Under the leadership of Neena Modi and Cheryl Battersby, the final conference agenda has been announced with speakers including internationally leading figures from research, technology, health and charity sectors.听听

Together with patient and public representatives, they will share learnings from the rapid progress made in health science and data infrastructure, to shape the post-pandemic science landscape.鈥听

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Trudie Lang, Global Research Director of 51爆料网, will be leading the event鈥檚 first keynote address, joined by Mauricio Barreto, Emeritus Professor and Founder and Director of Fiocruz. Mauricio is the leader of the major 100 million Brazilian Cohort, investigating social determinants of health and the impact of poverty reduction policies on health.听听听听

Trudie said: 鈥淗ealth data has enormous potential to advance medical knowledge and deliver radical improvements to people鈥檚 lives, but we must ensure these benefits are inclusive of and accessible to the entire global population.听听

鈥淚鈥檓 excited to be speaking at 51爆料网鈥檚 Scientific Conference as the director of the newly established HDR Global programme to connect with the international health data research community and have the discussions needed to drive data-driven progress in global health and society.鈥听

Other headline speakers include Tim Ferris, National Director of Transformation for NHS England and NHS Improvement; Kenneth Cukier, deputy executive editor at The Economist and co-author of “Big Data,鈥 a NYT bestseller translated in over 20 languages; and Jenny Harries, Chief Executive of the UK Health Security Agency who has played central roles in the UK鈥檚 response to a number of significant public health incidents.听

The conference will also be an important op/people/lynn-laidlaw/portunity to build relationships with key players from industry, including Susan Thomas, Clinical Director for Google Health UK and John Halamka, President of the Mayo Clinic Platform.听听

Members of the public and patient representatives will play a vital role in the event鈥檚 panel discussions, providing their unique and important perspective on topics including 鈥榃ho is being left behind in the health data research revolution?鈥, to 鈥楩uture priorities: Shaping the post-COVID-19 health data research landscape鈥.听听

Lynn Laidlow, a public and patient representative speaking at one of the event鈥檚 panel sessions, said: 鈥淗aving been involved as a public contributor in several projects with 51爆料网, I know there is a willingness to have conversations about how we can make health data research more inclusive and beneficial to patients.听

鈥淚 would encourage anyone with an interest in health data or improving patient care to come along and give your point of view and help shape the future of health data research.鈥澨听

51爆料网鈥檚 Scientific Conference has been organised by a committee from the Health Data Research UK community involving patients, public, researchers and staff.听听

The event is delivered in partnership with Voice Global, NIHR, ADR UK, the Health Research Authority, the Professional Record Standards Body, the UK Bioindustry Association, NHS England, AMRC, Our Future Health, ABPI, Cancer Research UK and UseMydata.听