Healthcare Technology Thought Leadership

The latest thought and knowledge leadership from our healthcare technology experts within the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

Data and AI: The future of healthcare and medical technology

Writing in the New Statesman, Professor Simon Maskell outlines how data science and AI can transform the future of medical technology to drive advances in health, wealth, and prosperity for all.

Advancements in the optimization of medical accelerators

Speaking to News-Medical, Professor Carsten Welsch discusses the latest advances in the optimization of medical accelerators for proton beam therapy cancer treatment.

Improving proton beam therapy treatment for cancer patients

Writing in Materials World, Professor Carsten Welsch explains how technologies originally designed for physics experiments are being applied to improve proton beam therapy treatment for cancer patients.

Developing cancer diagnosis technology through collaboration

Speaking to Innovation News Network, Professor Laura Harkness-Brennan discusses her work leading the STFC Cancer Diagnosis Network+ and the importance of interdisciplinary collaboration.

Will summer slow the spread of COVID-19? New research sheds light

Writing in The Conversation, Dr Kieran Sharkey explores the implications for controlling COVID-19 as we begin to approach the warmer months, as well as for the potential of another winter resurgence.

Enduring effects: material chemistry's use in long-acting therapeutics

Writing in Materials World, Professors Steve Rannard and Andrew Owen discuss how they are combining materials chemistry and pharmacology to create long-acting therapeutics for infectious diseases.

The quest to cure HIV

Speaking to Chemistry World, Professors Steve Rannard and Andrew Owen explain their research into developing cheaper and less burdensome ARV drugs for HIV patients.