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This blog by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) explores HDR UK’s commitment to using health data for public benefit, its approach to public involvement and transparency, and the ways it collaborates with ADR UK to strengthen the data research ecosystem. It discusses what to expect from HDR UK’s sessions at the ADR UK Conference 2025 and why these topics matter for the future of data-driven research.
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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.
Rob French, lead of the ADR Wales Education research theme, highlights the opportunities and challenges of linking child health and education data for research – both on a national and international scale. These will be explored in a new special edition of the International Journal of Population Data Science.
This blog by Jane Lyons, research lead for the ADR Wales Social Justice research theme, describes the team’s most recent research. The analysis measured trajectories in chronic disease accrual and mortality across the lifespan in Wales, focusing on disparities between socioeconomic groups.
