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This Masters programme is aimed at graduates with interests in artificial intelligence, health data and advanced computational approaches in the clinical and biomedical space.

It will equip future health data scientists with the knowledge and skills to perform analyses and develop novel tools and methods for this rapidly growing field. It is aimed at students with diverse backgrounds from biomedical/medical domains, including clinical trainees, as well as computer science, mathematics and statistics to conduct their own analyses, and also to create the next generation of cutting-edge health data scientists who will be able to develop new tools and methods matching the latest technological advancements.

Students will learn about the breadth of health data science and its applications, and they will be taught how to design, perform and enhance analyses with the appropriate methods and technologies to address practical medical and clinical questions. Students will also benefit from training in areas such as clinical bioinformatics, health informatics, epidemiology, clinical systems, integrated multimodal data analysis and omics analytics for health data science careers in academia, industry and national health services.

Why study this course?

Students on the Health Data Science programme will:-

• be embedded within a unique, diverse, collaborative, interdisciplinary ecosystem integrating academic, NHS and industry and exposed to a rich training ground for the next generation of health data scientists.
• acquire principles/skills governing health data science, their foundations, and experience/training in their effective application within real-world healthcare settings
• gain an in depth understanding of healthcare systems, their underlying ethics and governance structures as well as of the role current/potential future applications of health data science in delivery of patient-centred care alongside patient-provider interactions and wider aspects of healthcare delivery
• understand how health data science skills can revolutionise utilisation of the relatively-untapped resource of healthcare data and patient-specific genome information for research, clinical care and innovation in the 21st century

Employability

This programme will give students clear and compelling experience of working across academic, NHS and industry sectors, with extensive supervisory and mentoring arrangements to maximise their exposure to these environments. Not only will this prepare them mentally/practically, but also help identify specific opportunities/contacts for progress into relevant careers pathways.