Author:Carol Stanier

Final outcomes of FAST Healthcare NetworksPlus

The summary brochure for FAST Healthcare NetworksPlus is now published online. Also check out our Outcomes page which, as well as the brochure and roadmaps, contains videos from our project PIs on their research highlights.

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The Human Factor

The Human Factors Resources for FAST Healthcare project headed up by Jeremy Opie at UCL is complete and the website and document resulting were launched recently at a symposium on Human Factors Interventions for Surgical Systems. The website is live now! Take a look. We hope that this will be a useful tool for anyone […]

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Three new projects

We wanted to let you know about three projects we have recently awarded. These will be the last projects under the FAST Healthcare NetworksPlus umbrella, though we hope that you will all keep up your connections with us. We also have news from our partners on an exciting roadmap report and a funding call. Two […]

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Call for Proposals on Early Detection of Cancer

We are pleased to announce that, following on from our joint workshop with Cancer Research UK on the subject of Early Detection of Cancer, FAST Healthcare is now opening up an open call for proposals. The aim of this Call is to build new research collaborations across disciplines and organisations which address the specific Roadmap […]

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Save the date for Early Detection of Cancer workshop

We are pleased to announce that we will be organising a workshop jointly with Cancer Research UK, on the subject of Early Detection of Cancer. Cancer Research UK previously brought together experts across different sectors in 2019 to help develop an Early Detection and Diagnosis of Cancer Roadmap. The current workshop aims to integrate an engineering […]

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Four projects funded

At FAST Healthcare NetworksPlus we are pleased to announce that we have recently awarded four new projects on the following subjects: Smart wearables for children with asthma – Xiaorong Ding – University of Oxford Advancing the understanding of biofilms with Raman Spectroscopy – Ihtesham Rehman – Lancaster University A long-term self-management method for osteoarthritis – […]

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Announcement: Save the Date (Sandpit on Raman Spectroscopy as a Tool for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance and other Clinical Applications )

EPSRC FAST HEALTHCARE NETWORKSPLUSSandpit on Raman Spectroscopy as a Tool for Detection of Antimicrobial Resistance and other Clinical Applications 11th December 2018 in Manchester – Save the dateRaman spectroscopy is an optical technique that measures the chemical composition and molecular structure of a sample. Utilisation of the ‘molecular fingerprint’ of Raman spectra has proven an […]

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FAST Healthcare NetworksPlus partners with NHS England in Knowledge Transfer Partnership 2018

NHS England has announced the winners of the 2018 Chief Scientific Officer’s (CSO) Knowledge Transfer Partnership Programme – a bespoke 12 month development programme that aims to improve patient care and identify new approaches to measurement and outcomes. FAST Healthcare NetworksPlus is proud to announce that we are partnering with NHS England to support successful […]

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