Let's make better use of data, evidence & digital tools in healthcare & policy.
Bennett Institute for Applied Data Science
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How do we use big data to produce evidence about migrant health? Tools like OpenSAFELY and OpenCodeCounts can help.
Read more: bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/06/making-health-inequalities-visible-how-big-data-exposes-health-inequalities-in-migrant-communities/
@yaminaboukari.bsky.social
What happens when you apply the OpenSAFELY model from NHS GP data to schools? 🍎✏️
We found several key differences, but the core principles of secure, reproducible analysis carry over.
Learn more: bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/05/what-we-learned-when-we-took-opensafely-from-gp-data-to-schools-data/
Interested in working with a multidisciplinary team to improve healthcare and medical research? 🚀
We’re looking for an experienced Executive Assistant to support Professor Ben Goldacre, Director of the Bennett Institute.
📌Apply here: www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/
⏱️Closing date: 12:00 on 17 June
3 days left until Professor Seb Bacon's inaugural lecture! ⌛
🧑🏫 Lecture from 17:00-18:00
🥂✨ Drinks and canapés from 18:00-19:00
📍 Magdalen College, Grove Auditorium, Oxford OX1 4AU.
Register now to secure your place:
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/06...
📣 We’re hiring!
⚙️ Head of Engineering (closes 8 June)
👩💻 Senior Developer (closes 24 June)
💻 Staff Developer (closes 24 June)
If you'd like to use your software skills to improve healthcare and medical research, the Bennett Institute might be the place for you!
🔗 www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/
🚀 OpenSAFELY was recently named in the Covid-19 Inquiry for helping shape the UK’s vaccine infrastructure during the pandemic.
🔗 bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/05/essential-infrastructure-how-opensafely-revolutionised-health-data-analysis-during-the-covid-19-pandemic/
@ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social
A new @lshtm.bsky.social study - led by @rozeggo.bsky.social and funded by @medresfdn.bsky.social - found that the UK’s early COVID‑19 shielding policy helped prevent roughly 25% of hospitalisations and deaths among England’s most vulnerable people.
🔗 Read more: link in comments
www.bennett.ox.ac.uk/blog/2026/06...
A new @lshtm.bsky.social study - led by @rozeggo.bsky.social and funded by us - finds that the UK’s early COVID‑19 shielding policy helped prevent roughly 25% of hospitalisations and deaths among England’s most vulnerable people.
Read the full story: https://bit.ly/4esq2Zc
