How a groundbreaking biomedical data project could transform medicine

<p>This week Emma speaks to Professor Naomi Allen, chief scientist at UK Biobank, a biomedical database and research resource that contains data, information and biological samples from half a million UK participants.</p><p>Naomi, who is also a professor of epidemiology at the University of Oxford, explains how UK Biobank was established, how it works, and the wealth of data it holds.</p><br><p>Naomi also discusses the crucial role primary care data will play and explains how it will be incorporated into UK Biobank in the coming months.</p><br><p>And she outlines some of the groundbreaking research that has already been conducted using UK Biobank data and how this could revolutionise patient care in general practice in the future.</p><br><p>This episode was presented by GPonline editor Emma Bower. It was produced by Czarina Deen.</p><br><p><strong>Useful links</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">UK Biobank’s website</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/enable-your-research" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Details on how to access UK Biobank data as a researcher</a></p><p><a href="https://www.ukbiobank.ac.uk/gp-data-of-uk-biobank-participants" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Information about UK Biobank and GP patient data</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>