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An artificial intelligence (AI) model is being trained on a set of NHS data for 57 million people in England, from which personal information has been stripped away, in a world-first pilot project run by researchers at UCL and King’s College London.

Nearly 700 care homes have joined a research project co-led by a UCL team that will monitor infections such as Covid-19, flu and norovirus to reduce the impact of outbreaks and improve quality of life for residents.

The NHS could prevent thousands more heart attacks and strokes every year by offering everyone in the UK aged 50 and over a single “polypill” combining a statin and three blood pressure lowering drugs, according to academics from UCL.

We speak to Maria, UCL Institute of Health Informatics PhD student, to find out why she chose to study the programme and her plans for the future.

We speak to Ben, UCL MSc Health Data Science student, about his background, career goals, and why he chose to study the programme.

We speak to Dewi, UCL Institute of Health Informatics PhD student, about her background, career goals, and why she chose to study the programme.