Meet the Team
The Digital Footprints Lab is a team of researchers based in the Bristol Medical School at the University of Bristol.
Our research uses smart data (e.g., shopping records, bank cards, social media, and wearables) to understand people’s behaviour and health. By understanding how these data work and what they can tell us about people’s lives, we carry out research for public benefit.
Partners
UK LLC
The UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration is the national Trusted Research Environment (TRE) for data linkage in longitudinal research, led by the Universities of Bristol and Edinburgh.
It simplifies access to linked data for research in the public good, enabling discoveries through associations between health, social, behavioural, and economic research.
Generation Scotland
Generation Scotland is a collaboration between NHS Scotland and the Universities of Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, and Glasgow, including over 40,000 participants across Scotland.
Funded by the Wellcome Trust and supported by the Chief Scientist Office of the Scottish Government Health Directorates and the Scottish Funding Council, they provide rich longitudinal health data for research.