Our Trusted Research Environment (TRE)'s impact
The wider impact our TRE continues to have, facilitating science and innovation
Trusted Research Environments (TRE) play a vital role in enabling secure analysis of sensitive data. At HIC we have supported and led on various projects with various peer-reviewed scientific publications, datasets, and code published in Discovery.
Projects delivered
As of 2024, we publish project summaries of work currently being conducted in the TRE. The Project Registry is published in our HIC Knowledge Base and updated every four hours.
Some example projects include:
Alleviate
The Alleviate project is the pain data hub hosted on our TRE. This is a part of the Advanced Pain Discovery Platform a UK wide research team (University of Dundee, HDR UK, ADPD, and members of the public). This work supports researchers to find and access datasets, whilst ensuring privacy and security.
General Medical Council (GMC)
The GMC are the independent regulator of doctors in the UK who along with the Medical Schools Council have funded the development of the UK Medical Education Database (UKMED). This wealth of administrative data from across the UK aims to understand how doctors progress through their career, The GMC place pseudonymised data within our TRE where approved researchers work.
TREEHOOSE: Trusted Research Enclave for Hosting Open Original Science Exploration
University of Dundee, Amazon Web Services (AWS) and members of the public created an open-source infrastructure-as-code toolkit.This can be deployed in the public cloud for a safe, secure and scalable computing environment suitable for working with sensitive data.
Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway (CPIP)
Cerebral Palsy Integrated Pathway (CPIP) is a framework for children with cerebral palsy, allowing early detection of changes in muscles and joints. CPIP is in use across all 4 nations of the UK and there is approximately 14,000 children on the database. This data is used to continually improve care and publish evidence-based recommendations in cerebral palsy management.