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Insigneo Newsletter - July 2023
Welcome to our monthly Insigneo newsletter!
Our monthly e-newsletter keeps you up to date with events, funding, success stories and information. We hope you will find it useful!
Insigneo Showcase 2023
The Insigneo Showcase 2023 took place at the University of Sheffield's The Wave building and was attended by over 200 guests from across academia, healthcare and industry.
This year’s showcase programme followed the theme of partnerships, which the institute has focussed on growing. Insigneo Executive Director, Prof. Jim Wild celebrated the recent strengthening of partnerships regionally through involvement in the new EPSRC-funded South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub and Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust joining Insigneo this year as our third NHS partner organisation. Further afield he highlighed Insigneo's potential for global translation of cutting-edge science and engineering research through the institute's academic, clinical and industrial partnerships, including the new Horizon Europe-funded project, METASTRA (see announcement below for further details).
The day featured a packed schedule of inspirational talks showcasing work from across our five research themes and a fantastic plenary talk from Professor Jackie Hunter from BenevolentAI who spoke about her experiences of academic-industry partnership on AI in healthcare.
Thank you to everyone who joined us on the day for helping to make it such a lively, stimulating occasion, we really enjoyed seeing you all!
AI heart disease technology scoops national win at NHS Parliamentary Awards
An artificial intelligence cardiac diagnostic tool which is speeding up heart function assessments and reducing MRI scan reporting time for NHS heart patients has won The Future NHS Award at the prestigious NHS Parliamentary Awards ceremony.
The innovative tool, which was developed by scientists and clinicians from the University of Sheffield’s Insigneo Institute and Sheffield Teaching Hospitals, provides a super-fast analysis of the heart’s function, spotting heart damage on MRI heart scans in seconds.
The tool was named the overall winner in the national NHS Parliamentary Awards, which celebrate the work of NHS staff who have gone above and beyond in their field. The Awards, which were attended by Members of Parliament from across the political spectrum, were held to commemorate the health services’ 75th birthday.
The Sheffield team’s work was nominated by Sheffield MP Clive Betts.
MP meets the team behind transformative AI heart disease technology.
Clive Betts MP paid a visit to Sheffield Teaching Hospitals on Thursday 29 June to see first-hand how the AI work which he nominated for an NHS Future Parliamentary Award is being used to speed up and improve heart disease diagnosis.
The visit, which was hosted at the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, was made in advance of the national NHS Parliamentary Awards ceremony which took place in London on the NHS’ 75th birthday.
During the visit Clive was given a tour of the University of Sheffield’s state-of-the-art MRI unit, which houses a 1.5T MRI scanner capable of seeing changes in the heart and blood vessels that would once not have been observable. The cutting-edge technology is helping to improve heart disease care, and improve vital research in respiratory and neurological conditions such as motor neurone disease.
METASTRA: Transforming Fracture Risk Assessment for Cancer Patients with Vertebral Metastases
Cutting-edge EU-funded project METASTRA unites an interdisciplinary team of experts to spearhead a transformative approach to revolutionize fracture risk assessment and personalized treatment for cancer patients with vertebral metastases.
A groundbreaking initiative, METASTRA, is set to transform the way clinicians assess fracture risk in cancer patients with vertebral metastases. The METASTRA project is funded by the EU and the University of Sheffield is funded through the Innovate UK "Horizon Europe Guarantee Extension" scheme. The ambitious project promises to provide personalised treatment recommendations based on robust computational models and improved patient stratification techniques.
Coordinated by the University of Bologna, METASTRA brings together 15 partners from different European Member States, receiving a total funding of 6.7 Mil EUR over the next five years. With an avid and visionary work plan, the international, multidisciplinary research team is poised to make a substantial impact on the lives of cancer patients and the healthcare system as a whole.
Dr Enrico Dall'Ara, Insigneo Research Theme Director for Computational Modelling in Medicine, is the University of Sheffield's principal investigator and Work-Package leader for this EU-funded project, with Prof. Damien Lacroix, Insigneo Deputy Director as co-investigator.
Dr Dall'Ara from the Department of Oncology and Metabolism said, "I am looking forward to leading the WP3 of the METASTRA project in the next 5 years, developing and validating computational models for stratifying patients with spine metastases, improving the diagnosis of the risk of fracture in these patients and optimising their treatments. We have put together an excellent European consortium to tackle this challenge... stay tuned for updates on scientific results and clinical impact!"
Abstract submission for CompBioMed Conference 2023 extended
CompBioMed Conference 2023 (CBMC23) takes place on 12-14 September 2023 at the Science Congress Center Munich, Garching, Germany. The dedicated website for the conference can be found here:
www.compbiomed-conference.org
CompBioMed Conference 2023 will address all aspects of the rapidly burgeoning domain of computational biomedicine, from genome through organ to whole human and population levels, embracing data driven, mechanistic modelling and simulation, machine learning and combinations thereof. We welcome contributions from academic, clinical and industrial participants alike.
There are four confirmed plenary speakers, 13 symposia, and an International Organising Committee of renowned experts. The confirmed plenary speakers are:
- Amanda Randles, Duke University
- Richard Law, Exscientia
- Gunnar Cedersund, Linköping University
- Ines Thiele, National University of Ireland
The 13 symposia are:
- Digital Twins and Personalised Medicine
- Surrogate Modelling
- Imaging & Visualisation
- Molecular Medicine
- Ensemble workflows, verification, validation and uncertainty quantification (SEAVEA)
- In Silico Themed Session
- Organ Modelling and Simulation
- Towards the path to Exascale Computing
- From desktop to HPC and beyond in the clinic
- Immunology
- Artificial Intelligence / Machine Learning / Quantum Computing
- Innovation in Modern Biotechnology through M&S
- Education, Training & Public Awareness
We are also delighted to announce the CompBioMed Student Visualisation Competition, where students can submit their cinematic and intriguing visualisations of biomedical data / simulation data.
Register before 31 August 2023 for the early bird discount.
The deadline for Abstract Submission is 30 June 2023 extended to 31 July 2023.
The deadline for the CompBioMed Student Visualisation Competition is 15 August 2023.
There will also be a social event on the evening of 13 September 2023 at the oldest brewery in the world, the Bräustüberl Weihenstephan, including a guided tour of the brewery, beer tasting, and a conference dinner.
Child Health Technology Conference 2023 - Call for Late Breaking Abstracts
The Call for Late Breaking Abstracts for the third annual Child Health Technology conference is now open, with a deadline of 7th August 2023.
The conference will take place online, welcoming delegates from across the world on the 8th and 9th November 2023. Key themes include:
- Technology changing paediatric care and clinical practice
- Inclusion and involvement of patients and families
- Mind-body integration
- Low cost, high impact
- Data SOS (Strengths, Opportunities and Solutions)
- The road to commercialisation
Delegate passes also provide access to all conference content for up to one month after the event.
Please share this opportunity with your networks. If you have any questions about a potential submission, or the conference, please don't hesitate to contact the team at cypmedtech@nihr.ac.uk or visit www.childhealthtechnology.com.
FAIR Research Faculty Seminars - registration open
The University of Sheffield Library will be holding a series of Faculty specific seminars looking at the FAIR principles which aim to make data (and other outputs) Findable, Accessible, Interoperable and Reusable.
These seminars will introduce the benefits of applying these principles (i.e. enhanced impact, increased collaboration, greater credit for all research outputs, speedier progress) and will showcase our new FAIR guidance resource, created to help researchers embed the principles in their projects.
These faculty specific seminars are open to all interested University of Sheffield colleagues at all career stages, join us to find out how you can contribute to a FAIR future for research!
Registration is required. Please select the workshop for your home faculty or whichever best suits your discipline/availability.
Do you have news to share with us?
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Insigneo members - please let us know when your students are graduating so that we can celebrate their success!
Please ensure that you submit items for inclusion with a minimum of one week's notice.
Guest Lectures, Conferences & Seminars
We will share a link to our Online Training Opportunities document here each month.
Insigneo events
31 July
Insigneo seminar: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center NICU MRI experience
A selection of Insigneo seminar recordings are available to view on our YouTube channel.
Other events
4 - 8 September
OpenFest 2023
12 - 14 September
CompBioMed Conference 2023
14 - 15 September
BioMedEng23, Swansea
10 - 12 October
Avicenna Days 2023
8 - 9 November
Child Health Technology conference (CHT 2023) - Abstract deadline 7 August
For a full list of upcoming events visit: https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/insigneo/overview/events
Publications
Assessing real-world gait with digital technology? Validation, insights and recommendations from the Mobilise-D consortium (Journal of NeuroEngineering and Rehabilitation) M. E. Micó-Amigo, T. Bonci, A. Paraschiv-Ionescu, M. Ullrich, C. Kirk, A.Soltani, A. Küderle, E. Gazit, F. Salis, L. Alcock, K. Aminian, C. Becker, S. Bertuletti, P. Brown, E. Buckley, A. Cantu, A.-E. Carsin, M. Caruso, B. Caulfield, A. Cereatti, L. Chiari, I. D’Ascanio, B. Eskofier, S. Fernstad, M. Froehlich, J. Garcia-Aymerich, C. Hansen, J.M. Hausdorff, H. Hiden, E. Hume, A. Keogh, F. Kluge, S. Koch, W. Maetzler, D. Megaritis, A. Mueller, M. Niessen, L. Palmerini, L. Schwickert, K. Scott, B. Sharrack, H. Sillén, D. Singleton, B. Vereijken, I. Vogiatzis, A. J. Yarnall, L. Rochester, C. Mazzà, S. Del Din for the Mobilise-D consortium
Artificial Intelligence framework with traditional computer vision and deep learning approaches for optimal automatic segmentation of left ventricle with scar (Artificial Intelligence in Medicine) M. Mamalakis, P. Garg, T. Nelson, J.M. Wild, R.H. Clayton
In Vivo Bone Regeneration Capacity of Multiscale Porous Polycaprolactone-Based High Internal Phase Emulsion (PolyHIPE) Scaffolds in a Rat Calvarial Defect Model (ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces) B. A. Dikici, M.-C. Chen, S. Dikici, H.-C. Chiu, F. Claeyssens
Complexity of spatio-temporal plantar pressure patterns during everyday behaviours (Journal of the Royal Society, Interface) L. D. Cleland, H. M. Rowland, C. Mazzà, H. P. Saal
Markov modeling of phase singularity interaction effects in human atrial and ventricular fibrillation (Chaos) E. V. Jenkins, D.i Dharmaprani, M. Schopp, J. X. Quah, K. Tiver, L. Mitchell, M. P. Nash, R. H. Clayton, K. Pope, A. N. Ganesan
Assessment of Right Ventricular Function—a State of the Art (Current Heart Failure Reports) A. Hameed, R. Condliffe, A. J. Swift, S. Alabed, D. G. Kiely, A. Charalampopoulos
