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Connecting Society is back! ADR UK’s podcast, which explores how everyday data can shape our lives, has returned with a new series for 2026. Connecting Society brings together speakers from a wide range of backgrounds to tackle some of the big questions around data, public life and beyond.
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This blog by Xingna Zhang, an ADR UK Research Fellow using the Education and Child Health Insights from Linked Data (ECHILD) dataset, explores whether an autism diagnosis helps children and young people access the support they need, and what she found out by consulting doctors and people with lived experience directly.
ADR UK is pleased to announce that Dr Emma Gordon, Director of ADR UK, has been appointed Deputy Chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for the Cancer Data-Driven Detection (CD3) programme. The £10 million UK-wide initiative aims to transform cancer prevention, early detection and diagnosis by securely linking and analysing large-scale health and administrative datasets.
This blog offers a preview of the keynote by Helena Benes Matos da Silva at the ADR UK Conference 2025. She will share insights from the work of the Center for Data and Knowledge Integration for Health (Cidacs), focusing on how linked administrative data in Brazil is transforming public health research, particularly for populations at risk of poor outcomes.
This blog by Evie Parmenter, Senior Research Portfolio Manager at the Economic and Social Research Council, explores the powerful connection between our environment and our health. Drawing on insights from research funded by ADR UK, it highlights how factors like pollution, green space access, and housing conditions shape wellbeing, and how linked administrative data can help drive better decisions and healthier outcomes.
