Niels Peek joins THIS Institute as Professor of Data Science and Healthcare Improvement
Niels Peek has been appointed Professor of Data Science and Healthcare Improvement at THIS Institute, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge. Niels will lead a programme of research to develop and evaluate possible solutions and interventions to support improvement in healthcare.
Niels has a global reputation for his work on data-driven informatics for healthcare improvement, health data science, clinical prediction models, and computerised decision support tools. With a background in computer science and artificial intelligence, Niels was President of the Society for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine until 2017. He also led the Greater Manchester Connected Health City, part of a £20 million government investment to establish a learning health system in the north of England.
A widely published researcher, Niels has co-authored more than 200 peer-reviewed scientific articles. He is an associate editor of BMJ Health and Care Informatics, and a member of the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association and Artificial Intelligence in Medicine. He is a fellow of the American College of Medical Informatics and the International Academy of Health Sciences Informatics.
Niels joins THIS Institute from the University of Manchester, where he was Professor of Health Informatics in the Division of Informatics, Imaging and Data Science. He was also Director of the Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research and Innovation, a partnership of academic, healthcare, industry and public sector organisations that aims to accelerate the translation of new technologies into healthcare practice.
I am really looking forward to my new role at THIS Institute and helping develop a bold, high-quality research programme that leads to credible, actionable data science for improving quality and safety in healthcare.”
Professor Niels Peek
Niels said: “I am really looking forward to my new role at THIS Institute and helping develop a bold, high-quality research programme that leads to credible, actionable data science for improving quality and safety in healthcare. I am particularly excited about the opportunity it will provide to work in a genuinely collaborative way with patients, healthcare staff and other stakeholders.”
John Danesh, Professor of Epidemiology and Medicine, Head of Department of Public Health and Primary Care said: “We are delighted to welcome Niels, who is a world-leading researcher in data science. We in the Department are very much looking forward to working with him as he advances the field in an area of great importance to the NHS and its staff and patients.”
Mary Dixon-Woods, Director of THIS Institute, said: “We are thrilled to have Niels join THIS Institute. With his exceptional expertise in applying data science to improving quality and healthcare, Niels adds significant strength, extending the range and depth of studies that THIS can deliver. His appointment ensures that THIS is uniquely well placed to deliver on our mission to generate evidence for improving care for patients.”