HDR UK Cambridge Seminar Series


2022-12-09 11:00: Analysis of Genetics linked EHR data: Understanding Selection Bias and Phenotyping Error (Professor Bhramar Mukherjee (University of Michigan))

2022-12-09 13:00: The Value of Metabolomic Biomarkers in UK Biobank – Molecular Insights and Health Screening Opportunities (Peter Würtz (Nightingale Health Ltd. and University of Helsinki))

2023-02-16 10:00: Machine Learning in Healthcare: New role not eye roll (Mihaela Van Der Schaar)

2023-03-09 13:30: CANCELLED: (PART I) UK Biobank: new insights into metabolomics and coronary heart disease risk. (PART II) UK Biobank: democratising access to large-scale genomic and phenotypic data for discovery science. (Ben Lacey (University of Oxford) and Danyao Jin (University of Oxford))

2023-03-23 10:00: CANCELLED:Machine Learning in healthcare: New role not eye roll (Mihaela van der Schaar (University of Cambridge and UCLA))

2023-04-27 13:30: Estimating the effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccination: target trial emulation using linked electronic health record data. (Jonathan Sterne (University of Bristol))

2023-05-25 13:30: Population structure and effects of consanguinity on complex disease in British South Asians (Dr Hilary Martin (Human Genetics programme, Wellcome Sanger Institute))

2023-06-22 13:30: Bringing genetics, digital health, and therapies to the neurodevelopmental clinic (Stephen Sanders (Oxford University))

2023-09-07 13:30: UK Biobank: new insights into metabolomics and coronary heart disease risk /// democratising access to large scale genomic and phenotypic data for discovery science (Ben Lacey (University of Oxford) and Danyao Jin (University of Oxford))

2023-10-19 13:30: Making and Using Medicines better using a data science approach (Reecha Sofat (University of Liverpool))

2023-11-20 13:30: Using wearables & AI to transform our understanding of health (Aiden Doherty (Oxford University))

2024-01-12 12:00: Atrial Fibrillation and Stroke: Mechanistic Insights from Big Data (Parag Gajendragadkar (University of Oxford))

2024-03-07 13:30: Pushing Healthcare Frontiers: AI-Driven Breakthroughs in Healthcare (Prof Mihaela van der Schaar)

2024-03-25 12:00: POSTPONED How safe are statins? (Colin Baigent (University of Oxford))

2024-03-28 10:00: Genetics for drug discovery, going beyond target ID (Joanna McCammond McGill Howson (Vice President at Novo Nordisk Research Centre Oxford))

2024-04-18 13:30: Using wearables and mobile health devices in healthcare and research (Dr Peter H. Charlton (University of Cambridge))

2024-06-20 10:00: Hospital Electronic Health Records Data- an opportunity for Ageing Research? (Dr. Victoria Keevil)

2024-07-04 10:00: HDRUK Transforming Data for Trials infrastructure programme (Macey Murray (UCL))

2024-10-21 13:00: Developing blood-based longitudinal studies: the challenge and opportunity (Professor Sarah Lewington, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford)

2025-01-16 10:00: AI-driven Audio and "Earables" for Healthcare (Cecilia Mascolo (Professor of Mobile Systems))

2025-02-13 10:00: Assessing socioeconomic biases and parental affected status in rare disease families (Dr Sana Amanat Ali )

2025-03-13 13:30: Advancing Valvular Heart Disease Screening: AI-Enhanced Auscultation and Handheld Sensing for Early Detection (Anurag Agarwal (University of Cambridge))

2025-04-03 13:30: Cardiometabolic Disease in African Migrants and Non-Migrants: the RODAM Study & Future Interventions (Professor Charles Agyemang (University of Amsterdam))

2025-05-22 13:30: The changing burden of cardiovascular diseases. (Nathalie Conrad (University of Oxford))

2025-06-26 10:00: Using a trusted research environment and data in a multi-disciplinary team to support research  (Ashley Akbari (Swansea))

2025-09-04 13:30: Genetics and the heartbeat (Andrew Grace (University of Cambridge))

2025-10-09 13:30: UK Biobank’s cardiovascular magnetic resonance study: Opportunities and lessons learnt (Steffen Petersen (Queen Mary University of London))

2025-11-14 12:00: Knowledge-based machine learning to extract disease mechanisms from spatial multi-omics (Julio Saez Rodriguez (EMBL-EBI))

2026-01-15 10:00: SurvivEHR: a competing risks, time-to-event foundation model for multiple long-term conditions from primary care electronic health records (Christopher Yau (Oxford))

2026-02-12 13:30: Cardiovascular disease and viral infections-lessons from electronic health record research (Amitava Banerjee (UCL))

2026-03-10 12:30: Mind the (data) gap: turning data into action to reduce the burden of myocardial infarction (Dr. Perviz Asaria (Imperial))

2026-03-16 14:30: Opportunities and challenges of pharmacogenomics at scale in a national health service (William Newman (University of Manchester))

2026-04-16 13:30: The Silent Clock in the Arteries: Rethinking Cardiovascular Risk Through the Lens of Vascular Ageing (Catherine Liao (CONNEQT Health))