Dr Nick kennedy and Michelle Ledbetter at the @swaih.bsky.social 2025 meeting

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@drnickkennedy.bsky.social

Hey everyone! The Institute for Data Science and AI at Exeter is now on BlueSky!

@idsaiexeter.bsky.social

Paramedics in GP surgeries ‘do not save money’ – study Researchers wanted to examine the impact of paramedic work in a GP surgery setting.

Coverage of new research led by CAPC's Dr Matthew Booker & Prof Sarah Voss @chcr-uwe.bsky.social in today's @the-independent.com:

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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What's going one with your data? Find out more wessexsde.nhs.uk/your-data/

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Join us for the first Health Data Research Network workshop!

These workshops will discuss how to promote standardised practices in data access and public engagement.

📆 When: Wednesday 12 March, 10:00 - 14:00
📍 Where: Engineers House, Bristol

Find out more here: tinyurl.com/yc5p8h42

Five ways to enhance the diversity and quality of health data - Nature Medicine The UK Health Data Research Alliance presents five recommendations for improving data collection for inclusive health research.

@nature.com article, co-written by Hajira Dambha-Miller presents 5 recommendations for improving data collection for inclusive health research. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Extract of infographic with recommendations on how to strengthen public involvement in research - including a key recommendation that research funders prioritise funding for public involvement infrastructure. Includes highlighted text "Public involvement makes research more relevant, acceptable and impactful. But effective public involvement doesn't happen by magic."

What do we need for effective public involvement in research?

This new infographic provides insights from experienced PPI practitioners: arc-sl.nihr.ac.uk/sites/defaul...

Developed by NIHR Children’s Health and Maternity National Priority Programme with @penarc.bsky.social @arc-yharc.bsky.social

Using Mendelian randomization to improve how drugs are tested for different populations Randomised controlled trials (RCTs) are the gold standard for testing health interventions. However, they typically focus on specific groups within a…

3/3 Using Mendelian randomization to improve how drugs are tested for different populations: Establishing a cross-population MR network that combines the results of genetic data in different populations from four Medical Research Council units.
@uob-ieu.bsky.social
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Developing a genetic data platform for use in pharmaceutical testing OpenGWAS is one of the largest and most used genetic research databases in the world. The platform includes around 250 billion results from…

2/3 Developing a genetic data platform for use in pharmaceutical testing: Developing a version of OpenGWAS for pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
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Using genetics to improve how drug targets are identified Many modern drugs target very specific biological processes. When a drug is being developed, these processes are known as ‘drug targets’. The more…

Three new projects in our Translational Data Science theme just published on our website! All led by @tomrgaunt.bsky.social

1/3 Using genetics to improve how drug targets are identified: This collaboration with Biogen aims to develop new approaches to identify potential drug targets.
bit.ly/42KQJ5O

A great opportunity to join us in Exeter as a Lecturer in Health Data Science: tinyurl.com/2sy7w2y5. Please get in touch if you're interested!

This looks an amazing resource developed by @arckss.bsky.social - reducing barriers to access of healthcare data. Beginners guides, training, key publications and clinics. 👏👏👏

If you'd like funding to support a research career using data science tools and methods in healthcare, our next Insight Talk is for you!

Feb 26th - NIHR Academy - Career Development Opportunities for Data Science in Health and Care

Sign up here:
sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/s...

IPACS IPACS - Improving Patient Flow between Acute, Community and Social Care Christos Vasilakis, University of Bath Alison Harper, University of Exeter This talk introduces the IPACS project - exploring h...

Our pilot project IPACS is about improving patient flow between acute, community and social care.

Led by @uniofbath.bsky.social and @uniofexeternews.bsky.social, the project was the focus of last week's @swaih.bsky.social insight talk.

Watch the recording here:
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Exeter in £10 million partnership to use data and AI to detect individual cancer risk Doctors could soon be able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project involving the University of Exeter.   ...

Doctors could soon be able to predict your individual chances of getting cancer and offer personalised detection and prevention, thanks to a new research project involving the University of Exeter. news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-h...

Insight Talks We will host regular online talks, including discussions and Q&As, that we hope will be of interest to the wider SWAIH community. Please get in touch with any ideas for future topics.

IPACS is a FREE online tool that helps model complex patient discharge pathways. IPACS is adaptable & can be accessed within @github.com. Learn more at our online talk on 27th January

@penarc.bsky.social @uniofbath.bsky.social @southwestsde.bsky.social @nhs.uk

More info & sign up: bit.ly/3E5eFGS

Are you interested in how NHS records are used in research? Could you bring a member of the public's perspective to our plans for the South West Secure Data Environment? We're looking to increase our Digital Critical Friends group. You'll be fully trained and remunerated for your time
bit.ly/3DNOd4w

Grace Nelson

Free Webinar: Data & AI Policy in 2025 📅 Tue, Jan 21

🎤 Grace Nelson (US)
🎤 Connor Dunlop (EU)
🎤 Gavin Freeguard (UK)

Join experts from Assembly Research, Ada Lovelace Institute, and ODI for key insights on global AI & data trends.
🔗 Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/data-and-a...

#AI #DataPolicy

Great News! The South West Integrated Personalised Care Awards 2024 deadline has now been extended to Jan 31st 2025, for guidance click here: www.learninganddevelopmentcentre.co.uk/resources/sw... To enter click here: forms.office.com/e/hbhhHmij9q We look forward to receiving your entries!

Great opportunity to network in health data science in the SW

We have our date for SWAIH 2025!

Wednesday 9th July at Sandy Park, Exeter.

If you work with health and care data for research in the SW, please come join us for a fully day of talks, workshops and networking.

Sign up at the link below:

sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/s...

We have our date for SWAIH 2025!

Wednesday 9th July at Sandy Park, Exeter.

If you work with health and care data for research in the SW, please come join us for a fully day of talks, workshops and networking.

Sign up at the link below:

sites.google.com/nihr.ac.uk/s...

At @arc-west.bsky.social we have an opportunity for a researcher with interest and experience in #health #datascience and #mentalhealth:

shorturl.at/HRbHk

#GW4 researchers📢

Are you maximising the reach of your research by incorporating or enabling open research practices in your work?

The #GW4OpenResearchPrize is open for submissions - apply by 14 February.

Find out more: gw4.ac.uk/gw4openresea...
@gw4alliance.bsky.social

Looking forward to seeing you there Hanna!

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Join our team! We're recruiting a Senior Research Associate in Quantitative Applied Health Research.

If you've got experience in large routinely collected datasets, data access processes, info governance and quant analysis, please apply!
bit.ly/4gWUBVF

The #GW4GeneratorFund is open to researchers in all disciplines, across the GW4 Alliance, interested in using the fund to develop a new or existing research community.

📆 The deadline to apply is 3rd Feb 2025: https://buff.ly/3GHQRqy

Slide from Luke Stoughton's talk. The slide lists Pros of the CV to the left of the slide

Slide from Emma Karoune's talk. This slide lists challenges leading to skill needs in data science.

Slide from Luke Stoughton's talk. The slide explains the recruitment process of the Data School.

Slide from Emma Karoune's talk. This slide explains the current unhelpful narrative in relation to the unicorn data scientist.

📢 Now available on YouTube: 'Careers in Data Science' by Luke Stoughton @lukestoughton.bsky.social and Emma Karoune @ekaroune.bsky.social for #BristolDataWeek

Check out the video here: tinyurl.com/yhk5hc2r