Health data scientists from across The Farr Institute’s network of UK universities will work in partnership with collaborators from theUK and Scottish Renal Registries, the national CKD audit, PatientView patient portal, and the UK Renal Data Collaboration.
Together they will apply data linkage methods to unlock the potential of routinely collected health data and fuel research into kidney disease. A substantial public health problem, Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) currently affects approximately 10% of the population, and Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) up to 7% of hospital admissions.
The Kidney Disease@Farr theme will build on existing expertise in kidney disease research and drive new research capabilities. Using a combination of routinely collected patient data in electronic health records, high quality outcome data from the Renal Registries, an advanced technical infrastructure, and The Farr Institute’s experience in health informatics the theme will drive ground-breaking evidence in kidney disease across the UK.
The group’s initial meeting was hosted by joint Kidney Disease@Farr theme leads Professor Corri Black, from Farr Institute @ Scotland and Dr Sabine van der Veer from the Health eResearch Centre (HeRC).