UCL awarded funding to transform health through data science

London is to become a key site to transform health through data science following a £54 million award. A collaborative partnership of five London Universities, UCL, Imperial College London, King's College London, Queen Mary University of London and The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, has been chosen as a foundation partner of the new national institute Health Data Research (HDR) UK. Health Data Research UK is initially awarding £30 million funding to six sites across the UK to address challenging healthcare issues through use of data science. The other successful sites are: Cambridge - Wellcome Sanger Institute, European Bioinformatics Institute, University of Cambridge; Midlands - University of Birmingham, University of Leicester, University of Nottingham, University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, University of Warwick; Oxford - University of Oxford; Scotland - University of Edinburgh, University of Aberdeen, University of Dundee, University of Glasgow, University of St Andrews, University of Strathclyde and Wales/Northern Ireland - Swansea University, Queen's University Belfast. Each site has world-class expertise; a track record in using health data to derive new knowledge, scientific discovery and insight; and works in close partnership with NHS bodies and the public to translate research findings into benefits for patients and populations. From April this year, the six sites will work collaboratively as foundation partners in Health Data Research UK to make game-changing improvements in people's health by harnessing data science at scale across the UK.