Laura Merson

IDDO, University of Oxford
UK

Working Group Member

Laura is Associate Director of the Infectious Diseases Data Observatory (IDDO). IDDO is a scientific coalition, working across the health, research and humanitarian communities to reduce the impact of poverty-related diseases through responsible data reuse. Based at the University of Oxford, Laura develops platforms which synthesise health data to generate new evidence and research-driven responses to poverty-related diseases and emerging infections. Laura’s research interests include exploring issues in sharing biomedical research data and in changing the paradigm of clinical research in outbreaks to enable rapid research response. Her leadership of the Ebola Data Platform and the ISARIC COVID Data Platform has established new standards for best practice in access to data in public health emergencies. As a member of the Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC) Blue Ribbon Commission and Real-World Data Advisory Group, Laura contributes to the strategic direction of data standards development and implementation in academic research. Before joining IDDO, Laura was based in Vietnam as the Head of Clinical Trials for the Oxford University Clinical Research Unit.

Coalition working group:
Data Sharing