To kick start our #webinar Professor Sir Aziz Sheikh (University of Edinburgh), our webinar chair and DaC-VaP-2 Principal Investigator, introduces the DaC-VaP-2 project; who we are, what we've done. and how we've gone about conducting UK-wide, population scale COVID-19 research.

Subtitling, graphics and editing was done by: Gabriella Linning

About the webinar
The webinar titled "National Data Assets & Opportunities for Collaboration across the UK Nations and Beyond" took place online on the 22 September 2022. The webinar aimed to raise awareness of the innovative work done by the DaC-VaP-2 project, a collaboration led by the University of Edinburgh that included institutions and contributors from all four UK nations. Here, researchers from Scotland, England, Northern Ireland and Wales provided a brief overviews of the national data assets they used to provide population-level data on COVID-19, in order to conduct pooled UK-wide analyses. The webinar also touched on how the team went about conducting these analyses, developing domestic and international partnerships and incorporating patient and public views into their research.

Where can I find out more about..
DaC-VaP-2? (including featured publications) - https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/eave-ii/connected-projects/dac-vap-2

DaC-VaP? - https://www.ed.ac.uk/usher/eave-ii/connected-projects/dac-vap

HDR UK? - https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/

National Core Studies? - https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/covid-19/covid-19-national-core-studies/

National Core Studies: Data and Connectivity? - https://www.hdruk.ac.uk/news/national-core-studies-data-connectivity-sprint-two-report/

Acknowledgements
We at the Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh would like to thank our colleagues at the University of Oxford for helping us to plan and organise this event.

We would also like to thank @HDR UK and the Office of National Statics for the funding provided through the National Core Studies: Data and Connectivity initiative, as well as the @The Alan Turing Institute for their support.

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