We develop breakthrough innovations, creating medical devices, technologies and interventions to assist with early diagnosis, disease prevention and care.

Topics include:

• Wound healing

Wound dressing and experience and expertise at the leaf hospital, presented by Dr Simon Otter, Principal Lecturer at the School of Health Sciences and Rachel Forss, Senior Lecturer from the School of Health Sciences.

You can find out more about The Leaf Hospital here.

• Biomaterials for regenerative medicine and devices

Innovative wound dressing and diagnostics, presented by Dr Iain Allan, Principal Research Fellow at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences.

You can find out more about Iain’s Design of Enabling Regenerative Materials (DERMA) project here.

 

Advancing biomaterials for the treatment of life-threatening infection, presented by Dr Susan Sandeman, Reader at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences.

You can find out more about Susan’s research on nano-structured materials for the control of contaminants detrimental to health here.

Biomaterial drivers for organoids, presented by Anna Guildford from Tissue Click.

You can find out more about the University’s research on biomaterials here.

 

• Clinical imaging

Biospecific contrast agents for the imaging and treatment of osteoporosis, presented by Dr Valeria Perugini, Research Fellow at the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences.

You can find out more about Valeria’s research on biomaterials for bone regeneration here.

 

• Tough Players

Human factors in digital health and care, presented by Professor Karen Cham, Professor of in Digital Transformation Design at the University of Brighton.

You can find out more about the University’s research in digital health and care here.

 

The ‘resilience wall’ co-producing resilience development for vulnerable children, presented by Anne Rathbone from Boingboing Resilience CIC.

You can find out more about the University’s research on co-producing resilience development for vulnerable children here.

Find out more about our Healthy Futures initiatives here.