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Student projects in medical technology

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The University of Bradford successfully secured 9 summer studentships from Translate: Medical Technologies to develop medical technologies that address health challenges in the Leeds City Region.

Translate: Medical Technologies is a partnership of universities across the Leeds City region developing new medical technologies to improve the prospects or experiences of patients in the Leeds City Region. The University of Bradford were recently awarded funding for 9 individual summer student projects from Translate as part of a recent funding call to develop medical technologies in the region. The students have been working on the following projects over summer 2018:

  • Dr Farshid Sefat, Lecturer in Medical Engineering and Dr Mansour Youseffi, Lecturer in Biomaterials, applied to develop an electronic scaffold to deliver drugs for breast cancer treatment. The student is Morteza Bazgir.
  • Professor Raed Abd-Alhameed, Professor of Radio Frequency Engineering applied for 3 projects:
    • to develop a microwave imaging system that will support the early detection of breast cancer. The student is Ahmed Mirza
    • to use Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology as an alternative solution of monitoring patients for active and assisted living (AAL). The student is George Aguntala
    • to devise an approach for monitoring and tracking patient behaviour in their homes, especially the elderly, using a passive radio frequency identification (RFID) System. The student is Wafa Shuaieb.
  • Dr Pete Twigg, Reader in Medical Engineering, applied for 3 projects:
    • to build an integrated system for comet assays to measure genetic damage. The student is Ahmed Aun.
    • to combine synthetic fibre winding with electrospinning to produce ligament implants with excellent in-growth. The student is Nasira Haque.
    • to examine the use of electrospinning for controlled release of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in wound dressings. The student is Zoyah Azhar.
  • Prof Rami Qahwaji, Professor of Visual computing applied for 2 projects:
    • visual computing and artificial intellgence system for the diagnosis of infectuous keratitis in the cornea. The student is Ismael Tahir.
    • extended evaluation of the newly developed CEAS (Corneal Endothelium Analysis System). The student is Alaa Al-Waisy.

The University had close connections with Translate through the Digital Health Enterprise Zone programme we lead on. We are also part of the Grow MedTech project running across the region.