Mind The Gap:
Stories of Health Data Equity

Nov 28, 2022
8 min

When you find your next patient in the Mosque - challenges faced by British Muslims in genomics

Dr Ataf Sabir, University of Birmingham, Dr Sufyan Dogra, Bradford Institute for Health Research I was sitting in the Mosque offering my...

Advocating for more women in AI & ensuring every voice is at the table

May 30, 2022
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Advocating for more women in AI & ensuring every voice is at the table

Tabitha Goldstaub, CogX I’m a huge advocate for getting more women into technology and AI. I care so deeply about ensuring the technology...

Generating insights into disease, patient, and outcome heterogeneity: The Turing-Roche Partnership

May 9, 2022
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Generating insights into disease, patient, and outcome heterogeneity: The Turing-Roche Partnership

Vicky Hellon, Dr Alisha Davies, Dr Robin Mitra, The Alan Turning Institute Background on The Alan Turing Institute Established in 2015,...

Why we need to be mindful of cancer digital data disparities

May 2, 2022
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Why we need to be mindful of cancer digital data disparities

Dr Penny Kechagioglou, University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire Digital health and cancer Digital technology adoption and diffusion...

Genomics and the importance of ethnicity coding

Apr 4, 2022
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Genomics and the importance of ethnicity coding

Sam Rodger & Owen Chinembiri, NHS Race and Health Observatory At the frontier of medical innovation, new technologies promise to make...

Addressing data diversity challenges in genomics: a health economics perspective

Mar 21, 2022
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Addressing data diversity challenges in genomics: a health economics perspective

Pauline Herscu, James Buchanan, Laurence Roope, Patrick Fahr, Sarah Wordsworth Just as we, in our daily lives, face the challenge of...

Data-driven anti-racism in genomics research; A funder’s perspective

Mar 7, 2022
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Data-driven anti-racism in genomics research; A funder’s perspective

Bilal Mateen & Talia Caplan, Wellcome Trust When the Wellcome Trust announced its new anti-racism policies we acknowledged an...

How bias creeps into data-driven healthcare to impact minority ethnic groups (and how to stop it)

Feb 14, 2022
10 min

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How bias creeps into data-driven healthcare to impact minority ethnic groups (and how to stop it)

Niki O’Brien & Saira Ghafur, Imperial College London Inequities in health and healthcare are a major challenge in the UK. Preventable...

Improving diversity in medical research - changing the narrative and what we need to do that?

Jan 24, 2022
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Improving diversity in medical research - changing the narrative and what we need to do that?

Primrose Granville, Broadcaster/Community activist In the last few years, we have heard certain ‘buzz words’ and phrases regarding health...

How to talk about health and diversity with ethnic minorities

Jan 3, 2022
4 min

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How to talk about health and diversity with ethnic minorities

Anumita Sharma, the third eye MIR The economic, social and health fragility of the nation, and particularly ethnic minorities, has been...

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Mind The Gap: Stories of Health Data Equity

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Mind The Gap:
Stories of Health Data Equity