Biomedical IRAS

Biomedical

This theme focuses on investigating health and disease to develop improved diagnostics and technologies for enhanced quality of life. It aims to explore how artificial intelligence and autonomous systems may be developed and applied to patient data sets, laboratory-based data collection, large spectroscopic data and data from emerging technologies for efficient and robust analysis, interpretation and diagnosis. Thus, the scope is wide and encompasses a range of experimental and analytical approaches. This theme aligns with the development of the health innovation campus and the Health theme within the Data Science Institute. This alignment aims to strengthen connections and collaborations in these areas across all faculties at Lancaster University.

Theme Leaders

Jemma Kerns

Dr Jemma Kerns SFHEA

Senior Lecturer and Director of Research

Cancer Biology and Genome Stability, Centre for Ageing Research, Experimental Medicine, Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Biomedical

Amy Gadoud

Dr Amy Gadoud

Clinical Senior Lecturer in Palliative Medicine

Interdisciplinary network in culture, health, ethics and society, International Observatory on End of Life Care , Lancaster Intelligent, Robotic and Autonomous Systems Centre, LIRA - Biomedical

B06, B - Floor, Health Innovation One

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Using Raman spectroscopy to distinguish between different types of ivory at customs
01/09/2023 → 31/03/2025
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Developing an interactive educational tool to support the sharing of information about the sailors aboard the Mary Rose, and their bone health. Short title: The bone health of sailors aboard The Mary Rose.
01/05/2023 → 30/09/2024
Other

Using Raman spectroscopy to identify ivory of unknown origin
02/01/2023 → 31/03/2025
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'Implementation of Modified Lie/Bet Gambling Screen in Blackpool and Lancaster Mental Health Referral Settings'
08/12/2022 → 31/03/2023
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Horizon Europe: European Lighthouse on Secure and Safe AI – ELSA
01/09/2022 → 31/08/2025
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iCASE: Soft robotic highly active cell and pipe explorer featuring SiC semiconductors to characterise alpha, beta, gamma and neutron contamination
01/07/2022 → 30/06/2026
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Mapping illness trajectories for people with advanced cancer receiving immunotherapy treatment: a mixed methods study to identify something about need and health service input?
01/04/2022 → 31/03/2025
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Development of ‘use-cases’ for a digital palliative care bereavement service.
01/03/2022 → 31/08/2022
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Mapping geographically co-occurrent cancers in the Morecambe Bay area for designing targeted community-based interventions.
01/02/2022 → 01/12/2024
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Developing palliative and end-of-life care research partnerships and capacity in the North West Coast of England
01/01/2022 → 30/06/2023
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Building and optimisation of a microscope stage mounted stretch apparatus to investigate the role of physical forces in melanoblast behaviour
01/11/2021 → 31/10/2022
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MSI: Towards 3D printing medical devices in vivo
04/10/2021 → 04/10/2022
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MSI: Project LiNa-Wave: Development of a Working Model Solid-State Battery System for Maritime Applications
01/09/2021 → 31/03/2022
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MSI: Development of 1 kWh sodium nickel chloride battery system and associated manufacturing processes
01/08/2021 → 31/07/2022
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MS4MSR (Molten Salt for Molten Salt Reactor)
01/07/2021 → 30/06/2025
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Towards explainable AI4EO: a new frontier to gain trust into the AI (XAI4EO)
01/04/2021 → 31/10/2024
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DSI: Effective Diagnosis and Treatment of Age-related Disease Through Time-varying Modelling
01/03/2021 → 30/09/2024
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Multiscale Modelling Extension (Y4-5)
01/03/2021 → 31/03/2023
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How can technology be used to support communication in palliative care beyond the COVID-19 pandemic?
01/01/2021 → 30/06/2021
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Adaptable Semiautonomous Underwater Decommissioning Sample Retrieval Robot
02/11/2020 → 30/06/2023
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Low Cost High Reliability Radiation Hardened Electronics System
01/11/2020 → 31/08/2021
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TAS-S: Trustworthy Autonomous Systems Node in Security
01/11/2020 → 31/10/2024
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EPSRC PhD Studentship (£66,336) MSI: VCSEL-based spectroscopy for next generation non-invasive and wearable glucose monitoring
01/10/2020 → 01/10/2023
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CASCADES - Craft and Artisan Skills for co-operative and digital Enterpise and Innovation Gains
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2023
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H2020 : Foundations of Trustworthy AI - Integrating Reasoning, Learning and Optimization (TAILOR)
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2024
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LAPIS: Learning for Adult Social Care Practice Innovations and Skills
01/09/2020 → 31/08/2023
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Robot Lightweighting
13/07/2020 → 26/09/2020
Consultancy

ITAR: Innovative Technologies Towards Building Affordable and Equitable Global Radiotherapy Capacity
01/04/2020 → 30/06/2021
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Energy efficiency in forced drying of wood chip biomass
01/10/2019 → 30/09/2020
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Eliemental: Innovations in Enterprise Education for Groups Vulnerable to Social Exclusion 2019-1-UK01-KA202-061939
02/09/2019 → 31/08/2022
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ELIE 2
01/09/2019 → 31/08/2022
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Can Raman spectroscopy improve pancreatic cancer diagnosis?
01/07/2019 → 30/09/2021
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Finite Element Analysis Modelling of Force Resistance Sensors for Next Generation Human-Machine Interfaces (HMI)
01/07/2019 → 27/09/2019
Consultancy

Pozibot: Quantum-secured remote monitoring and data logging technology that enables a dynamic insured warranty for battery packs
01/03/2019 → 31/05/2021
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H-unique: In search of uniqueness - harnessing anatomical hand variation
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2024
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H-unique: In search of uniqueness - harnessing anatomical hand variation
01/01/2019 → 31/12/2024
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