Analysing the data
Conduct analysis on the data in a secure environment and utilise the wide range of tools we provide.
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The Our Future Health Trusted Research Environment
A Trusted Research Environment (TRE) allows you to access, explore and analyse data.
The Our Future Health TRE is a highly secure computing environment, where you can access the Our Future Health data you’ve applied for.
The TRE is subject to rules, monitoring, and strict controls to protect the data and participants' privacy.
Conducting analysis in our TRE
The Our Future Health TRE has a range of tools available for analysing the data.
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Tool |
Description |
|---|---|
Jupyter lab with R, Python and Stata |
A notebook that allows you to explore, analyse, visualise and report on data for publications. It includes a standard ‘single node’ option and a 'spark cluster enabled’ option to handle high volumes of data. |
Cohort browser |
Create a cohort by filtering on data set characteristics. |
Command line interface |
Upload, browse, organise data and launch analysis programatically. |
Airlock |
Import and export code and files (for example scripts and packages) within the TRE. |
Swiss army knife for genomic tooling |
Conduct genomic analyses through swiss army knife enabled toolkits including, PLINK (versions 1 and 2), VCFtools, BEDTools, BOLT-LLM, and more. |
See the full list of TRE tools available in the TRE tools library.opens in new tab
Transferring TRE data
We must make sure that the data is being accessed securely, used appropriately, and that we protect people’s privacy. Because of this, you must submit a transfer request from within the TRE if you want to:
- upload your own data to use alongside Our Future Health data
- download data and use it outside of the TRE
All files must currently be human readable. You will not be able to share data across multiple studies that you might have.
For more information about transferring data and restrictions in the TRE, read the DNAnexus documentation on importing and exporting files through the airlock.opens in new tab
Computing fees when using the TRE
You will incur small computer processing fees when analysing data in our TRE. For example, running a notebook for a simple compute instance costs around £0.10 per hour.
For more information on compute costs, view our TRE rates card (PDF, 132KB)opens in new tab
Updates to your wallet: We’re giving registered researchers £500 cloud credits
From 31 March 2026 all registered researchers with active studies will receive £500 in cloud credits.
These credits can be used towards compute and storage costs in our trusted research environment.
Become a registered researcheropens in new tab
Do the credits need to be used by a given date?
Currently yes, credit awarded needs to be used before September 2027.
However this will be reviewed on an ongoing basis. We’ll let you know via email if there are any possible extensions to these credits.
Is the allocation per study or per researcher?
The sponsored wallet is per researcher, so if there are 2 researchers on 1 study they will both receive £500.
What is my total credit amount before needing to set up a billable wallet?
You’ll only need to set up a billable wallet if you use up the £500. You can check your credit balance in the trusted research environment.
Accessing the data in a different TRE
If you think our TRE will not be able to meet your research needs, for example, if you’ve developed complex software or analytical tools that would be hard to recreate, you can apply to access the data using a different TRE.
To find out more, contact access@ourfuturehealth.org.uk.
Become a registered researcher
Once you've created an account with us, you can apply to become a registered researcher and analyse the approved data for your study in our Trusted Research Environment.
Create an accountopens in new tab
Updated: 30 March 2026