The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed
Center leader:
Professor Naomi Wray
Period:
2024-2036
Grant:
DKK 250 million.
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The Pioneer Centre for SMARTbiomed (Statistical and Computational Methods for Advanced Research to Transform Biomedicine) strives to become a significant international partner for data-driven medical research.
The center has three main objectives:
- To bring together multidisciplinary research teams to develop new methods for analyzing biomedical data.
- To develop data platforms and software for biomedical research that are based on real medical issues and that are easily applicable.
- To establish an internationally leading learning and career environment in health data research.
By focusing on collecting and analyzing large amounts of data from both Danish and international registers and biobanks SMARTbiomed aims to learn more about, among other things, risk factors, relationships, patterns, treatment, and consequences.
Professor Naomi Wray, University of Oxford, who is internationally recognized for her research in psychiatric genetics, will be head of the new center. Professor Wray will also take up a position at Aarhus University. The pioneering center is anchored at Aarhus University with hub sites at Aarhus, University of Copenhagen, and the University of Oxford with a total grant of DKK 250 million.