Innovative Communication and the IKC
Firstly, welcome to our new blog. I am Rowan Grant, Project Officer at the Medical Technologies Innovation and Knowledge Centre. Part of my role is to support communications with internal and...
View ArticleWorld Health Organisation highlights priority area in Ageing and Health for...
The topic of World Health Day in 2012 is Ageing and Health, themed “Good health adds life to years”. The focus is how good health throughout life can help older men and women lead full and productive...
View ArticleExploring the impact of personalising medicine in the IKC
Personalising medicine is a lively topic in healthcare news and media. This is supporting our Medical Technologies IKC vision of helping the body repair and restore function and achieving our long term...
View ArticleFostering scientific and R&D collaboration between the UK and Canada
IKC Technology Innovation Manager, Dr Leanne Burgin, and Executive Group member, Professor Stephen Smye, took part in a delegation to Montreal in April to foster scientific and R&D collaboration...
View Article7th World Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Congress
This month, IKC Technology Innovation Manager, Dr Graeme Howling gives a run down on the 7th World Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Congress in London, which he and colleague Dr Leanne Burgin...
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Improving industry:academic relations by increasing IP awareness
This month’s blog post comes from Lindsay Georgopoulos, Commercial Officer for the Medical Technologies IKC. I started working with the IKC and WELMEC programmes at the University of Leeds around a...
View ArticleSomething Fundamental About Innovation
Anyone in need of advice on the subject of innovation need not look far. At the very moment of writing, within 0.2 seconds Google can find 326,000 results by searching for “Innovation Consultancy”....
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Gaining insight into NHSBT
Our researchers and the NHS Blood & Transplant Tissue Services are working on collaborative projects to develop, optimise and validate biological scaffolds suitable for ligament replacement. On...
View ArticleEvidence for Reimbursement: Demonstrating the Value of Innovative Medical...
On Thursday 11th October, Medical Technologies IKC and Medipex delivered a joint workshop ahead of the Medipex Innovation Awards. The event was fully subscribed and delivered a packed programme with...
View ArticleA Short Definition of Innovation
This month’s blog is written by John Egan, our Clinical Innovation Director. The Oxford Dictionary of English defines innovation as “the action or process of innovating”, and less circularly as “a new...
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NHS Health Innovation Expo – Event Report
This month, John Egan, Clinical Innovation Director of the IKC, gives his reflection on the Healthcare Innovation Expo held at ExCel, London, 13-14 March 2013. The NHS Health Innovation Expo that was...
View ArticleUnderstanding Challenges Clinicians Face – Divya Baji’
This month’s blog has been submitted by Divya Baji, a PhD student at the Centre for Doctoral Training in Medical and Biological Engineering based at the University of Leeds. ‘Clinical Immersion’ – a...
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