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Oxford researchers help bring together research data from over a million people from Africa, Canada and Europe

Researchers from the University of Oxford are collaborating in a project that will enable registered researchers from across the world to analyse population-scale genomic and biomolecular data, using the Common Infrastructure for National Cohorts in Europe, Canada and Africa (CINECA).

Oxford University’s contribution is led by Professor Mark McCarthy (who is based in the Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, and the Wellcome Centre for Human Genetics).

Read more (Radcliffe Department of Medicine website)

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