Disease diagnostics for low-resource settings
| Project | Student | Supervisors | External partners | Funder |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of molecularly imprinted polymer based sensor arrays for detection of pathogenic bacteria | Meltem Agar | Prof Pedro Estrela, Dr Hannah Leese, Dr Maisem Laabei | Ministry of Education, Turkey | |
| Diagnostic sensors for HIV management in low-resource settings | Katarzyna Białas | Prof Pedro Estrela, Dr Despina Moschou, Prof Mark Lindsay | Rhodes University - South Africa; Nanyang Technological University - Singapore; University College London | Roger & Sue Whorrod PhD Studentship |
| Globally accessible diagnostic microscopy: creating locally producible, automated microscopes to improve available diagnostics | Joe Knapper | Dr Richard Bowman, Dr Neill Campbell | University of Cambridge; Ifakara Health Institute at Bagamoyo - Tanzania | University Research Studentship |
| Multifunctional devices for rapid point-of-care diagnostics | Yasemin Mustafa | Dr Hannah Leese, Prof Pedro Estrela, Dr Despina Moschou | University Research Studentship | |
| Development of a low-cost microfluidic transducer for electric noise diagnostics of bacterial infections in low resource settings | Soraia Oliveira | Dr Nuno Reis, Prof Pedro Estrela, Dr Brian Jones | University of Coimbra - Portugal | Roger & Sue Whorrod PhD Studentship |
| NanoSense: Nanomaterial printed electronics for advanced, low-cost on-body health monitoring | João Santos | Dr Matthew Cole, Prof Pedro Estrela | Aixtron; University of Texas at Austin - USA | Roger & Sue Whorrod PhD Studentship |
| Smart traps for Chagas disease: employing microfluidics and machine learning to develop kissing bug traps for use throughout Latin America | Jamie Thompson | Dr Nicholas Priest, Dr Stefan Bagby, Dr Despina Moschou, Dr Ben Adams, Prof Sam Sheppard | Roger & Sue Whorrod PhD Studentship | |
| Detect, treat and tell: skin patches to sense infection and indicate recovery | Joe Turner | Dr Hannah Leese, Prof Pedro Estrela | Abbott Diabetes Care | Abbott Diabetes Care / EPSRC Doctoral Training Award |
Technologies for personalised management of non-communicable diseases
| Project | Student | Supervisors | External partners | Funders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electrochemical biosensors for cancer diagnostics and treatment management | Josephine Aidoo-Brown | Prof Pedro Estrela, Dr Despina Moschou | University Research Studentship | |
| Harnessing exercise to improve treatment outcomes in multiple myeloma | Harrison Collier-Bain | Dr John Campbell, Dr James Turner | Royal United Hospitals Bath / University Research Studentship | |
| Differentiated normal cell identity and the epigenetic barriers to trans-differentiation and reprogramming | Floris Honig | Prof Adele Murrell | University of Bristol; bio.bit | BBSRC South West Biosciences DTP (SWBio) |
| Biocompatible piezoelectrics for tissue regeneration | Vlad Jarkov | Dr Hamideh Khanbareh, Prof David Tosh, Prof Janet Scott, Prof Chris Bowen | Renishaw UK | EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies |
| Electronics-enabled Organ-on-Chip devices for high throughput drug screening applications | Sanjae King | Dr Despina Moschou, Dr Nikoletta Fotaki, Dr Charareh Pourzand | University Research Studentship | |
| Understanding the protein REES effect for biopharmaceutical stability assessment | Anthony Kwok | Dr Chris Pudney | ||
| Structure, applications and processing of biopolymers | Jasmine Lightfoot | Prof Steve Parker, Dr Antoine Buchard, Dr Bernardo Castro Dominguez | EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies | |
| Identifying microbes by combining spectral fingerprints with artificial intelligence and Bayesian machine learning | Benedict May | Dr Chris Pudney, Prof Michael Tipping, Prof Chris Chuck, Dr Daniel Henk | BBSRC South West Biosciences DTP (SWBio) | |
| A Lab-on-PCB biomedical diagnostic platform for on-chip protein preconcentration | Grace Maxted | Dr Despina Moschou, Prof Pedro Estrela | EPSRC Doctoral Training Award | |
| Surface-tethered styrene maleic acid lipid particles (SMALPs) towards the application of membrane proteins in devices | George Neville | Prof Karen Edler, Dr Paul Whitley, Prof Pedro Estrela | Stellenbosch University - South Africa | EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies |
| Autoantibody sensing for early diagnosis and subsequent monitoring of rheumatic diseases | Victoria Riddell | Dr Stefan Bagby, Prof Pedro Estrela, Prof Neil McHugh | University of Exeter | Bath Institute for Rheumatic Diseases |
| Coordination chemistry approaches to new biosensors and imaging tools and the elucidation of their interactions with cancer cells | Alex Simmons | Prof Sofia Pascu, Prof Pedro Estrela, Dr Charareh Pourzand | University Research Studentship | |
| Molecular systems for cancer diagnosis and therapy | Xue Tian | Prof Tony James | ||
| Self-powered piezoelectric sensors for wearable medical devices | Zois Tsikriteas | Dr Hamideh Khanbareh | DST Innovations / EPSRC Doctoral Training Award | |
| Synthetic electrochemical receptors (sensors) for non-communicable diseases | Simon Wikeley | Prof Tony James, Prof Frank Marken | Integrated Graphene / EPSRC Doctoral Training Award | |
| Fluorescent probes for reactive oxygen species | Yueci Wu | Prof Tony James | China Scholarship Council |
Technologies to improve water quality for better human health
| Project | Student | Supervisors | External partners | Funders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monitoring community health through wastewater based epidemiology: new analytical framework and technological approaches towards community infectious disease diagnostics | James Boxall-Clasby | Prof Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Prof Pedro Estrela, Prof Edward Feil | EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies | |
| Development of innovative plant microbial fuel cells for energy harvesting solutions in remote and poor areas of the world | Jakub Dziegielowski | Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo, Dr Benjamin Metcalfe | University Research Studentship | |
| Integrated biosensing platform for waterborne pathogen detection: improving public health | Joshua Rainbow | Prof Pedro Estrela, Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo | Public Health England; Cardiff University; Wyss Institute at Harvard University - USA | NERC CDT in Freshwater Biosciences and Sustainability (GW4 FRESH) |
| Medicinal products in the environment: novel strategies reducing environmental exposure | Natalie Sims | Prof Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern, Dr Tom Arnot | Wessex Water | EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies |
| Ionic diodes based on cellulosic materials as microsensors | Abigail Thompson | Prof Frank Marken, Prof Janet Scott, Prof Pedro Estrela | EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies |
Other Health Technologies
| Project | Student | Supervisors | External partners | Funders |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mohsina Bashir | Dr Stefan Bagby | |||
| Artificial intelligence for the neural control of upper limb prosthetics | Tom Donnelly | Dr Benjamin Metcalfe, Dr Uriel Martinez Hernandez | UKRI CDT in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI (ART-AI) | |
| Aya Elghajiji | Prof David Tosh, Dr Paulo Rocha | |||
| Jazz Ghataora | Dr Susanne Gebhard | |||
| Sensory feedback for upper-limb prostheses | Leen Jabban | Dr Benjamin Metcalfe, Dr Dingguo Zhang, Dr Ben Ainsworth | OpenBionics | University Research Studentship / Brian Nicholson Studentship / Esther Parkin Trust / Anthony Best Studentship |
| Melissa Mitchell | Dr Ali Mohammadi | |||
| AI-inspired closed loop electrical neuromodulation in multiple domains | Mafalda Ribeiro | Dr Benjamin Metcalfe, Dr Michael Proulx, Dr Christof Lutteroth | UKRI CDT in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI (ART-AI) | |
| Combining functional electrical stimulation with a robotic exoskeleton as an assistive and/or rehabilitative system for patients with upper limb impairments | Nathan Routledge | Dr Benjamin Metcalfe, Dr Dingguo Zhang, Dr Ben Ainsworth | Brian Nicholson Studentship | |
| Stephen Williams | Dr Adam Squires, Prof Frank Marken | |||
| Samuel Winter | Dr Chris Pudney |