Inflammation and Immunity Driver Programme

Transforming Lives through Data-driven Innovation

Inflammation and Immunity is an innovative, UK-wide research Driver Programme funded by Health Data Research UK. Our mission is to transform our understanding of inflammation-mediated conditions by laying the ‘data foundations’ needed to accelerate data-driven healthcare innovation.

Who are we?

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Get to know our dynamic community of analysts, researchers, service professionals and public contributors.

Patient & Public Involvement

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Our research thrives on public involvement. We value the insights of our PPI members, treating them as integral to our work.

Health inequalities in asthma and COPD remain stubbornly wide across England, study finds

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People living with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in England face markedly different risks depending on their sex, income, ethnicity and where they live, with inequalities showing little improvement since 2019, according to a large population study covering more than five years of health records.

Study warns prescription data alone may misclassify diseases in research

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The use of prescription records alone to identify whether patients have certain diseases could lead to misleading results in medical research, according to a new UK study analysing health records from more than 400,000 patients.