July 19, 2018
Genome BC was pleased to present Andrew Morris at its most recent Genomics Forum. Andrew was one of four international speakers who brought their unique perspective to some of the most pressing challenges facing the integration of genomics into clinical health care settings. In addition to his presentation at the forum, we interviewed Andrew and asked him what we could learn from his experience in overcoming the diverse challenges surrounding big data in the United Kingdom.
Andrew Morris is the inaugural Director of Health Data Research UK, the multi-funder UK Institute for health and biomedical informatics research that will capitalise on the UK’s renowned data resources and research strengths to transform lives through health data science. He is seconded from his position as Professor of Medicine, and Vice Principal of Data Science at the University of Edinburgh, having taken up position in August 2014.
Prior to this Andrew was Dean of Medicine at the University of Dundee. Andrew was Chief Scientist at the Scottish Government Health Directorate (2012-2017) and has served and chaired numerous national and international grant committees and Governmental bodies.