About NIBHI
The Northwest Institute for BioHealth Informatics is a research partnership reaching across England’s Northwest Region. NIBHI is centred at the University of Manchester.
NIBHI is a focal point for research and training that:
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Leads path-finding e-Health research across disciplines, particularly health informatics, bioinformatics and statistics/epidemiology.
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Builds regional capacity in Health Informatics and health applications of Bioinformatics through education and training – from half day courses to university degrees.
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Provides a research and learning environment for problem-solving across disciplines – for example biologists, clinicians, statisticians and epidemiologists sharing data and analytical tools.
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Develops e-infrastructure for health research, including: large-scale aggregations of data from healthcare settings; and computational resources for genomic epidemiology.
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Develops e-Health research and development partnerships with industry and the National Health Service.
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Elevates England's Northwest as the leading UK location for e-Health research.