The Yorkshire & Humber Academic Health Science Network is helping to support the University of Leeds and Leeds Teaching Hospitals MedTech and Personalised Medicine event. The event will take place on 18th September in London and will explore the strengths and capabilities of the Leeds City Region’s MedTech sector; whilst showing the funding and investment opportunities available for industry. Plenary speakers include: Dr Josephine Dixon – Hardy: Director Medical Technology Innovation, University of Leeds Mike Messenger: Head of Personalised Medicine,…

Digital Health in the North Yorkshire & Humber AHSN, the Innovation Agency, Health Innovation Manchester and AHSN North East North Cumbria are bringing together their Connected Health Ecosystems to form a collaborative Ecosystem for Digital Health in the North. This brings together partners from health and social care, industry,academia and patient organisations and will be delivered in partnership with the ECH Alliance. The event will: Focus on the adoption of digital innovation in the north of England Provide you with…

The IMPRESS network would like to invite stakeholders to assist with research at the University of Leeds focusing on women’s experiences of urinary incontinence It is estimated that one in three women experience involuntary loss of urine, or urinary incontinence (UI). The consequences are profound, with potentially devastating impacts on physical, social and economic well-being. UI is also a costly condition; it has been found that annual expenditures are similar to other chronic diseases in women. To date little is…

This event will focus on four core themes:early life, older people, urgent care and mental health. Leading experts from our region will present the applied research they are undertaking and share the lessons on how to turn this research into policy and practice. A Nordic Noir ending is possible. This event is organised by the National Institute for Health Research Clinical Research Network, Yorkshire and Humber. Click here to view the full agenda

We are delighted to be able to help support the Academic Health Science Network for the North East and North Cumbria’s Familial Hypercholesterolaemia event by helping to promote it. Working in collaboration with Clinical Commissioning Groups, GP Practices, PRIMIS, AMGEN and Sanofi, the AHSN for the North East and North Cumbria has established a programme of work to implement targeted Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) risk assessment and medication review at a Primary Care level across the region. Professor Huon Gray MD…

Hosted by the NIHR Surgical Med Tech Cooperative, ‘Surgery for Tomorrow’s NHS’ is the theme for the Surgical MICs National Meeting this year which will be held in the centre of Leeds at Cloth Hall Court on Wednesday 7th November. The event will focus on medical technologies in three areas: colorectal, vascular and hepatopancreaticobiliary (liver, gall bladder and pancreas/HPB) surgery. Places are limited so to avoid disappointment, register here