UCL Application for a Mental Health Data Pathfinder award

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Advancing methodology and linkages in electronic health records for mental health research.

UCL’s cross-disciplinary mental health research is world leading, with current mental health grant activity in excess of £100M. Our Mental Health Data Pathfinder proposal brings together research leaders from across our mental health and neuroscience Divisions and Institutes, and integrates our unparalleled infrastructure and expertise in Population Health Sciences and Health Informatics. The application builds on our track record in neurosciences, epidemiology and mental health database research. Our project is ambitious and deliverable, representing a range of research disciplines that will meet several pathfinder data challenges, and will deliver real impact on data quality and methods in mental health research.
The UCL mental health data pathfinder aims to enhance UCL’s Electronic Mental Health Record capacity through new linkage, new data discovery methods, involving large databases of adults and/or children in primary and secondary care. This will determine the effectiveness, precision and safety of mental health interventions.