Big Data for Complex Disease

The Big Data for Complex Disease Driver programme will harness whole population, national linked health data to improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular disease, cancer, and other complex diseases

Cancer and cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the two leading causes of death in the UK and around the world. Despite substantial advances in the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of these two major groups of diseases, their impact on public health has continued to rise as the world’s population ages. Addressing this requires approaches that recognise and exploit the power of whole, large population-scale health-relevant data to catalyse health data science and its translation to improved patient care.

The Big Data for Complex Disease (BDCD) Driver Programme will address challenges that focus on deploying whole population, national linked health data.