Emily Jefferson

Professor Emily Jefferson is Director of DARE UK and Strategic Advisor (Technology) at Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), as well as Professor of Health Data Science. Both DARE UK and HDR UK play leading roles in developing Trusted Research Environment (TRE) standards and advancing interoperability to enable federated research at scale. Her research focuses on innovative approaches for delivering secure, linked sensitive data rapidly and at scale, ensuring robust data governance while meeting the evolving needs of the research community. She holds a degree in Biochemistry and a PhD in Bioinformatics, and worked as a postdoctoral researcher in Bioinformatics following her doctorate. Her career spans academia and industry, and includes leading a regional TRE for over a decade prior to joining HDR UK.