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HDR UK London Seminar Series 20 May 2019 - Queen Mary University of London
12 May 2019
These free monthly seminars, organised by the HDR UK London team, provide an opportunity for participants to gain an insight into HDR UK related work. Please join us on 20 May to learn more about recent developments in Health Data Research.
Health Data Research UK is uniting the UK’s health data to make discoveries that improve people’s lives. They are an independent, non profit organisation supported by 10 funders and bring together 22 research institutes across the UK. The HDR UK head office is in central London.
HDR UK are hosting free seminars monthly. They are an opportunity for anyone interested to come along and hear about cutting edge research being carried out by HDR UK affiliated scientists.
The May Seminar will take place on 20 May at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), see below for the Agenda:
15.00 – 15.05 Introduction to HDR UK London
Professor Harry Hemingway, HDR UK London Director, University College London
15.05 – 15.10 Introduction to HDR UK London at QMUL
Professor Carol Dezateux, HDR UK London Associate Director, QMUL
15.10 – 15.25 Investigating the causal basis of heart failure using genomics and health records
Dr Tom Lumbers, UKRI Innovation Fellow at Health Data Research UK at UCL Institute of Health Informatics and Visiting Scientist at theBroad Institute of Harvard and MIT
15.25 – 15.40 Dynamic cancer phenotyping: developing markers of adverse treatment effects and cancer progression
Professor Jan van der Meulen, Professor in Clinical Epidemiology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
15.40 – 16.00 Q&A
16.00 – 16.30 Networking
To register: http://bit.ly/2Hfwh1V
To find out more about HDR UK, visit their website: https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/
To keep up to date with HDR UK's latest news follow their twitter: @HDR_UK