Public Interest Technology Nerd. Science, economics, government. Ex @wellcometrust @uk_biobank @RockefellerFdn & @worldbank
Joined February 2007
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Great opp here from our pals @RenPhilanthropy:
New call to identify novel, high-value AI for Science datasets, with ~£62k prize money available for best proposals & a stacked review committee: @tkalil2050 @AdamMarblestone @scannicott, Sir Rory Collins &
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Deadline: 17 Feb
5 Dec 2025
1/ Renaissance Philanthropy, in collaboration with @SciTechgovuk, is launching a call for proposals to identify novel high-value AI for Science datasets that advance the UK’s AI for Science Strategy. ▼
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Also, exciting news here about new £17m investment from @wellcometrust in our secure efficient OpenSAFELY platform to build privacy preserving tools on top of mental health data for researchers, and more. Huge thanks to Wellcome and @NHSEngland as ever.
phc.ox.ac.uk/news/researcher…
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15 Jan 2025
Best advice i ever got was “when considering whether to say yes to something, imagine it was next week”. And yet i still manage to forget this 50% of the time.
15 Jan 2025
Has anyone else noticed that when you commit to doing things in the future, the time when you have to do those things eventually ends up being now?
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2 Oct 2024
“Evidence banks’ can drive better decisions in public life” If you read one article today, please make it this one! Superb & so important from @anjahuja @FT ft.com/content/cd3dbce8-1c5e…
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Over the weekend, we @ESRC made a big announcement about an investment that I hope will be of interest to anyone who cares about using evidence to make better public policy, or about harnessing AI for social science.
I wanted to tell you a bit more about it, so here's a 🧵
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That’s why we’re proud to commit £45 Million or $60 Million over the next five years to transforming how evidence synthesis is done.
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21 Sep 2024
Read more below about the new initiative announced at the UN Summit of The Future by @wellcometrust CEO @jarottingen
wellcome.org/news/evidence-s…
#SoTF #SDGs #UNGA #SummitOfTheFuture
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AND: Huge kudos also to colleagues at the @ESRC - @stianwestlake & co on their major new announcement and funding call this week on evidence synthesis
Global collaboration on this agenda is key - delighted to be working with you & many others to come!
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How can the world do better to use existing evidence to accelerate progress towards the SDGs?
The Wellcome Trust's vision is a healthier future for everyone. We believe science is at the heart of achieving this, but science alone is not enough.
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5 Sep 2024
The history of three infectious diseases — smallpox, polio, and measles — before and after a vaccine was available.
From my article on humanity's long fight against infectious diseases: ourworldindata.org/microbes-…
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Absolutely delighted to have @wellcometrust providing the brilliant @OurWorldInData team with long-term support.
Vital to have high quality, accessible public goods like this that help us all develop a clearer understanding of the world and the trends that are shaping it.
11 Jul 2024
As Hetan — the chair of our board — says, the Wellcome Trust has given @OurWorldInData a major grant.
Wellcome is the biggest funder of our nonprofit, and we are very much looking forward to what we can do in the coming seven years!
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Fantastic to have @wellcometrust working with @aphrc on this new initiative to catalyze innovation in mental health data science across Africa. More details below!
Apply now for the Mental Health Data Prize—Africa 2024! Submissions must address areas related to anxiety, depression and/or psychosis among young people Africa. Deadline is July 31st!
For more info logon to: mentalhealthdataprizeafrica.…
#MHDPA #MentalHealth #MentalHealthAwareness
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Bravo John, Hannah and Andrew!
12 Jun 2024
Congratulations and welcome to our 2024 Honorary Fellows! 🎉
@jburnmurdoch & @_HannahRitchie have done incredible things for improving public understanding through data & @AndrewYNg's research and teaching in AI has changed the world 📈🌎
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📢NEW REPORT!
Last year @wellcometrust commissioned a landscaping report to synthesise the evidence on gaps, barriers, and opportunities for attributing anthropogenic climate change impacts on human health.
The report, led by @ColinJCarlson is live now
bit.ly/3V0MbTJ
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6 May 2024
Solutions start with scientific discovery.
And if we work together, we can improve health faster.
That’s why I’m excited for @wellcometrust to partner with @novonordiskfond and @gatesfoundation on this $300 million initiative. wellcome.org/news/novo-nordi…
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Come work with us!
Our World in Data is looking for a writer who can write global issues for a wide audience. You could focus on poverty, inequality, health, demography, or any of the many other topics we cover (or don't yet)! (And the team is awesome.)
ourworldindata.org/writer-q2…
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19 Apr 2024
New Wellcome Mental Health funding call!
Applying neuroscience to understand symptoms in anxiety, depression and psychosis.
Must include a computational and experimental component and take a symptom based approach.
📆 23 July 2024
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27 Mar 2024
Daniel Kahneman - what a life and what a loss. May his memory be a blessing.
npr.org/2024/03/27/124120660…
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