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Engaging with parliament

On Friday 21 March Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle and the UK Parliament’s Knowledge Exchange Unit held an event on engaging with Parliament at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield.
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Collaboration between the Insigneo Institute and the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Ghana

Insigneo research theme director for Healthcare data/AI, Dr Ning Ma, has been awarded partnership development funding to strengthen the relationship between the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield’s Insigneo Institute and the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Ghana.
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ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield becomes member of newly-established Turing ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Network

Prof. Haiping Lu is Insigneo's Research Theme Director for Healthcare Data & AI and Turing Academic Lead for the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield, which has strengthened ties with The Alan Turing Institute, becoming a member of the Turing ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø Network.
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New ultrasound method could lead to easier disease diagnosis

A new ultrasound method that can measure the level of tension in human tissue for the first time - a key indicator of disease - has been developed by researchers from the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield, including Insigneo member Dr Artur Gower.
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PhD Programme in Digital Health

We are delighted to announce the launch of The Sheffield Children’s Hospital/Insigneo Institute PhD Programme in Digital Health in collaboration with Great Ormond Street Children’s Hospital.
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AI could speed up discovery of new medicines

Artificial intelligence that could reduce the cost and speed-up the discovery of new medicines has been developed as part of a collaboration between researchers at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield and AstraZeneca.
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Digital foot could revolutionise bionic limbs and other assistive technologies

A digital foot sole that enables scientists to see the neurological signals that control how we walk and maintain balance, has been developed by researchers at the ºÚÁϳԹÏÍø of Sheffield.