BHF Data Science Centre Kidney Data Science Catalyst – Prioritisation Exercise If you’re a researcher, healthcare professional, a nephrologist, patient, or a member of the public – we want to know what questions you think are important… Read more

What is the ‘Stroke Data Science Catalyst’? The Stroke Data Science Catalyst (a five-year partnership between the BHF Data Science Centre, HDR UK and the Stroke Association) will enable approved research teams to generate insights using data from… Read more

What do we mean by the ‘Diabetes Data Science Catalyst’? The Diabetes Data Science Catalyst will support research of relevance to both diabetes and cardiovascular diseases through the use of health data science and advanced analytics such as Artificial Intelligence. Read more

What do we mean by ‘enhancing cohorts’? A cohort is a group of people who take part in a research study. These people will be asked to take part because they have a certain disease or characteristics in common, for… Read more

What is a Clinical Trial? A clinical trial is a type of research study involving people where a treatment or treatments are compared to gather evidence about what is the most effective to treat or prevent a disease. The treatment… Read more

What do we mean by ‘defining disease’ and by ‘phenotypes’? A phenotype is a characteristic of an individual which can be seen or measured. Examples of phenotypes include height, blood pressure, whether someone currently has or has had a disease… Read more

What do we mean by ‘smartphone and wearable data’? Smartphone and wearable data are collected by wearable devices, such as health-tracking mobile smartphone apps and fitness watches, and can also be known as ‘personal monitoring data’. This data can be… Read more

Imaging Open Challenge The BHF Data Science Centre's Imaging Open Challenge is launching soon Click here to find out more What do we mean by ‘unstructured data’? Unstructured data refers to health information… Read more