We focus on improving access to secure, high-quality health, care and environmental data.

Access to data linked across different sectors ensures data are used safely, ethically and transparently, and supports innovations in linking data to prevent ill-health, reduce inequalities and improve services.

Key topics: quantitative research, data linkage, big data, health equity, evidence into practice, research implementation, impact.

Utilising cutting-edge data infrastructures to link policy and practice changes to households and places to the health of residents

The team

Prof Sarah Rodgers

Prof Sarah Rodgers

I am a Professor of Health Informatics with expertise in evaluating natural experiments and non-randomised intervention studies using anonymised linked …
Dr Georgie Schofield

Dr Georgie Schofield

I have taken a few turns on my road to the Care & Health Data Innovation sub-theme, but most have …
Dr Kostas Daras

Dr Kostas Daras

I am a Research Associate in Health Data Analysis within the Department of Public Health, Policy & Systems at University …
James Watson

Dr James Coleman Watson

I have interests in dementia care, inequities and inequalities in health outcomes, care access and on-going support among people with …
Dr Jenny Downing

Dr Jenny Downing

Jenny Downing is a researcher with a background in public health and health service research and experience in conducting both …
Dr William Whittaker

Dr William Whittaker

Will is a Senior Lecturer in Health Economics at University of Liverpool. He has a PhD in Economics and expertise …

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