Innovation and R&D at UHCW
Applicants are invited to apply for an Analytical Sciences CDT joint MSc and PhD (1+3 route) focused on Innovation and Research and Development at University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire. Applicants will have a choice of mini-research projects and PhD projects in the areas of:
Innovation at UHCW
R&D at UHCW
Area: Materials Characterisation through the length scales for medical applications
Project: High-resolution characterisation of vulnerable and stable plaques for better diagnostic tools
Collaborators: Chris Imray (Vascular Surgery) and Sean James (Tissue Bank)
Area: Development of integrated microfluidic platforms for organs on a chip or diagnostics.
Project: Engineering of Protein Scaffolds for Cardiovascular Applications using Microfluidics and 3D printing
Collaborators: Shervanthi Homer-Vanniasinkam (Surgery) and Joe Hardwicke (Surgery and UHCW Innovation Lead)
Area: Advanced analytical techniques applied to medical physics
Project: Novel patient-specific radiotherapy
Collaborators: Dr John Sage (Head of Radiotherapy Physics)
Area: Trace metals in medicine
Project: Element-specific detection of iron and other metals in human tissue with dual energy CT, Developing capacity for quantitative susceptibility measurement in human brain using MRI, Optimizing sequences for evaluation of iron deposition in multiple sclerosis using MRI
Collaborators: Charles Hutchinson (Radiology) and Sarah Whyte (radiology)