In 2022 Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) joined the Technician Commitment, a nationwide initiative setup to recognise and support the essential role of technicians across universities and research institutions. A year later, HDR UK launched it’s first 24-month action plan, outlining our strategies to support this pledge and address the challenges affecting technical staff in health data research.
This progress was recently recognised with a milestone submission award at the Technician Commitment signatory event in Wales. The award highlights HDR UK’s commitment to ensuring visibility, recognition, career development and sustainability of technical skills and roles across the health data science sector.
Emily Jefferson, Chief Technology Officer at HDR UK and co-lead of the Institute’s Technician Commitment action plan (along with Rosie) said: “This is great recognition at the midpoint of our action plan. We are proud to be a signatory of the Technician Commitment and look forward to continuing our pledge to support and empower technologists across the health data research sector. Their work and professional development is integral to our mission at HDR UK, to unlock the power of large-scale data to transform public health.”