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Emily Jefferson is a Professor of Health Data Science at the University of Dundee, currently serving as CTO of Health Data Research (HDR) UK and Interim Director of DARE UK. She holds an honorary professorship in Population Health and Genomics. With a PhD in Bioinformatics and industry experience in Big Data and project management, her career spans academia, finance, and solo global travel.
Her research focuses on Trusted Research Environments (TREs), data governance, and machine learning applications in healthcare. She led the Health Informatics Centre (2013–2022), managing a 60-person team supporting over 100 projects. Key achievements include ISO27001 certification and Scottish Government-accredited Safe Haven infrastructure.
Since 2014, she has secured over £120M in grants as PI/Co-I, delivering £28M. Notable projects include HT-ADVANCE (hypertension biomarkers), Alleviate (chronic pain data hub), and GRAIMATTER (TRE disclosure control guidelines). She chairs boards at Swansea University and European Bioinformatics Institute.
Awards include the 2016 Farr Institute Future Leader. Her work addresses SDG 3 (Good Health) and 9 (Industry/Innovation). Recent publications emphasize TRE innovation, hypertension subtyping, and pandemic data infrastructure (e.g., CO-CONNECT for COVID-19).
