Sarah Bauermeister, BA Hons, BSc Hons, MSc, PhD, CPsychol, Senior Researcher and Data Manager for Dementias Platform UK (DPUK), from the University of Oxford, Oxford, UK, discusses the DPUK datathon initiative. These datathons aim to answer a variety of research questions and educate researchers on useful data skills, bringing together researchers with different specialities and skills. This interview was recorded at the Alzheimer’s Research UK (ARUK) Conference 2019, held in Harrogate, UK.