Reminder: Join us next week (Wednesday 18 March, 2pm-3pm GMT) for a webinar with Ed Ramos and Katie Baca‑Motes as they discuss their recently published remote trial in the metabolic health space, PROGRESS. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dcf7f1...
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The recording of Connect, our annual event, is now available to watch on our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...
Most of the speaker slides are also available on our GitHub, including slides from our keynote speakers and research showcase: github.com/Health-Resea...
Decorative graphic with the text: Smartphones and consumer wearables make it possible to measure health and behaviour day by day in the real world. In recovery settings—such as after knee replacement surgery, activity can change quickly, differ widely between individuals, and fluctuate from one day to the next. But what happens when data is incomplete or missing? Missingness is not always random: gaps can cluster over time, differ across individuals, and relate to behaviour, symptoms, or context. These features can affect summaries, visualisations, and modelling results, so careful methods and clear reporting are essential. The date of the hackathon, 13-15 May and the location, The University of Manchester is written on the top left
Datasets aren't perfect. Often there are some unexplained gaps, particularly if we are using smartphones and wearables.
The hackathon is an opportunity to explore this challenge directly. Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
Ed Ramos, PhD, is a leader in digital clinical trials focusing on real-world evidence generation, with nearly two decades of experience spanning academia, government, and industry. He is Co-founder of the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center, where he leads digital clinical trial strategy and implementation across a portfolio of remote and hybrid studies. He also serves as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Science Officer of GSD Health Research, where he supports the design and execution of complex, technology-enabled clinical research programs. Prior to Scripps, Ed worked at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he contributed to large-scale efforts in population genomics and precision medicine, including his involvement in the All of Us Research Program. His work has focused on integrating multimodal data sources, including genomics, wearable data, and electronic health records, to enable more comprehensive and scalable approaches to clinical research. Ed is the Principal Investigator of the metabolic study PROGRESS and has played a key role in the design and execution of large-scale remote trials, with an emphasis on data integration, infrastructure, and analytic strategy. His work sits at the intersection of biology, technology, and study design, with a focus on generating high-quality, real-world evidence from diverse populations.
Katie Baca-Motes is a leader in digital clinical trials and decentralized research, with over a decade of experience designing and operationalizing large-scale, technology-enabled studies. She is Co-founder of the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center, where she has led and supported pioneering initiatives including DETECT, PowerMom, and other large-scale remote studies leveraging real-world data, wearable devices, and participant-driven research models. She is also the CEO of GSD Health Research, where she works with industry and academic partners to design and implement clinical research that is more accessible, scalable, and reflective of the full spectrum of human health. Her work focuses on real-world data collection, participant-centric study design, and building research models that expand access while maintaining scientific rigor. Katie’s experience spans major national research programs, including contributions to the All of Us Research Program, as well as collaborations across academia, industry, and healthcare systems to advance more inclusive and effective approaches to clinical research.
Webinar poster with the title 'PROGRESS: Lessons from and end-to-end robust digital clinical trial'. Under it are the two speakers headshots side by side, their names (Ed Ramos on the left and Katie Baca-Motes on the right) and their job titles under. Ed is co-founder of the digital trials center, Scripps research and COO/SCO and Co-founder, GSD Health Research. Katie Baca-Motes is CEO and co-founder GSD Health and co-founder of the Scripps Research Digital Trials Center. There is the date of the webinar and time under their names and headshots with the QR code to the right
💻Webinar: PROGRESS: Lessons from and end-to-end robust digital clinical trial
📅 Wednesday 18 March, 2026 | 🕑 2pm-3pm, GMT | 🧷 Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dcf7f1...
With almost 2 weeks to go until the webinar, why not learn more about our speakers?
Join us for our next webinar taking place on Wednesday 18 March, 2026, 2pm-3pm, GMT where we will hear from Ed Ramos and Katie Baca-Motes as they discuss their recently published remote trial in the metabolic health space, PROGRESS. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/dcf7f1...
💻 Are you an early-career researcher with an interest in health data?
Apply for Health Research from Home’s hackathon led by our experienced instructors.
📅 13 – 15 May, 2026 | 📍 The University of Manchester | 🧷 Apply now: forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...
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On Friday 13 February, we held our second Connect event bringing together a community of public contributors, academics, researchers and industry leaders. Here’s just a few snapshots capturing the day
⏰ With Connect taking place on Friday, this is your final reminder to grab your online ticket before it's too late.
#healthresearch #digitalhealth #innovation #healthdatascience #smartphones #wearables #healthtech #populationhealth
⏰ The countdown for Connect, our annual event is on. With just a week to go, this is your reminder to grab your online ticket before it's too late.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hrfh-conne...
#healthresearch #digitalhealth #healthdatascience #smartphones #wearables #healthtech #populationhealth
Fiona Bull is Head of Unit, Lead Physical Activity at the World Health Organization (WHO), with over 30 years of experience spanning academia, government, and global health organisations in the UK, USA, Australia. She has led the global agenda on physical activity, working to strengthen national policies, global guidance, and surveillance systems. She is particularly known for building impactful multisectoral partnerships - bridging health with sectors such as transport, exercise and sport, and urban planning - to embed physical activity into broader sustainable development goals. Drawing on four WHO expert meetings and country experience, Dr Bull's talk "Wearables at Scale: Technical progress and practical barriers for measuring physical activity in national population health surveillance" will discuss the technical, operational and policy choices required to move from research-grade measurement to scalable national systems, including how wearable data may complement or replace self-report measures and what this implies for policy and global guidance.
Dr. Josh Denny is the Chief Executive Officer of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program, a nationwide health research program that has already enrolled more than 860,000 participants. All of Us has created one of the world’s largest biomedical data sets that more than 18,000 researchers use to improve medical care through personalized insights and scientific discovery. His talk, titled "Beyond steps: unlocking multimodal health discovery with the world’s largest wearable dataset", will share how integrating continuous wearable data with multimodal health data enables new approaches to population health, digital phenotyping, and precision medicine. It will review how All of Us built the infrastructure to support and collect wearable data at scale, what researchers are already learning from this unprecedented resource, and how multimodal integration is shaping the future of health discovery.
🎤 We are pleased to revealmore details of our keynote speakers. Read in the images below. Don't forget, while in-person tickets are sold out, there is still time to book your online ticket: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hrfh-conne...
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🦵 Your fitness data can inform #kneereplacement recovery research. If you had UK surgery (2017–2023) and used an #Apple Watch, #iPhone, #Fitbit, or #Oura Ring before and after, you may be eligible. Join the study: bit.ly/3K8AEQJ
#arthritis #kneereplacement #kneeoa #kneepain
Did you know we have a newsletter? Every month, you can receive the latest news about health research using smartphones and wearables straight to your inbox.
You may even get a sneak peek of our upcoming events.
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🎫With less than a month until Connect, there’s still time to grab your online ticket. Whether you want to join the full event or just watch individual sessions, online access makes it easy to participate from anywhere - perfect for busy schedules. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hrfh-conne...
Our most recent webinar recording, Advancing cardiovascular monitoring: from radar sensing to wearable emergency detection, is now available to watch on our YouTube.
Watch now: youtu.be/dZ12oX-e_kY
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📢 New funding call from Population Research UK! Over £900K available to establish a policy exchange connecting policymakers & LPS researchers. Join our webinar on 28 January to learn more about the scope, expected deliverables and how to apply. Register: shorturl.at/Bf07f
Copy reads: Workshops, Identifying AI training needs for population research. Left side: black text on white background. Right side: AI image. Population Research UK logo.
📢 AI Workshops alert!
We’re bringing together researchers from the LPS community to co-design a new AI training platform. Join one of our workshops:
✅ Beginners – 26 January 2:00 – 3:15pm
✅ Experts – 23 February 2:00 – 3:15pm
👉 Complete the quick form to find your fit: shorturl.at/cE4uX
Have you had a #kneereplacement? The University of Manchester is running a study to better understand recovery. If you used an #iPhone, Apple Watch, Fitbit or Oura ring before and after their surgery, you may be eligible. Join the study: bit.ly/3K8AEQJ
#arthritis #kneeoa
Taking place this Wednesday. Book your ticket now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5b9baf...
Webinar: Advancing cardiovascular monitoring: from radar sensing to wearable emergency detection
Wednesday 14 January, 2026 | 3pm-4pm, GMT | Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5b9baf...
🤔 Thinking of booking your online ticket for Connect but not sure what to expect? Take a look at our programme of events below. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hrfh-conne...
🎫 Connect - online tickets now available. Join us for the full event or simply tune in to the sessions that interest you most. Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hrfh-conne...
📰 Article - Making step counts count: how donating data can transform our understanding of knee replacement surgery
Our PAPrKA study is now open, researching how to better understand how people actually recover after knee replacement surgery. Read the article: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/m...
Reminder - Webinar: Advancing cardiovascular monitoring: from radar sensing to wearable emergency detection
Our next webinar is taking place soon on Wednesday 14 January, 2026 3pm-4pm, GMT. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5b9baf...
📜 Are you getting your to-do list ready for 2026?
Why not add our next webinar to it? Taking place on Wednesday 14 January, 2026 at 3pm-4pm GMT, this talk features speakers Ela Gruzewska and Jake Sunshine. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5b9baf...
Jake Sunshine is a physician and research scientist at the University of Washington and Google. His research is focused on technology-based translational research, usually at the intersection of computer science and public health. It currently involves finding ways to use commodity smart devices to help lessen the burden of public health challenges. Current project areas include early detection of acute opioid overdose, out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and incipient respiratory infections. The common thread running through this work is detection and anticipation of aberrant physiologic signatures for which there are evidence-based, time-sensitive interventions.
Ela Gruzewska is a Senior Software Engineer at Google Research holding an MSc in Computer Science. She brings over 15 years of software engineering experience to her work, recently specializing in Machine Learning. Her recent research focuses on the application of ML within the health domain, including longitudinal electronic health records, medical imaging, and the use of mobile sensors for physiological monitoring.
Already decided your 2026 resolution is to keep learning? With our bimonthly webinar series, you can do just that. Join us for our next one on Wednesday 14 January, 2026, 3pm-4pm GMT exploring different methods of cardiovascular monitoring. Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5b9baf...
In this webinar, Ela Gruzewska and Jake Sunshine will explore new advances in using consumer devices aimed at improved cardiovascular monitoring. Their talks will range from heart-rate sensing using radar to detecting cardiac arrest using commodity sensors and wearables.
Webinar: Advancing cardiovascular monitoring: from radar sensing to wearable emergency detection
Wednesday 14 January, 2026 | 3pm-4pm, GMT | Book now: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/5b9baf...
Due to high demand, we are pleased to announce that online tickets for Connect, Health Research from Home’s annual event, are now available.
Once you have signed up, the events team will contact you with details of how to join online.
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hrfh-conne...
🚨 Applications for the Research Showcase close this Sunday and with it, the chance to win the Ken Rothman Award, awarded for outstanding research. Apply now: forms.office.com/e/49iBeBhQSN
