Data for Science and Health Team

Using trustworthy data science to solve urgent health challenges. 

The Data for Science and Health team shapes and funds data science initiatives to advance Wellcome’s mission. Our work ranges from supporting open-source infrastructure for pandemic response, to funding tools to model climate-sensitive infectious diseases, to launching a data prize to create new tools for mental health research. 

Data and software are at the heart of modern science and health. We make sure these tools are designed, built and governed in trustworthy ways. From ensuring technologies are effectively addressing problems they’re made to solve, to consciously developing technologies for – and with – diverse populations, so they don’t work for some groups at the expense of others. Our goal is to see the trustworthy use of data and digital technologies transform how science makes discoveries and solves the urgent health challenges facing everyone. 

Meet the team 

  • Tariq Khokhar

    Head of Data for Science and Health

    Wellcome

    Tariq Khokhar leads Wellcome's work on data and digital technologies that are transforming how science makes discoveries and solves the urgent health challenges facing everyone.

  • Zoe Brewster

    Programme Manager

  • Grace Annan-Callcott

    Program Adviser

  • Emily Jesper-Mir

    Partnerships and Engagement Manager

  • Rebecca Asher

    Partnerships and Engagement Manager

  • Dorothea Abok

    PA / Team Coordinator

Discovery Research and Mental Health

  • Matthew Brown

    Technology Lead

    Wellcome

  • Lisa Murphy

    Technology Lead

    Wellcome

  • Ekin Bolukbasi

    Data Prizes Manager

    Wellcome

  • Gwydion Williams

    Technology Manager

    Wellcome

  • Lorraine Holland

    Project Officer

    Wellcome

  • Catrin Evans

    Project Officer

    Wellcome

Climate and Health and Infectious Diseases

  • Julia Abernethy

    Technology Lead

    Wellcome

  • Felipe Colón

    Technology Lead

    Wellcome

  • Isabel Fletcher

    Technology Manager

    Wellcome

  • Donna James

    Project Officer

    Wellcome

Contact us 

Our work 

Wellcome Data Prizes

We support teams to use existing data to uncover new insights and build digital tools.