April 12, 2022 Imperial medical technology spinout raises $11 million An imperial spinout company behind a digital therapy and rehabilitation platform has secured $11 million of investment funding. GripAble, formed by researchers at Imperial College London and clinicians at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, is a digital assessment and training platform supporting individuals undergoing rehabilitation for both neurological and musculoskeletal conditions. With a focus on hand and […]
March 10, 2022 Imperial awarded £11.3 million for early stage clinical research Imperial has been awarded £11.3 million by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR) to support the delivery of clinical research. The funding is for the NIHR Clinical Research Facility (CRF), a partnership between Imperial College London and Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. The facility offers a dedicated and purpose-built space in Hammersmith Hospital where […]
February 9, 2022 Portrait exhibition celebrates staff and patients in healthcare research A new series of portraits documenting researchers and patients involved in healthcare research has been unveiled in an online photography exhibition. Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) has launched a new gallery of portraits called ‘Humans of health research,’ showing staff and patients involved in research across the AHSC. Imperial College AHSC is a strategic university-NHS partnership that […]
September 1, 2021 Rehab device enables stroke survivors with arm disabilities to do more physical training A rehabilitation device can increase the amount of arm exercises stroke patients do without professional supervision, according to a new study. Over five million people in the UK live with arm weakness, with stroke damage accounting for one million people of those people. The only intervention shown to improve arm function is repetitive, task-specific exercise […]
March 16, 2021 Six Imperial researchers awarded leading health honours Six Imperial researchers have been appointed to prestigious research positions by the National Institute of Health Research (NIHR). They have been named as NIHR Senior Investigators – positions given to those who are deemed to be the most outstanding leaders of patient and people-based research within the NIHR faculty. They provide research leadership to the NIHR […]