IGHI celebrates 12 years of innovation in healthcare

The IGHI, one of Imperial’s Global Challenge Institutes, has been solving healthcare problems for 12 years.

The IGHI, one of Imperial’s Global Challenge Institutes, has been solving healthcare problems for 12 years.

At the IGHI, clinicians, scientists, designers, engineers, policy makers, developers, patient and public involvement specialists and more fuse together to address needs in healthcare – from Digital Education, to community testing for COVID-19, to investigating AI for screening. This breadth of skills and areas of work supports the IGHI in its mission to transform health for all through evidence-based innovation, and is summarised in a report, “Celebrating 12 years of innovation in healthcare”.

The IGHI hosted an event to celebrate this milestone – originally planned to mark a decade but delayed two years due to the COVID-19 pandemic – at the Science Museum in South Kensington, London.

IGHI Co-Director­­s, Prof Lord Ara Darzi and Professor David Nabarro (pictured left), and Professor Mary Ryan, Vice Provost (Research and Enterprise), spoke about how IGHI brings together talented people to make an impact, and attendees were treated to a film highlighting IGHI’s work since 2010.

Professor Lord Ara Darzi, Co-Director, Institute of Global Health Innovation, said: “IGHI has always sought to identify opportunities before they become obvious to others. That is why we were the first research organisation to focus on patient safety. The first to focus on the fusion of engineering and surgery. The first to realise the potential of design in healthcare, and the first to introduce qualifications for policy makers.”