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Healthier research
Inspiring healthcare research projects showcased at Imperial Symposium
A wide range of healthcare professionals showcased their projects to encourage others to do research.
Stories written by Maxine Myers
social gaming
Funding boost to develop the world’s first multiplayer rehabilitation video game
An Imperial researcher has been awarded funding to develop a multiplayer video game to improve rehabilitation outcomes of physically impaired patients
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Get involved
New video encourages clinical staff to undertake research
Staff at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust feature in a new video explaining why a wide network of clinical staff should get involved in research.
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Student mental health
Performance gives medical students insights into mental health support
First year medical school students will learn more about accessing College and NHS mental health services from a new performance.
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Clinical leaders
NHS clinicians graduate from unique leadership course at Imperial
Twenty-one NHS leaders are the first to graduate from a course that prepares clinicians for influential roles on hospital boards.
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Tech breakthrough
Experts discuss sensors and stimulation method to treat brain disorders
A non-invasive technique to electrically stimulate the brain and wearable sensors could lead to better treatments of brain disorders, say experts.
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Transforming healthcare
Experts explain how big data and AI will help patients
Big data and artificial intelligence (AI) are helping doctors make better treatment decisions and improve the delivery of care, say Imperial experts.
breath breakthrough
Breath test could diagnose pancreatic cancer at an earlier stage
A breath test can detect pancreatic cancer and could mean the disease can be diagnosed at an earlier stage for the first time, say researchers.
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Improving care
Imperial showcases work to improve patients’ experience of NHS services
Virtual exercise games for rehabilitation and a robotic rectum to detect prostate cancer were on display at a special showcase event.
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heart matters
Blood flow speed and the placebo effect of stents can tackle heart disease
The speed of blood flow and the placebo effects of a heart procedure could lead to new ways of treating heart disease, say experts.
