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UWE Bristol’s Unconventional Computing Lab develops Post Machine

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A team consisting of the Unconventional Computing Lab (UCL) at UWE Bristol and Artificial Life and Robotics Lab (ALIROB) of the Instituto Politécnico Nacional (IPN) have built the first Post Machine.

A Post machine (or tag system) is a machine equivalent to a Turing’s machine and therefore equally powerful in recognising decidable problems. A Turing’s machine is a mathematical model of computation describing an abstract machine that manipulates symbols on a strip of tape according to a table of rules. Despite the model’s simplicity, it is capable of implementing any computer algorithm.

In 1961,  Marvin Minsky proved which tag systems are computationally universal. A Post machine can perform any algorithm as well and its substitution system is simple in essence.

This robotic Post machine is built with modular robots (Cubelets) and is the first known physical implementation of such machines. Similarly, a previous UCL and ALIROB collaboration was the first robotic Turing machine also built with modular robots.

The success of this result has been acknowledged in the recent Stephen Wolfram’s book “Twenty Years of A New Kind of Science”. The Post machine robot is referred to in the book and in the virtual gallery.

Additionally, Eric Schweikardt, founder of Modular Robotics, refers to this result as “A No Longer New Kind of Science” in his blog post.

The project is a collaboration with the UCL, led by Professor Andrew Adamatzky and ALIROB, led by Professor Genaro J. Martínez.

Professor Genaro Martínez commented on the project: This international collaboration has been very productive for more than 20 years. This interchange between both laboratories include topics in: computer science, cellular automata, robotics, complex systems, art and artificial intelligence. Relating academics and students from UK and Mexico and other countries.

Consult the Post Machine in detail.

References:

Martínez, G. J., Adamatzky, A., Figueroa, R. Q., Schweikardt, E., Zaitsev, D. A., Zelinka, I., & Oliva-Moreno, L. N. (2022). Computing with Modular Robots. International Journal of Unconventional Computing, 17(1-2), 31-60. URL: https://www.oldcitypublishing.com/journals/ijuc-home/ijuc-issue-contents/ijuc-volume-17-number-1-2-2022/ijuc-17-1-2-p-31-60/

Figueroa, R. Q., Zamorano, D. A., Martínez, G. J., & Adamatzky, A. (2019). A Turing Machine Constructed with Cubelets Robots. Journal of Robotics, Networking and Artificial Life, 5(4), 265-268. URL: https://download.atlantis-press.com/journals/jrnal/125905739

Sex on the Brain – The Psychology of sexual health- A Division of Health Psychology Engagement Winner

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Winners of The British Psychological Society, Division of Health Psychology, Research Networking and Public Engagement Prize, Dr Jane Meyrick and Kevin Turner, from UWE Bristol, hosted an online event to discuss and explore the unique contributions of health psychology to the dynamic field of sexual health.

Over 100 delegates registered for the webinar including public health specialists, sexual health physicians, pharmacists, third sector volunteers, researchers, therapists, commissioners, behavioural scientists and students from a range of professional training programmes.

Paul Flowers, Professor in Sexual Health Psychology at the University of Strathclyde opened the event with a keynote address around the use of health psychology theory and methods. Paul drew upon several case studies to demonstrate the application of health psychology across a range of projects to show how we contribute:

  1. Understanding lived experience (qualitative research)
  2. Optimising individual interventions (behaviour change) and provide
  3. Service design and programme theory (logic models/theory of change).  

In doing so he encouraged us to both celebrate and grow the diversity of approaches and topics within sexual health psychology.

Dr Claire Dewsnap, President of the British Association for Sexual Health and HIV (BASHH), set us the challenge of meeting key STI threats in the UK, including the emergency of new sexually transmitted infections, delayed presentations for syphilis, antimicrobial resistance and the national HIV action plan, which aims to achieve 0 new HIV infections by 2030. Claire advocated for the critical role of psychologists in addressing ongoing issues around decision making, risk reduction and access to care including the need for activism around funding shortfalls and how the recent MPox outbreak had stress tested supposed gains over stigma in sexual health.

The issue of access to care, was addressed by active and prominent contributors working within the field. The acceptability and feasibility of chatbots for sexual and reproductive health was presented by Dr Tom Nadarzynski, a chartered health psychologist based at the University of Westminster who discussed using informatics to meet the needs of individuals with focused evidence around their potential for functions such as information provision.

Within his presentation, Uzochi Nwaosu, a Sexual Health Adviser and Trainee Health Psychologist at the University of the West of England (UWE) took on the disproportionate burden of sexually transmitted infection carried by racially minoritised communities, and used his doctoral research to explore the experiences and needs of black heterosexual men living in London facing barriers to GUM services

Kevin Turner presented the under-represented health and wellbeing needs of male sex workers. Findings from his research as a part of the Professional Doctorate in Health Psychology at UWE advocated for future interventions to encompass a combination of behavioural, biomedical and structural approaches in addition to being grounded in the actual rather than perceived needs, of men accepting rewards for sex, sexual content.  His work raised issues of identity and problematic labelling of this population.

Organisers Jane Meyrick and Kevin Turner commented on the “authentic and vital nature of the event”. A sentiment further echoed by delegates who feedback that the event was useful in developing their interest in sexual health and health psychology, many finding the content relevant to their professional practice. Prof Paul Flowers described the webinar as a “key forum from which we can develop further and learn from each other”.  Participants described it as:-

“Well worth a watch for anyone interested in psychology and sexual health”

“Really thought provoking and innovative”

“Really interesting and informative. You know it’s great when you can’t believe it’s come to an end”

Twitter amplified the reach of the session with over 10,000 impressions and lots of retweeting action with compliments from attendees such as:

“Totally spectacular – from start to finish!  This is 100% perfect!  Thank you all! David (@David_T_Evans)”

The organisers are hoping to take the webinar to an international audience through a symposium at the World Congress of HIV + STIs.

A recording of the webinar can be accessed from:

Event organisers can be contacted via:

Slow Violence and River Abuse: The Hidden effect of Land use on water quality exhibition

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  • An exhibition of the Connecting Research pilot project.
  • Bower Ashton F Block Gallery Jan 31st – Feb 3rd 2023
  • Opening preview Thursday 2nd Feb 2023, 5pm-7pm

An exhibition on Slow Violence and River Abuse, part of the Connecting Research Pilot project, will take place in the Bower Ashton F Block Gallery, Jan 31st– Feb 3rd 2023.

The exhibition will display some of the outcomes from a cross department research pilot looking at the hidden effect of Land use on water quality.

Researchers Dr Gillian Clayton; Professor Darren Reynolds; Niamh Fahy and Associate Professor Sarah Bodman have been collaborating on a project in Somerset, UK, from which Niamh is using data and samples collected by Gillian, to create printed outcomes that investigate and respond to the relationship between land use and aquatic health. The work uses several print processes which respond to the specificity of water bodies investigated and the initial findings gathered through fieldwork and lab analysis.

Niamh Fahy is an artist and UWE Bristol researcher at the Centre for Print Research, investigating the possibilities and capacity for the print artist to challenge and expand modes of understanding anthropogenic changes within landscape. Niamh is interested in expanding interdisciplinary research projects between print artists and environmental science groups.

Dr Gillian Clayton is a UWE Bristol researcher in Water Sciences at the Centre for Research in Biosciences. Gillian Clayton is working on international sustainable development projects in the water, agri-food and health sectors, focussing on small-scale electrochemical treatment technologies to treat fresh waters.

UWE Bristol Researchers contribute to the SAGE Handbook of Graduate Employability

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The SAGE Handbook of Graduate Employability has launched this month, with 64 contributing authors from 18 countries and 30 chapters this new publication paves the way for improving how we handle Graduate Employability.

Not only have UWE Bristol academics come together to write two of these chapters but the Co-editor of the Handbook is none other than John Neugebauer, a Visiting Fellow of Bristol Business School.

A founding co-editor with Dr Miriam Firth, Manchester University. SAGE invited him to prepare the Handbook based on his previous publications and expertise. Other editors of this publication, Dr Yuzhuo Cai Tampere University, Finland; Professor Emma Hunt, Falmouth University, and Professor Tania Broadley, Canberra University; came from across academia and were chosen for their knowledge within this field.

The handbook brings together the latest research on graduate employability into one authoritative volume. Dedicated parts guide readers through topics, key issues and debates relating to delivering, facilitating, and evaluating graduate employability. Showcasing positions and voices from communities, industries, political spheres, and cultural landscapes; this book has been created to support the research of students, researchers and practitioners across a broad sphere of social science areas.

The first UWE Bristol submitted chapter ‘Learning through Uncertainty: Team Learning and the Development of an Entrepreneurial Mindset’ comes from Hugo Gaggiotti, Selen Kars, and Carol Jarvis of Bristol Business School. The chapter draws on research conducted with staff and students at Bristol City Robins Foundation and looks at their BA Sports Business and Entrepreneurship programme.  The programmes approach explores team coaching and team learning through doing, encouraging students to develop as active participants responsible for shaping their own learning and project opportunities. The Bristol Leadership and Change Centres’s Blog gives more information on this chapter.

The second chapter of the Handbook that has had UWE Bristol input is ‘graduate transitions to the workplace’ by Jenny Chen Senior Lecturer: Human Resource Management.

Many graduates leave their first post graduate job after less than one year. In this chapter Jenny Chen looks to improve our understanding on new graduates’ role transitions by asking key questions that explore why graduates may succeed or fail. She does this by asking what are key rescores that can help facilitate and prepare them to adapt successfully into functioning, professional employees more effectively and, what could we be doing at each step of their journey to make their transition as smooth as possible.

You can find out more about the Sage handbook of employability and the chapters we have written in it here.

Women Researchers’ Mentoring Scheme – open for applications

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The Women Researchers’ Mentoring Scheme (WRMS) aims to promote and facilitate professional development for women researchers working at UWE Bristol, helping them reach senior research roles.  This scheme provides support to female staff (including those who identify as female or non-binary) to develop and strengthen their research portfolio, making them more able to compete for senior research roles alongside their male counterparts.

This scheme offers a specified number of mentoring opportunities, which aim to provide mentees with encouragement, support and advice from experienced colleagues in order to help the mentee realise their potential and fulfil their research career aspirations. 

The new application cycle for the WRMS is now open. The scheme is open to all women in academic and research roles, employed by UWE Bristol, who wish to develop their careers.

The benefits of being involved in the scheme by becoming a mentor or mentee could assist your development and progression. The scheme will entail a nominated woman researcher being matched to a mentor, who can be a woman or man. Training will be provided to all new participants. The application deadline is Wednesday 18 January 2023.

Further details of the scheme including how to apply is available on the Women Researchers’ Mentoring Scheme staff intranet pages.

Research in Emergency Care Avon Collaborative Hub: Hospital or Not event

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On 1st November, the Research in Emergency Care Avon Collaborative Hub (REACH) hosted an event e.xploring how to decide when hospital would benefit patients aged 65 or over.

The event was fully booked and had a great mix of paramedics, geriatricians and members of the public who enjoyed some fantastic discussion sessions and a delicious lunch in between presentations about frailty, minor head injury and major trauma.

Talks included:

  • Professor Jay Banerjee on Frality
  • Dr Helen Nicholson on minor head injury in older people
  • Emma Page & Hayden Frazer on the North Bristol Care Home Interface Project
  • Jean Palmer & Edmund Brooks on the paitent’s perspective

The event included a simulation by the UWE Bristol Student Paramedic Simulation Society of an ambulance crew attending an older person who had fallen. Two members of the public also shared their experiences of being full time carers.

The discussions throughout the day were fascinating and will help to inform the future research in the area of emergency care for older people.

REACH is a collaborative research hub in Bristol that aims to improve the delivery of urgent and emergency care.

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The south Asian Dementia Pathway (ADAPT) study

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Dissemination event held online on Thursday 13th October 2022

Written by Dr Emily Dodd, Senior Research Fellow and project manager for the ADAPT study.

“An amazing and informative session[1]”

Almost 100 people across the UK joined an online dissemination event on Thursday 13th October 2022 to hear about and see in action the new online toolkit that has been recently developed through the research carried out as part of the ADAPT study.  Funded by the National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR), the purpose of this study was to create an online toolkit of culturally appropriate assessments and interventions that support people from South Asian communities across the dementia care pathway.

“The lived experiences from the Carers were particularly impactful”

The study was co-led by Rik Cheston, Professor of Dementia Research at the University of the West of England and Dr Sahdia Parveen, Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bradford. This was a truly collaborative project including the Universities of Wolverhampton and Bath and charity partners the Race Equality Foundation and Dementia Alliance for Culture and Ethnicity. Importantly, the study has been fortunate to have a strong and engaged public contributor team who have “kept it real” and ensured the voice of those affected by dementia from south Asian communities ran throughout the planning and execution of the study.

“…this fantastic study and resource”

Previous research has shown that roughly 25,000 people from ethnic minority communities live with dementia in the UK and the largest single grouping are people whose origins are from South Asian countries. We also know that while people from South Asian communities are at greater risk of developing dementia they are less likely to access all points of the dementia care pathway. The study team therefore wanted to bring together in one place evidenced-based resources to support people from South Asian communities affected by dementia along with recommendations to healthcare staff providing relevant services.

“Hugely insightful and the toolkit will be a massive resource for us”

The online event was an opportunity for the study team to share the online toolkit itself alongside the findings of the study and the films developed as part of the study. People who attended the event included those who took part in the study and wider stakeholders including health and social care professionals and voluntary and community sector organisations supporting and caring for people affected by dementia. The hard-hitting and powerful film ‘Kiran’ (an eight-minute true-to-life dramatization of the struggles and difficulties families face when caring for a loved one living with dementia) that was produced as part of the study was also shown in full at the event.   

“Its a game changer for me”

The ADAPT study website and toolkit are hosted by the Race Equality Foundation and can be accessed by visiting the website: https://raceequalityfoundation.org.uk/adapt/.

Please contact the team directly with any questions or feedback you have about the toolkit on adapt@uwe.ac.uk.  

[1] Quotes come from the Zoom chat box during the event

Future Textiles Conference 2023

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Bristol and online, 28 February – 2 March 2023

The Centre for Print Research (CFPR) is excited to announce the Future Textiles Conference 2023, Bristol and Online, 28 February – 2 March 2023, focusing on Future Clothing for the Next Generation.

Textiles are so ubiquitous, yet their functions have not been changed much since the dawn of civilization. Additionally, textiles have received widespread attention as a versatile platform in recent years for future wearable electronics applications. However, they are still far from the requirements of modern-day electronics.

The global textile industry is also often cited as the second most polluting industry after oil, responsible for ~8-10% of global CO2 emission, ~20% water pollution and ~35% microplastic pollution.

Therefore, radically new approaches are needed at both materials and manufacturing level to transform textiles into highly innovative, sustainable, and intelligent clothing.

Sustainable clothing research from Smart wearable e-textiles research from Graphene Application Laboratory at CFPR

This conference will provide a forum for collaborative discussions to address such key challenges at both academic and industry level to develop future clothing for the next generation and facilitate the rapid transition of such textiles from lab to market.

The conference key themes are:

  • New Materials for Textiles
  • Wearable Electronic Textiles (E-textiles)
  • Digital Manufacturing (Industry 4.0)  
  • Sustainable Textile Manufacturing 
  • Circular Economy  
  • Smart Functional Textiles  
  • Protective Medical Clothing 
Smart wearable e-textiles research from Graphene Application Laboratory at CFPR

The conference will have varied speakers from across the industry. Keynote speakers include Professor Sir Konstantin Novoselov FRS from the National University of Singapore (NUS), who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 2010 for isolating graphene at The University of Manchester in 2004.  He is an expert in condensed matter physics, mesoscopic physics, and nanotechnology. Every year since 2014, Kostya Novoselov has been included in the list of the most highly cited researchers in the world.

Other confirmed keynote speakers include Prof Stephen Russel and Prof Chris Carr from Leeds Institute for Textiles and Colour (LITAC), The university of Leeds, Prof Stephen Eichhorn from the University of Bristol, Prof Zijian Zheng from the Institute of Textile and Clothing at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Mr James Baker CEng FIET FRSA, CEO- Graphene@manchester, the University of Manchester, Professor Melik Demirel from Penn State University, USA, Anne Marr from University Arts London (UAL), and Dr Jun Chen from UCLA.

“On behalf of the organising team, I am delighted to welcome you all to the first international conference on future textiles. The global textiles industry is currently facing a number of challenges in terms of materials, manufacturing and sustainability.  Addressing these challenges, the Future Textiles Conference will provide us opportunity for collaborative discussions to propose strategies for next generation clothing which is smart and sustainable. We very much look forward to hearing from you about your exciting research around new materials, digital manufacturing and sustainability for future textiles.” says Dr Nazmul Karim, Conference Chair and Associate Professor at CFPR, UWE Bristol.

The first Future Textiles Conference is one of the key outcomes of £7.7M of funding from Research England for Expanding Excellence in England awarded to the Centre for Print Research, which has enabled us to build a brand new Graphene Application Laboratory, attracting a  world-leading group of scientists to UWE Bristol including academics, fellows and PhD students, investigating novel applications and related technologies deriving from new materials, including graphene and other graphene-like, two-dimensional materials.

Dr Shaila Afroj, Co-organiser of the conference, says “This conference is going to be a fantastic opportunity to meet some of the great academics and industry experts who are leading the future textile industry, bringing all the exciting functionalities into your everyday clothing, yet care very much about the beautiful earth we live in. Eagerly looking forward to see all the great minds buzzing with new ideas, exploring new collaboration and getting excited to talk about all the new innovation. Hope to see you there … “

More information on the Future Textiles Conference.

Southwest Public Health and Criminal Justice Academic Network

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By:

  • Helen Erswell (Consultant in Health Protection, SW Health Protection, UK Health Security Agency)
  • Rachel Campbell (Health and Justice Public Health Lead, Office of the Regional Director of Public Health Southwest, NHS England)
  • Kieran McCartan (Professor in Criminology, UWE Bristol)

On the 5th of October UWE Bristol hosted the 2nd Public Health and Criminal Justice network meeting at UWE. This was a hybrid event with 60 participants attending in person and online. The event was a great success and highlighted the growing recognition that public health, health, and criminal justice need to be working together to understand the causes, consequences, and responses to criminal behaviour. The network is a collaboration between national Health Service England, UK Health Security Agency, and UWE Bristol.

The event started off with a reminder of why the network was formed and its guiding principles, which are to better aligning criminal justice inputs, processes, and outcomes with public health framework, language, and policies. Over the past 5-10 years in the UK there has been a growing recognition that criminal behaviour is linked to health and wellbeing, therefore enforcing the need for health, public health, and criminal justice systems to work together. We can see this professional and policy recognition through the creation of community safety partnerships, violence reduction units, changes in policing, probation, and prisons to be more trauma informed; as well as significant shifts in policy and practice levels at City/region level (i.e., Bristol looking to be a trauma informed city and Plymouth taking a placed based approach to combat and prevent child abuse). From an academic perspective this is rooted in Epidemiological Criminology (EpiCrim) which unites and synthesises public health and criminal justice theories,, practices, and policies across the socio-ecological perspective (Individual, interpersonal, community, and societal) as well as the preventive remit (primary, secondary, tertiary, and quaternary), while in practice this means multi-agency, collaborative working and a shared vision for service delivery that is service user informed and supportive  (in the case victims and preparators of crime). Which can be a challenge, for although the values of public health, health, and criminal justice are similar the language, measures, processes, and delivery are often not. The network is a place for people from across the board (we had attendees from health, public health, prison, policing, education, and academic) to discuss these issues, upskill, change the nature of the conversation, and learn new, and hopefully, good, practice.

The workshop speakers included:

Professor Hazel Kemshall (Emeritus Professor, De Montfort) University) discussing an upcoming collaborative HMI Probation with Kieran called ‘’Desistance, Recovery, and Justice Capital: Putting It All Together’’. In the talk Hazel focused on the importance of a rounded approach to understanding desistence and risk management, highlighting the important of professional engagement (Justice Capital) in delivering pro-social outcomes it a trauma informed, compassionate way. View her presentation below:

View the recording of her presentation.

Marie Cunningham (Senior Clinical Manager NECS) then discussed work she had been involved in as part of the ‘’Neurodiversity review across South West Health & Justice services’’, which highlighted the need for early identification of need at the first point of contact with the CJS. This would be supported by consistent standardised comprehensive professional training. Marie suggested that mandated easily accessible, succinct screening and diagnostic tools that could be used in situ would aid frontline professionals in identifying service users with neurodiversity issues sooner, and support their rehabilitation, desistence, treatment and risk management. View her presentation below:

View Marie’s presentation

Following on from Marie we had Dr Lucy Wainwright (Director of research at EPIC) & Paula Harriott (Head of Prisoner Engagement – Impact and Influencing, Prison Reform Trust).   Lucy and Paula spoke about their observations of neurodiversity in prison, sharing a video of a colleague discussing his lived experience of neurodiversity and the challenges that presented him within a prison setting. Their colleague highlighted that in their experience the prison system was not set up to respond effectively to people with neurodiversity and that they were often seen as challenging by staff, that they had to prove their neurodiversity and related experiences (they discussed having to prove that they had a university degree in spite of their neurodiversity) at every stage and requests for additional support were either not met or incorrectly met (i.e., getting the incorrect reading filter and staff assumptions, rather than engagement).  Support was given for more training and awareness of neurodiversity across the whole criminal justice system, and consideration given to the challenges facing policy makers, HMPPS staff, and prisoners at the current time in terms of resources. View their presentation below:

View Lucy and Paula’s presentation

The final talk of the day was by Professor Debbie Stark Regional Director for The Office of Health Improvement & Disparities South West (OHID) and NHSE Regional Director of Public Health South West, who discussed ‘’Public Health Approaches-Health & Justice’’ and emphasised the importance of this network in breaking down some of the language, communication, and practice barriers between public health, health, and justice. In doing this Debbie reinforced the importance of partnership working, especially in challenging and difficult times. View her presentation below:

View Debbie’s presentation

The event was a great success, with many people talking in the break and afterwards (online and in person) to make connections with each other. We have already started planning for the next one, in February 2023, and if you would like to know more, join the network, attend the event, get involved with the steering group or present at an event please do reach out. Please complete the online form to join the network.

Black History Month 2022: Research Focus

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As part of Black History Month 2022, we are spotlighting individuals working around the following themes:

  • Skills
  • Innovation
  • Research
  • Business

In this spotlight, we focus on Dr Faatihah Niyi-Odumosu and her innovative research around physical activity and health promotion in chronic kidney disease. Faatihah’s past work looked at investigating the impact of physical activity and exercise trials on kidney function, markers of chronic inflammation, physical function, and health-related quality of life of adults with non-dialysis chronic kidney disease.

She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Applied Human Physiology at UWE Bristol but has previously worked across the UK and internationally in various roles and has over 10 years of teaching experience. She was a physician and a lecturer in Physiology at the University of Ilorin, Nigeria where she co-founded the Exercise and Sports Science Research Group, a University Teacher at Loughborough University, and a lecturer in Biomedical science at De Montfort University, UK.

She gained her PhD in Clinical Exercise Physiology from Loughborough University. Faatihah is a fellow of the higher education academy (FHEA) with a postgraduate certificate of teaching in higher education (PGCTHE).

Recently Faatihah has been involved in cross-disciplinary research on lifestyle medicine: physical activity and health promotion in varied lifestyle diseases and interdisciplinary approaches to developing effective and sustainable physical activity across under-represented groups (Elderly (Healthy ageing), Black, Asian, and other ethnic minorities; and Women) addressing barriers and limitations to regular physical activity.

In addition to this, Faatihah is involved in ongoing collaborative health-related projects across social and rehabilitation robotics including digital health interventions and an AI (and mixed reality) feasibility study for pre-op planning and simulation of minimally invasive (keyhole) cardiac valve surgeries.

Faatihah was recently awarded funding as part of the UWE Bristol Vice-Chancellor Challenge Fund for a project to look at the use of AI to interpret video recordings of keyhole cardiac surgeries to appraise surgeons’ performance, optimise surgical tasks, and identify training needs (IVA HEART).

She also won a cross-faculty grant for integrating AI and AR in the pre-operative planning of keyhole cardiac surgery (AI/ARMICVS).

Faatihah is a Co-I on a £1.8M UKRI-funded project (Fitbees) to encourage sustainable physical activity in under-represented groups currently not engaging with the digital fitness market

Faatihah is secretary of the LMIC International Society for Physical Activity and Health (ISPAH) research council and a Commonwealth scholar.

Going forward Faatihah wants to solve health challenges through innovative research and establish a research theme on “Healthy ageing and lifestyle medicine” including more collaborative projects and successful bids.

“My ultimate research goal is to develop innovative strategies to improve (and sustain) quality of life and healthy ageing with no limit to age, ethnicity, sex, or clinical condition.”

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