Disease diagnostics for low-resource settings
Project | Student | Supervisors | External partners | Funder |
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Development of molecularly imprinted polymer based sensor arrays for detection of pathogenic bacteria | Meltem Agar | Dr Pedro Estrela, Dr Hannah Leese, Dr Maisem Laabei | Ministry of Education, Turkey | |
Diagnostic sensors for HIV management in low-resource settings | Katarzyna Białas | Dr Pedro Estrela, Dr Despina Moschou, Prof Mark Lindsay | Rhodes University - South Africa; Right to Care - South Africa; University College London | Roger & Sue Whorrod PhD Studentship |
Rapid microfluidic diagnostic tools for fighting antimicrobial resistance | Kirandeep Gill | Dr Nuno Reis, Dr Pedro Estrela | EPSRC Doctoral Training Award | |
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, Dr 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, Dr 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, Dr 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, Dr Pedro Estrela | Abbott Diabetes Care | Abbott Diabetes Care / EPSRC Doctoral Training Award |
Printed biosensors for next generation sepsis point-of-care diagnostic Lab-on-Chip microsystems | Uroš Župančič | Dr Despina Moschou, Dr Pedro Estrela, Dr John Campbell | Wyss Institute at Harvard University - USA | University Research Studentship / Rosetrees Trust |
Technologies for personalised management of non-communicable diseases
Project | Student | Supervisors | External partners | Funders |
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Electrochemical biosensors for cancer diagnostics and treatment management | Josephine Aidoo-Brown | Dr Pedro Estrela, Dr Despina Moschou | University Research Studentship | |
Field-effect transistors for microfluidic interfacial biosensing | Angel Cascarino | Dr Pedro Estrela, Dr Despina Moschou | University of Coimbra - Portugal | University Research Studentship |
A Lab-on-PCB biomedical diagnostic platform for on-chip protein preconcentration | Grace Maxted | Dr Despina Moschou, Dr 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, Dr Pedro Estrela | EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies | |
Expanding the sensitivity of Lab-on-PCB diagnostic microsystems via inkjet printed FETs | Sotiris Papamatthaiou | Dr Despina Moschou, Dr Pedro Estrela | Nanyang Technical University - Singapore | University Research Studentship |
Autoantibody sensing for early diagnosis and subsequent monitoring of rheumatic diseases | Victoria Riddell | Dr Stefan Bagby, Dr 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, Dr Pedro Estrela, Dr Charareh Pourzand | University Research Studentship | |
Self-powered piezoelectric sensors for wearable medical devices | Zois Tsikriteas | Dr Hamideh Khanbareh | DST Innovations / EPSRC Doctoral Training Award |
Technologies to improve water quality for better human health
Project | Student | Supervisors | External partners | Funders |
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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, Dr 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 | |
Bio-electrochemical sensors for water quality monitoring: sensor development and signal processing | Dolores Gonzalez | Dr Mirella Di Lorenzo, Dr Petra Cameron, Prof Jan Hofman | EPSRC CDT in Water Informatics: Science and Engineering (WISE) | |
Integrated biosensing platform for waterborne pathogen detection: improving public health | Joshua Rainbow | Dr 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 CDT) |
Ionic diodes based on cellulosic materials as microsensors | Abigail Thompson | Prof Frank Marken, Prof Janet Scott, Dr Pedro Estrela | EPSRC CDT in Sustainable Chemical Technologies |
Other Health Technologies
Project | Student | Supervisors | External partners | Funders |
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Artificial intelligence for the neural control of upper limb prosthetics | Tom Donnelly | Dr Benjamin Metcalfe, Dr Uriel Martinez Hernandez | UKRI CDT in in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI (AI-ART) | |
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 |
AI-inspired closed loop electrical neuromodulation in multiple domains | Mafalda Ribeiro | Dr Benjamin Metcalfe, Dr Michael Proulx, Dr Christof Lutteroth | UKRI CDT in in Accountable, Responsible and Transparent AI (AI-ART) |