Professor Neil Sebire

Professor Neil Sebire is Professor of Paediatric and Developmental Pathology at Great Ormond Street Hospital Institute of Child Health (UCL) London, and is also the Chief Research Information Officer and Director of the Digital Research, Informatics and Virtual Environment unit (GOSHDRIVE).  He is a clinical academic with research interests including complications of pregnancy, diseases of the placenta and causes of stillbirth and infant death.  He is the author of several internationally recognised leading text books and more than 600 scientific peer-reviewed papers (H index >93, >36,000 citations). His current research and academic interests are focused around the impact of digital technologies on healthcare and related research, and in particular in relation to how routine current and future health data can be used to improve child health. GOSHDRIVE represents the combination of how a digital research environment for healthcare, with collaboration between clinical professionals, academia, computer scientists and industry partners, can work together for common healthcare benefit.