Health Tech Matters Podcast

About our podcast 

Pankhurst Presents: Health Tech Matters (HTM) was a podcast exploring the intersection of technology and healthcare. It was hosted by Videha Sharma and Lamiece Hassan.

Across the series, the hosts interviewed leading researchers, innovators and healthcare professionals linked with the Pankhurst Institute, discussing how advances in areas such as digital health, advanced materials and artificial intelligence are shaping the future of healthcare.

While the podcast is not currently in production, previous episodes remain available to stream on Spotify and other major podcast platforms.

For enquiries about the podcast, please contact us at pankhurst@manchester.ac.uk.

Episodes

• Episode 1 – Meet the Pankhurst Institute Director with Professor Niels Peek 
• Episode 2 – Digital Health Inequity Impact Assessment with Dr Sabine van der Veer and Dr Alison Crawford
• Episode 3 – Non-invasive wearable sensors with Dr Alex Casson
• Bonus Episode – Live @ HETT North
• Episode 4 – Using AI to transform medical imaging with Dr Claudia Lindner
• Episode 5 – Team science with Charlotte Stockton-Powdrell and Ruth Norris
• Episode 6 – Digital mental health with Dr Joseph Firth
• Episode 7 – Design, adoption, and spread of digital health apps with Dr Emily Seto and Dr Pauline Whelan

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Health Technology Translation Series

This series formed part of the Pankhurst Health Technology Tranlation Toolkit (formerly known as the Translational Roadmap) and was developed to support researchers and innovators working on healthcare technologies. The series explored how research can progress along the translational pipeline, from the early stages of development through to implementation in healthcare settings.

The resources remain available and continue to provide guidance for those involved in translating healthcare technologies into practice.

Episodes

• Episode 1 – Software as Medical Devices with Prof Emma Stanmore and Prof Tariq Aslam
• Episode 2 – Non-invasive Medical Devices with Dr John Mcdermott and Prof Jacky Smith
• Episode 3 – Invasive Medical Devices with Prof Julie Gough and Prof Jason Wong

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