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Dr Sharwood will also be meeting with the founders of the SAIL databank to learn more about how Wales successfully linked their entire population’s health records and outcomes data. “Using big data effectively can aid efforts to improve healthcare and patient outcomes locally and nationally, and I’m looking forward to learning key strategies for how best to achieve this,” Dr Sharwood said. Dr Jillian Eyles from the Institute of Bone and Joint Research, also part of the Kolling, said she was thrilled to receive the travel award as it will enable her to travel to Keele
University in the UK for a course in individual participant data meta- analytic techniques. “I’ll be applying these techniques to a large international project combining clinical cohort data to investigate the effectiveness of nine large osteoarthritis management programs,” she said. “I’ll work in Keele with collaborators to progress this study and will present a protocol of this project at the Osteoarthritis Research Society International in Vienna. “As a result of these opportunities, I’ll be able to meet and learn from some of the leading experts in this field.”
Dr Karin Aubrey from the Pain Management Research Institute will attend a conference in Colorado titled “Pain - aligning the target”. “This will be my first opportunity to attend a conference that specialises in pain research. I will present new data from my lab and look forward to discussing it with experts in the field,” she said. “I will also visit some laboratories to see their work first-hand, learn about the techniques that work best and explore collaborative opportunities.”
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