Our research data community

We’re building a cancer data science community to support our researchers in tackling common challenges, sharing best practices and driving data culture change.

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Our communities of special interest help us shape researcher-led data activities and support a connected and collaborative data community. 

These six groups of data experts are each led by a key member of the data community and focus on one of the following research data challenge areas:  

Health systems data 

Spatial biology data 

Data and samples reuse 

Public involvement and diversity 

Data and compute infrastructure 

Training and careers 

Their support helps us deliver our Research Data Strategy by guiding our delivery of services and solutions that enable researchers to take data-intensive approaches in their work. 

Cancer data collaborative

This new forum brings together expertise from NHS England, researchers, third sector organisations and people affected by cancer to improve access, quality and timeliness of cancer health system data. The collaborative aims to improve patient outcomes by taking advantage of the opportunities afforded by data linkage, pooling of data and sharing of knowledge, in a way that gives the public confidence in their use of data.

Find out more about the work of the collaborative through our newsletter, or share your perspectives by joining our health systems data special interest group.

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