With just a couple of weeks to go until our live webinar (Wedneday 6 May, 4-5pm BST), why not learn a bit more about Rajiv?
Please note this is a live event and will not be recorded so be sure to book your place to avoid disappointment: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fc5339...
Will Dixon, our PI, and Sabine van der Veer, one of our co-investigators, will both be speaking at this event.
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It will take place Wednesday 6 May, 2026 from 4pm-5pm, BST and will not be recorded. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/fc5339...
Join us for an exclusive webinar with Rajiv Kumar, a clinician-researcher at Apple, as he takes us behind the scenes of how some of the world’s most widely used digital health features are designed, validated, and brought to life.
📣 Reminder - still time to apply!
The application deadline for the hackathon has been extended to Friday 17 April, giving you more time to decide if you want to join us. Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/TLE9Mgg6R6
This event is waitlist only. Tickets will be released throughout the next few weeks. We anticipate spaces will fill up quickly, so join the waitlist now to be in with a chance!
Researchers at any career stage who are interested in developing strong bids in the field of population health research using smartphones and wearables are invited.
We expect you to bring a study idea to present at the start of the meeting.
You will learn:
What makes a successful bid
How to make a strong case for your research idea using smartphones and wearables for population health research
How funders, reviewers and panels operate, think and behave
How to incorporate best practices for PPIE and IG.
Sign up to Health Research from Home’s Grant Writing Retreat taking place Thursday 2 – Friday 3 July 2026 at The University of Manchester to learn from the experts and turn your current or future study ideas into successful grant bids. Join the waitlist now: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/XAAN4guRq5
🗨️ Don't just take our word for it. Here's some positive feedback we received from the 2025 Hackathon!
➡️ Thinking of applying? There’s still time - just fill in this short form: forms.cloud.microsoft/e/TLE9Mgg6R6
What will the hackathon look at? The hackathon will examine missingness in data gathered by smartphone and fitness trackers. During the hackathon, you will simulate post-treatment activity trajectories with realistic missingness, and test how missingness changes the conclusions we draw about recovery. Who can apply? Early career researchers as well as Masters students with an interest in health data science and statistics are strongly encouraged to apply. Applicants must be located in the UK and have a basic understanding of either Python or R.
What is the registration fee? The registration fee is £50 and covers: -the event fee -an evening meal out in Manchester -lunch and refreshments throughout the three days A total of 5 bursaries are available, as we don’t want finances to be a barrier to attending. These can help cover travel and accommodation, with a maximum value of £600 each.
What will I need? For this hackathon, you will need: A personal laptop (Optional) Access to your own organization's high-performance computing facilities. Got more questions? Contact us on hrfh@manchester.ac.uk
🤔 Thinking of applying for the hackathon but still got last-minute questions? Why not see if we can answer them in the graphics 📝 Persuaded? Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
💻 Our most recent webinar recording, PROGRESS: Lessons from and end-to-end robust digital clinical trial, is now available to watch on our YouTube.
Watch now: youtu.be/3BJJ30AziPw
Graphic with headshots and descriptions under them. The descriptions read: Will Dixon, Professor of Digital Epidemiology at The University of Manchester and an honorary consultant rheumatologist at Salford Royal Hospital. Principal Investigator at Health Research from Home. Christopher Yau, Professor of Artificial Intelligence based at the Big Data Institute at the University of Oxford. Glen Martin, Senior Lecturer in Health Data Sciences at The University of Manchester. Shuai Shao, Research Associate at Health Research from Home. Emma Pritchard, Research Associate at Health Research from Home. Mia Tackney, NIHR Advanced Fellow, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge.
Graphic with headshots and descriptions. The descriptions read: Becky Gordan, PhD Student at the University of Edinburgh. Matilda Pitt, PhD Student, MRC Biostatistics Unit, University of Cambridge. Maureen Ng'etich, Doctoral Researcher, The University of Manchester.
🧑🏫 Health Research from Home hackathon - meet your instructors 📅 13 – 15 May, 2026 | 📍 The University of Manchester | 🧷 Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
As we get closer to the hackathon, we wanted to introduce you to the people who are helping to make this hackathon happen.
⏰ Last chance to book your place on our webinar taking place this Wednesday, 2pm-3pm.
➡️ Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dcf7f1...
Reminder: Join us next week (Wednesday 18 March, 2pm-3pm GMT) for a webinar with Ed Ramos and Katie Baca‑Motes as they discuss their recently published remote trial in the metabolic health space, PROGRESS. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dcf7f1...
#webinar #healthresearch #digitalhealth
The recording of Connect, our annual event, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Most of the speaker slides are also available on our GitHub, including slides from our keynote speakers and research showcase: github.com/Health-Resea...
Decorative graphic with the text: Smartphones and consumer wearables make it possible to measure health and behaviour day by day in the real world. In recovery settings—such as after knee replacement surgery, activity can change quickly, differ widely between individuals, and fluctuate from one day to the next. But what happens when data is incomplete or missing? Missingness is not always random: gaps can cluster over time, differ across individuals, and relate to behaviour, symptoms, or context. These features can affect summaries, visualisations, and modelling results, so careful methods and clear reporting are essential. The date of the hackathon, 13-15 May and the location, The University of Manchester is written on the top left
Datasets aren't perfect. Often there are some unexplained gaps, particularly if we are using smartphones and wearables.
The hackathon is an opportunity to explore this challenge directly. Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Ed Ramos, PhD, is a leader in digital clinical trials focusing on real-world evidence generation, with nearly two decades of experience spanning academia, government, and industry. He is Co-founder of the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center, where he leads digital clinical trial strategy and implementation across a portfolio of remote and hybrid studies. He also serves as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Science Officer of GSD Health Research, where he supports the design and execution of complex, technology-enabled clinical research programs. Prior to Scripps, Ed worked at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he contributed to large-scale efforts in population genomics and precision medicine, including his involvement in the All of Us Research Program. His work has focused on integrating multimodal data sources, including genomics, wearable data, and electronic health records, to enable more comprehensive and scalable approaches to clinical research. Ed is the Principal Investigator of the metabolic study PROGRESS and has played a key role in the design and execution of large-scale remote trials, with an emphasis on data integration, infrastructure, and analytic strategy. His work sits at the intersection of biology, technology, and study design, with a focus on generating high-quality, real-world evidence from diverse populations.
Katie Baca-Motes is a leader in digital clinical trials and decentralized research, with over a decade of experience designing and operationalizing large-scale, technology-enabled studies. She is Co-founder of the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center, where she has led and supported pioneering initiatives including DETECT, PowerMom, and other large-scale remote studies leveraging real-world data, wearable devices, and participant-driven research models. She is also the CEO of GSD Health Research, where she works with industry and academic partners to design and implement clinical research that is more accessible, scalable, and reflective of the full spectrum of human health. Her work focuses on real-world data collection, participant-centric study design, and building research models that expand access while maintaining scientific rigor. Katie’s experience spans major national research programs, including contributions to the All of Us Research Program, as well as collaborations across academia, industry, and healthcare systems to advance more inclusive and effective approaches to clinical research.
Webinar poster with the title 'PROGRESS: Lessons from and end-to-end robust digital clinical trial'. Under it are the two speakers headshots side by side, their names (Ed Ramos on the left and Katie Baca-Motes on the right) and their job titles under. Ed is co-founder of the digital trials center, Scripps research and COO/SCO and Co-founder, GSD Health Research. Katie Baca-Motes is CEO and co-founder GSD Health and co-founder of the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center. There is the date of the webinar and time under their names and headshots with the QR code to the right
💻Webinar: PROGRESS: Lessons from and end-to-end robust digital clinical trial
📅 Wednesday 18 March, 2026 | 🕑 2pm-3pm, GMT | 🧷 Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dcf7f1...
With almost 2 weeks to go until the webinar, why not learn more about our speakers?
Join us for our next webinar taking place on Wednesday 18 March, 2026, 2pm-3pm, GMT where we will hear from Ed Ramos and Katie Baca-Motes as they discuss their recently published remote trial in the metabolic health space, PROGRESS. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dcf7f1...
💻 Are you an early-career researcher with an interest in health data?
Apply for Health Research from Home’s hackathon led by our experienced instructors.
📅 13 – 15 May, 2026 | 📍 The University of Manchester | 🧷 Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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On Friday 13 February, we held our second Connect event bringing together a community of public contributors, academics, researchers and industry leaders. Here’s just a few snapshots capturing the day
⏰ With Connect taking place on Friday, this is your final reminder to grab your online ticket before it's too late.
#healthresearch #digitalhealth #innovation #healthdatascience #smartphones #wearables #healthtech #populationhealth
⏰ The countdown for Connect, our annual event is on. With just a week to go, this is your reminder to grab your online ticket before it's too late.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hrfh-conne...
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Fiona Bull is Head of Unit, Lead Physical Activity at the World Health Organization (WHO), with over 30 years of experience spanning academia, government, and global health organisations in the UK, USA, Australia. She has led the global agenda on physical activity, working to strengthen national policies, global guidance, and surveillance systems. She is particularly known for building impactful multisectoral partnerships - bridging health with sectors such as transport, exercise and sport, and urban planning - to embed physical activity into broader sustainable development goals. Drawing on four WHO expert meetings and country experience, Dr Bull's talk "Wearables at Scale: Technical progress and practical barriers for measuring physical activity in national population health surveillance" will discuss the technical, operational and policy choices required to move from research-grade measurement to scalable national systems, including how wearable data may complement or replace self-report measures and what this implies for policy and global guidance.
Dr. Josh Denny is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, a nationwide health research program that has already enrolled more than 860,000 participants. All of Us has created one of the world’s largest biomedical data sets that more than 18,000 researchers use to improve medical care through personalized insights and scientific discovery. His talk, titled "Beyond steps: unlocking multimodal health discovery with the world’s largest wearable dataset", will share how integrating continuous wearable data with multimodal health data enables new approaches to population health, digital phenotyping, and precision medicine. It will review how All of Us built the infrastructure to support and collect wearable data at scale, what researchers are already learning from this unprecedented resource, and how multimodal integration is shaping the future of health discovery.
🎤 We are pleased to revealmore details of our keynote speakers. Read in the images below. Don't forget, while in-person tickets are sold out, there is still time to book your online ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hrfh-conne...
🦵 Your fitness data can inform #kneereplacement recovery research. If you had UK surgery (2017–2023) and used an #Apple Watch, #iPhone, #Fitbit, or #Oura Ring before and after, you may be eligible. Join the study: bit.ly/3K8AEQJ
#arthritis #kneereplacement #kneeoa #kneepain
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Our most recent webinar recording, Advancing cardiovascular monitoring: from radar sensing to wearable emergency detection, is now available to watch on our YouTube.
Watch now: youtu.be/dZ12oX-e_kY
Copy reads: “Funding call webinar, policy exchange, 28 January 2026, 15:00 – 16:00, online”. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: word “policy” highlighted in pink. Population Research UK logo at the top left.
📢 New funding call from Population Research UK! Over £900K available to establish a policy exchange connecting policymakers & LPS researchers. Join our webinar on 28 January to learn more about the scope, expected deliverables and how to apply. Register: shorturl.at/Bf07f