Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Government against COVID-19 ^{Non-funding Support}

Entity: Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Category: non-funding support

Description: University of Sheffield is partner of the project 'COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium' 'COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium' is a collaboration between the NHS, Public Health England and other UK public health agencies, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, University of Cambridge and other academic institutions.

1. Project
COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium
Research Group: Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit
Project Description: The COVID-19 Genomics UK (COG-UK) Consortium aims to increase the current capacity for SARS-CoV-2 genetic sequencing in the UK. This sequencing data will be used to understand the epidemiology and spread of the virus, and to monitor and evaluate interventions for COVID-19. SARS-CoV-2 genomic data will be integrated with NHS electronic health records and other existing genomic data to generate insights into susceptibility to COVID-19. From within the DPHPC, Professor John Danesh is a member of the COG-UK Steering Group, Dr Ewan Harrison will serve as the Scientific Project Manager and Dr Michael Chapman will lead the health informatics component.

Contributors:
Dr Thushan de Silva, Senior Clinical Lecturer and Honorary Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases, University of Sheffield Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease
Dr Matthew Parker, Sheffield Bioinformatics Core at the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) Sheffield Biomedical Research Centre
Members of the research team: Adri Angyal, Rebecca Brown, Matthew Wyles, Luke Green, Rachel Tucker, Paul Parsons, Danielle Groves, Laura Carrilero, Katie Johnson, Nikki Smith and others: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/medicine/research/research-themes/infection/covid-19

The team is working in partnership with Consultant Virologists Dr Cariad Evans, Dr Mohammad Raza and Dr Alison Cope, Academic Clinical Fellows Dr Alex Keeley and Dr Benjamin Lindsey, and Consultant Microbiologist Dr Dave Partridge at the Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust’s regional NHS virology laboratory based at the Northern General Hospital.

https://www.cogconsortium.uk/about/