June 10, 2021

We are excited to share this inaugural update on our new Data Science and Health (DASH) Research Excellence Cluster! 

We have been busily getting our cluster set up since our funding announcement in March, and are keen to share the progress and plans we have made to date with you.

Our DASH Cluster is focused on 4 main objectives this year:

  • Identifying UBC health data assets that can be catalogued and made accessible through development of a metadata commons
  • Streamlining access to data across jurisdictions in British Columbia by engaging academic and health authority partners
  • Strengthening our data analytics capabilities through platform development and resource sharing
  • Enhancing data literacy through the development of new education programs, graduate level courses, and continuing professional development offerings in collaboration with UBC Data Science programs and Research Excellence Clusters

We hope that you will engage with our activities and welcome you to join working groups, take on leadership roles, or share your thoughts on the cluster themes that most interest you. Our website has just been launched and we invite you to take a look and spread the word to your network and collaborators. As a part of our work, we are looking to support collaborative grant applications and engage trainees. We hope you take a moment to complete our engagement survey and get involved.

We're happy to formally invite you to our first official DASH Cluster event: a demonstration of the Metadata Commons pilot project that will form the basis of our work on the data assets cluster objective. 

We look forward to working collaboratively with you all on our shared goals in this coming year.

Warm regards,

Anita Palepu, MD, MPH, FRCPC, MACP
Professor and Eric W. Hamber Chair
Head, Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia

and

Teresa S.M. Tsang, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FASE
Director of Echo Lab, VGH and UBC
Professor of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Associate Head Research, Department of Medicine
University of British Columbia

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Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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