Knowledge Transfer through Partnership, Annual Conference, 6 Sept 2010

July 23, 2010 — la217

The HealthTech and Medicines KTN is happy to announce the speakers for the Annual Knowledge Transfer through Partnership, Annual Conference, Delivering Medical Innovation. The conference is taking place on Monday 6 September 2010 and is jointly being hosted by the University of Bath.

Speakers will include:

The conference will showcase the benefits and successes of the collaborative work between companies and academic institutions in the health and medicines sectors.

This one day conference will consist of:

  • Keynote speaker presentations
  • Presentation on topics focusing on – technology exploitation – delivering innovation
  • Workshops
  • Presentation from winning paper competition
  • Poster presentations
  • Networking session

KTN Networking Reception

The conference will be followed by a KTN networking reception which will be an excellent opportunity to meet with the team and discovery more about the KTN. We would like to invite organisations and institutes to this reception. Please note there is no charge to attend the KTN networking event.

Click here to view the event flyer. (pdf: 2MB)

Click here to register for the event

For further information about this event, please contact: Sarah Forson e: sarah.forson@twi.co.uk t:01223 899 000

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JOB VACANCY – Knowledge Transfer Fellow (£29,853-£38,951)

July 22, 2010 — la217

The University of Bath’s School for Health (SfH), in collaboration with the Bath Institute for Medical Engineering (BIME), are seeking a Knowledge Transfer Fellow as part of the “Smart systems for rehabilitation and assisted living” project.

The primary role of this position is to exploit SfH and BIME current knowledge to develop commercial products and tools. In addition to this, the postholder will be responsible for increasing awareness and promoting adoption of technology and interventions for long term conditions.

The SfH and BIME have both carried out significant research into the application of technology to support rehabilitation and independent living of people with specific long-term conditions, and now wish to develop this knowledge in to commercial products to maximise economic and societal impacts.

The Knowledge Transfer Fellow will be mainly based in the Bath Centre for Pain Research (BCPR) within the School for Health at the University of Bath. However, during the course of the project the Knowledge Transfer Fellow may be required to spend some time based on-site with project partners.

This position is for a period of 12 months at Research Grade 7 (£29,853-£38,951). Line management will be provided by Professor Chris Eccleston, Director of the BCPR.

For enquiries, please contact Lisa Austin: L.Austin@bath.ac.uk , 01225 386575

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Health Innovation Challenge Fund

July 14, 2010 — la217

Applications are now open for the latest theme in the Health Innovation Challenge Fund, addressing the monitoring of individuals with long-term health problems.

This third call focuses on chronic diseases such as diabetes, asthma, arthritis, heart failure and dementia that at present can only be controlled not cured.

The Health Innovation Challenge Fund (HICF) is a £100 million, five-year parallel funding partnership between the Wellcome Trust and the Department of Health. The funders are collaborating to stimulate the creation of innovative healthcare products, technologies and interventions, and facilitate their development for the benefit of patients in the NHS and beyond. The HICF will have a succession of thematic calls for proposals, each selected to focus on unmet needs in healthcare relevant to the NHS.

The deadline for preliminary applications is 1 October 2010.

http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/News/2010/News/WTX059791.htm

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Smart systems for rehabilitation and assisted living

June 8, 2010 — la217

Professor Eccleston (Director of BCPR) has recently been awarded with an EPSRC Knowledge Transfer Award, to develop innovative ways to accelerate the translation of research outputs in to business opportunities.

In partnership with the Bath Institute for Medical Engineering (BIME), Smart systems for rehabilitation and assisted living will provide individualised support for users and carers to manage their condition. They will be suitable for the self funded, mainstream market, and are more likely to provide a sustainable long term model of delivery.SMART pic

The aim of this award is to take forward the outputs of previous awards led by Professor Eccleston (SMART 1, SMART 2 and KT) and Smart Homes work from BIME in to telehealth and telecare for those with chronic conditions, which enable them to self manage at home.

Although self care and self management are being promoted as the way forward, there is little analysis in to their integration in to the home; it assumes a medical model of health intervention, where a health professional is responsible for monitoring – unlikely to be sustainable in the long term.

This project will establish long partnerships with three key organisations working in this area: BIME, the Brain Injury Rehabilitation Trust (BIRT) – one of the leading independent providers for people with acquired brain injury, and Ivory Egg, the leading UK supplier of home automation products using the European wide open KNX architecture. BIRT and Ivory Egg are each contributing £12,000 to the project and there are also in kind contributions from industry in terms of business mentoring and technology installation.

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Keeping Well at Home: Self Care & Whole System Demonstrator Conference (22-23 June 2010, Newquay)

June 1, 2010 — la217

Encouraging people to stay well and live independently

Come and learn about the importance of Self Care with examples of national/local initiatives together with our experience of the largest assistive technology trial in the world.

In association with NHS Cornwall and Isles of Scilly.

Keeping Well at Home: Self Care and WSD Conference – 22-23 June 2010, Headland Hotel, Newquay, Cornwall.

If you have any enquiries please call 01209 888227 or email wsd.conference@cornwall.nhs.uk

WSD Conference Flyer – 2010

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