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Digital Health and Biomedical Engineering

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Our group brings together engineers and computer scientists to discover new approaches to prevent, diagnose and manage health and medical conditions. Our research is end-to-end across digital health from sensors and meditech through to data science, AI and decision systems.

Part of Electronics and computer science

Researcher using some biomedical engineering equipment

About

Our interdisciplinary research addresses a wide range of topics from fundamental research through to translational patient-centred research and innovation. Examples include:

sensors and biosensors
control system design and rehabilitation technologies
lab-on-a-chip and microfluidics
biomedical signal processing and machine learning
wearable technology for healthcare
digital behavioural interventions
autonomous disease management
AI and health
data trusts for healthcare
consent and privacy management

Facilities

Researchers can make use of our dedicated multi-function biocontainment lab, the Centre for Hybrid Biodevices.

People, projects and publications

People

Mr Mohammed Mosuily

Mr Mohammed Mosuily

Research interests

Digital healthcare
Signal Processing
Artificial Intelligence

Connect with Mohammed

Email: mtm1g19@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +447307057635

ORCID

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Doctor Nic Fair

Dr Nic Fair PhD

Senior Enterprise Fellow

Connect with Nic

Email: N.S.Fair@soton.ac.uk

ORCID

Doctor Nicolas Green

Dr Nicolas Green PhD, MInstP

Reader

Research interests

Microfluidics and Lab-on-a-Chip
Dielectrophoresis and AC Electrokinetics
Medical Machine Learning

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Nicolas

Email: ng2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 3778

Google Scholar

ORCID

PM

Dr Panos Melas

Enterprise Fellow

Connect with Panos

Email: P.Melas@soton.ac.uk

PS

Dr Paul Smart

Senior Research Fellow

Connect with Paul

Email: ps02v@ecs.soton.ac.uk

ORCID

Doctor Rujie Sun

Dr Rujie Sun

Lecturer

Research interests

Medical Robotics (Micro/Nano Robotics, Soft Robotics)
Flexible Electronics
Sensors and Biosensors

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Rujie

Email: Rujie.Sun@soton.ac.uk

SS

Dr Samuel Senior

Research Engineer

Connect with Samuel

Email: S.Senior@soton.ac.uk

ORCID

SA

Mrs Sarah Alotaibi Ph.D. Ph.D.

Connect with Sarah

Email: shaa1n20@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 7402927722

Doctor Shelly Vishwakarma

Dr Shelly Vishwakarma PhD

Lecturer

Connect with Shelly

Email: S.Vishwakarma@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 26872-Teams number

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Doctor Shiyang Tang

Dr Shiyang Tang PhD, BEng, FHEA, CEng, MRSC, MIET

Associate Professor

Research interests

Liquid metal
Intelligent microfluidics
Biosensors

Accepting applications from PhD students

Connect with Shiyang

Email: Shiyang.Tang@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +44 23 8059 8839

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