Developing Governance, Standards and Open-Source Tools for Synthetic Data in Trusted Research Environments

Key Points

• The research aims to establish governance recommendations for using synthetic data in sensitive research environments.
• Conducted stakeholder workshops to gather input on governance recommendations.
• Developed the VSTAR Framework for trusted research environments.
• Implemented the framework through data management processes at Dementias Platform UK Data Portal.
• Created governance recommendations for synthetic data sharing.
• VSTAR Framework adopted for supporting various use cases of synthetic data.
• Tools developed to enhance data management processes for synthetic datasets.