RESEARCH THEME
CHILD HEALTH AI NETWORK
The Need
There is currently no established infrastructure to integrate artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) into the NHS environment, despite it having extensive potential benefit for both patients and clinical teams.
Recent NHS and government commissioned reviews have therefore identified the need for NHS Trusts to develop capacity in the NHS to utilise data to drive decision-making and to create platforms/resources to utilise AI/ML.
Theme Focus
The Child Health AI Network (CHAIN) theme will support and drive AI/ML solutions at four levels:
- Project management, including working across the other four research themes to identify opportunities for AI /ML development.
- AI/ML testbed development, based at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH).
- Creating infrastructure, including analytics for clinical and operational projects as well as the development of standardised reporting/dashboards.
- Patient and public involvement and engagement, including the recently established digital healthcare inequalities steering group at GOSH.
This theme cuts across our other four research themes to ensure that AI/ML is supported and developed across our whole portfolio of projects.
Team
PROF ANDREW TAYLOR
THEME LEAD
Professor Andrew Taylor is the Director of Innovation at GOSH, responsible for the Digital Research, Innovation & Virtual Environments (DRIVE) unit, the Cell & Gene Therapy manufacturing facility, and a new Paediatric Innovation hub.
Andrew has held university and hospital leadership and management roles over the last decade and was the operational lead for GOSH during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020.
Clinically, Andrew is an expert in cardiovascular imaging and has established the Centre for Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging at GOSH.
PROF NEIL SEBIRE
DEPUTY THEME LEAD
Professor Neil Sebire is Professor of Pathology and Chief Research Information Officer at GOSH. Neil was the inaugural national chief clinical data officer at Health Data Research UK, with a major role in establishing standards for healthcare data interoperability for secondary research use.
Neil also runs the GOSH clinical-informatics research programme, and has a particular interest in real world and pragmatic issues relating to health data and informatics.
ALASTAIR HILL
PROJECT MANAGER
Alastair Hill is a Project Manager at GOSH’s department for Data, Research, Innovation and Virtual Environments (DRIVE) and is the Project Manager for our Child Health Artificial Intelligence Network theme. Prior to joining the team, Alastair juggled a variety of roles in the NHS with a career in the Performing Arts.