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Shiren

Patel

Head of Innovation Technology & Data Research

Great Ormond Street Hospital

Shiren joined DRIVE in 2022 as the Innovation Technology Consultant to facilitate implementation and provide direction for DRIVE’s Data and Digital Strategies. In September 2023, Shiren took on the additional role of Interim Head of the Digital Research Environment (DRE). Shiren is responsible for setting the DRE strategy to leverage multimodal data with cutting-edge AI techniques, adhering to best practices in software engineering and Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP). This strategy fosters expansion of data, platforms, and applications, including federated analytics, which will fuel collaborative efforts and advanced research in paediatric diagnosis, treatment, and care. Shiren initially joined GOSH in 2021 as the Head of Enterprise Applications and has extensive experience in IT and digital infrastructure roles within the NHS.

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20 August 2025 17:15 - 18:00

Large language models in practice: insights from building LLM-based pipelines for paediatric healthcare data

Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), a specialist pediatric hospital, is utilizing large language models (LLMs) to enhance the analysis of healthcare data collected from children. The DRIVE initiative aims to improve outcomes by integrating AI into clinical, patient, and operational support, while ensuring data security and compliance with ethical standards. Initial experiments with LLMs have shown improved performance in summarizing complex medical reports compared to traditional rule-based methods. However, challenges remain, such as the need for efficient processing and the importance of clinician validation. GOSH emphasizes collaboration and gradual implementation of AI solutions to build trust and address stakeholder concerns.