Leader in trusted research environments and secure health data infrastructure

Simon Thompson is Professor of Health Informatics at Swansea University and Director of the UK Secure e-Research Platform (SeRP), the UK’s largest multi-tenanted Trusted Research Environment. SeRP underpins major national and international programmes, including the SAIL Databank, Dementia Platform UK (DPUK), and the Administrative Data Research Centre Wales (ADRC), and currently supports 28 research programmes globally.

His expertise spans NHS systems architecture, research data governance, cyber security, systems design, and large-scale research infrastructure.

Contribution to BrainWaves
Simon brings extensive experience in Trusted Research Environments to BrainWaves, ensuring that data are collected, stored, processed, and accessed securely using established governance frameworks. His work supports BrainWaves’ commitment to data integrity, security, and responsible open science.