Dr Rossana Castaldo, recently awarded her PhD in biomedical engineering, has been awarded the William James Award 2018 by the Institute of Engineering and Technology for her work on fall prediction in hypertensive patients via short-term Heart Rate Variability Analysis recently published on IEEE journal of biomedical and health informatics.

The William James Award is presented to the student whose PhD research shows the most potential to contribute toward the development and improvement of the Biomedical Engineering field. This award was instated by Professor Christopher J James, of the University of Warwick, in honour of his late father: William James. The award is presented to encourage, support and recognise outstanding work of PhD students demonstrating a high level of commitment and advanced understanding of Biomedical Engineering.

Dr Castaldo has been invited to give a presentation on her ground-breaking work at the IET Annual Healthcare Lecture 2018, IET London: Savory Place.