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Speakers at the STDHH Annual Plenary Event March 2026

Data Connect joins SYDHH to showcase Smart-Health at annual plenary event

We joined academics, regional partners and digital health experts for inspiring talks, panel discussions, and to showcase Smart-Health, which will integrate data from wearable technology with routinely collected electronic NHS health records.
What is Data Connect? presentation

Data Connect brings together academics and regional partners to showcase the power of health and social care data-driven research in improving patient outcomes

The University of Sheffield’s Data Connect service recently hosted a hybrid event to demonstrate how they are connecting researchers with health, social care and sensitive data and enabling research that improves lives.

Madina Hasan at OHDSI UK 2025 Conference

Madina Hasan, ARC Yorkshire & Humber researcher is driving real change in Urgent Care

Urgent Care Theme researcher Madina Hasan delivered a pivotal presentation at the OHDSI UK 2025 Conference on September 26, 2025.

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Cityscape of Sheffield in the evening

PANORAMA project receives funding to build a national infrastructure for public benefit

PANORAMA project secures £320,000 from Data and Analytics Research Environments UK (DARE UK) to make research faster and safer.
Firth Court

Data Connect Showcase - register now

Join us on 27th November 2025 to find out how Data Connect is connecting researchers with health and social care data, enabling research that improves lives regionally, nationally and globally.
University of Cape Town

Making global connections in South Africa

Kate O'Sullivan presented a new framework for secure data management during her workshop at UCT.
Glucose monitor on a pink background.
Photo: Nataliya Vaitkevich

Blog post: Transforming South Yorkshire healthcare: Data Connect and the Digital Health Hub

South Yorkshire is embracing a digital health revolution, enabling ethical health data research while maintaining the highest health data governance, thanks to our partnership with Data Connect.
Sheffield cityscape

A scalable solution to include the primary-care electronic health record in a secure data environment

Primary Care Sheffield is collaborating with the South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board and experts from the University of Sheffield and Data Connect to implement an approach that delivers and maintains a respectful and secure data environment.
Royal Hallamshire Hospital

NHS digital transformation and development of the Yorkshire and Humber Subnational Secure Data Environment

Data Connect has been born out of a need to improve how quickly and efficiently researchers can access health data, as well as from more widespread changes that are occurring across a constantly evolving health data landscape.