Our impact across the globe
Read more about our affiliations that are creating impact across the globe.
InternationAL BLAST INJURY RESEARCH NETWORK
The International Blast Injury Research Network (IBRN) is a trans-disciplinary network launched by the University of Southampton in collaboration with the Blast Impact and Survivability Research Unit (BISRU) at the University of Cape Town, South Africa. This initiative aims to facilitate ongoing research cooperation between the fields of engineering and medicine to address the humanitarian aspects of blast injury and protection research and to promote wider collaboration between academia, industry, defence, clinicians, and humanitarian organisations.
The Global Alliance on War, Conflict, and Health
The Global Alliance on War, Conflict, and Health (GAWCH) works to meet the need for a global collaborative platform that addresses the full spectrum of issues regarding war, conflict, and health. GAWCH has a broad, multidisciplinary, and multi-sectoral constituency that brings together existing siloed functions and entities working in this field and provides a voice to scholars in the global south and young professionals. It unites researchers, academics, practitioners, and advocates who work to prevent war and promote sustainable peace; mitigate the effects of war and conflict on health; and support health rebuilding during and after conflict.
Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health
The Commonwealth Centre for Digital Health (CWCDH), set up by the Commonwealth Medical Association, was launched to serve as the central hub of the Commonwealth Digital Health Network on 20th April 2018 during the 25th Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in London, UK. The vision of the CWCDH is that all Commonwealth nations will have affordable access to the benefits of Digital Health solutions and services. Their mission to accelerate the uptake of Digital Health solutions and services across all the Commonwealth countries.
The NHS England SDE (Secure Data Environment)
The NHS England SDE (Secure Data Environment) is a secure data and research analysis platform. It is part of the NHS Research SDE Network. This service gives approved researchers with approved projects secure access to NHS healthcare data. All patient information in the SDE is pseudonymised, which means that any identifying (or personal) information such as names, addresses, or NHS numbers are replaced with artificial, or ‘pseudo’, information. SDE features include secure Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Databricks, RStudio, and GitLab, secure data import and result output, data specialist support, and more.
