# Big Data in the UK Biobank: Opportunities and Challenges

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Sir Rory Collins
- Year: 2014
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Biology, Medicine and health
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/big-data-uk-biobank-opportunities-and-challenges)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

The UK Biobank allows scientists to access a vault of data on health outcomes, genotyping and biomarkers from 500,000 people, enabling a better understanding of a wide range of chronic, painful and life-threatening diseases that typically strike from middle age. Professor Rory Collins is the Principal Investigator and in this lecture he will examine the specific opportunities, ethical implications and challenges related to the handling and use of big health data. Lecture followed by Reception.

## Lectures

1. [Big Data in the UK Biobank: Opportunities and Challenges](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/big-data-uk-biobank-opportunities-and-challenges/595f2d4760da) (YouTube)