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The REmote MOnitoring of Rheumatoid Arthritis (REMORA) research programme
Research team: Professor Caroline Sanders, Dr Yumna MasoodChief investigators: Professor William Dixon, Dr Sabine van der Veer, The University of ManchesterFunder: National Institute for Health Research (Programme Grants for Applied Research)Figure 1: Login interface...
Digital Futures / Manchester Ecosystem: Urban Health: Post-COVID Recovery
Date: Friday 10 June 2022Time: 10.00-13.00Location: Citylabs 1.0, Nelson Street, Manchester, M13 9NQThis GM Connected Health Ecosystem is being held in collaboration with the Digital Futures Health & Care and Cities and Environments themes. We will be meeting...

OPTimising engagement in routine collection of Electronic Patient-Reported Outcomes (OPT-ePRO)
Research team: Miss Helen Chadwick; Dr Sarah Knowles; Dr Fergus Caskey; Dr Angelo Ercia; Prof Ken Farrington; Dr Michael ReesChief investigator: Dr Sabine van der Veer; University of ManchesterFunder: The Health Foundation; 2018-2022Routinely collecting...
Manchester Engineering Biology Seminar with Professor Wei Huang
Professor Wei Huang (Department of Engineering Science, University of Oxford) will talk about SimCells - Artificial Cellular Machine on Monday 23 May, 3pm, at Lecture Theatre, John Garside Building, 131 Princess Street, Manchester, M1 7DN.AbstractSimCells (Simple...
ICN2 Nanoseminar In Medicine & Health: The Robotics Part of Micro and Nano Robotics
SpeakerProf. Dr. Bradley Nelson, ETH Zurich, SwitzerlandAbstractMicro and nano robotics has made incredible strides since becoming a research topic just over two decades ago. Much of the progress has been in material selection and fabrication, and paths forward in...

The Manchester Digital Pain Manikin
Research team: Alessandro Chiarotto, Darcy Murphy, David Wong, John McBeth, Syed Mustafa Ali, William DixonChief investigator: Sabine van der Veer, University of ManchesterFunder: Versus Arthritis & Medical Research CouncilPain is more common among ethnic minority...
MaRMN & CMBRM Division Seminar
We are delighted to have Prof Alvaro Mata from The University of Nottingham join us via Zoom to present ‘Complex Tissue Engineering by Harnessing Biological Organization Principles’ on Friday 22 April at 13:00 via Zoom.AbstractLiving systems have evolved to grow and...
Innovation Labs 2022: Call for Academics
The Christabel Pankhurst Institute, Translation Manchester and the Business Engagement Team at the University of Manchester, along with the R&I Health Innovation Accelerator at Health Innovation Manchester have developed Innovation Labs as a mechanism for...
Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust with GE Healthcare celebrates the first year of the Edison Accelerator
In 2021, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust was selected as one of just four healthcare provider partners, and the sole NHS Trust, in the GE Healthcare Edison Accelerator Programme, a healthcare start-up and scale-up acceleration program designed by GE...
Grant Application Support: Health Technology & Responsible Innovation calls
The Christabel Pankhurst Institute, including colleagues from FBMH, FSE and Humanities, are supporting applications and offering peer review for the following upcoming grants. Summary of call information taken from respective websites. If you intend to apply to any of...
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