Mark’s role spans both Health Innovation East and Cambridge University Health Partners (CUHP). His role includes leadership of a portfolio of projects to develop capacity and capability in the region to integrate data to gain insights that inform health and care delivery and clinical research. He is Director of the Eastern England Secure Data Environment (SDE) programme and sits on the East of England NHS Digital Portfolio Programme Board.

Starting out as an information analyst, Mark has over 20 years’ experience working in the NHS across a range of operational, information, contracting and performance management roles. He is experienced in leading complex projects and programmes within and across hospitals, commissioning, third sector, and research organisations.

“Recent advances in clinical imaging, pathology and genomic technologies have led to remarkable progress in understanding disease, but the power of these technologies cannot be fully realised until the immense volume of data generated can be integrated, then analysed. Our projects are all in pursuit of this aim, to improve health whilst keeping data safe and protecting the privacy of individuals.”

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