100 + INNOVATIONS
Centre for Big Data Research in Health
Harnessing data to transform health care, policy and outcomes
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Challenge
Health systems and policymakers urgently need evidence to guide better care with limited resources. However, they face a flood of fragmented, increasingly complex data from multiple sources, including clinical records, imaging, genomics and administrative systems. The centre helps make sense of this data overload, transforming it into actionable insights that drive real-world improvements in care.
Solution
The Centre for Big Data Research in Health develops advanced methods in AI, statistics, and real-world evidence generation to unlock the value of complex, linked health data. It creates privacy-preserving tools, common data models and secure research environments that support safe and scalable analytics.
Its innovations enable regulatory, clinical and policy end-users to generate actionable insights into health system performance, technologies and outcomes.
Sustainability is achieved through deep partnerships, co-design and integration into trusted national platforms and decision-making processes.
Target customers / end-users
• government and industry: use evidence to inform policy, service delivery and innovation
• clinicians and researchers: improve patient care through data-driven insights
• students: future leaders in health data science and digital health.
Progress
• secured AU $ 76m + in competitive funding and government investment
• co-designed projects with clinicians, patients and policymakers, including Health Care Homes evaluation and national assisted reproductive technology reporting standards
• enabled adoption of tools like YourIVFSuccess and ERICA, influencing national policies on IVF, primary care, dementia and medical device safety.
Research Centre
100 + active collaborations
Innovative research translation
Healthy Living
The Centre for Big Data Research in Health applies advanced analytics to large health datasets to improve health care, policy and outcomes. Partnering with government and clinicians, the centre delivers realworld impact across areas, including fertility and early life, cardiovascular disease, mental health, chronic illness, dementia and ageing.
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