UK Biobank offers its wares as Prof Rawlins takes the chair
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Researchers from industry and academia alike are now able to access the information stored in the not-for-profit UK Biobank. In addition, Professor Sir Mike Rawlins, chair of the UK's National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), has been announced as chairman of the organisation, replacing Sir Alan Langlands, chief executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for England, and former CEO of the NHS, who over the past eight years has steered the project through its establishment and early phases.
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