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Research Group

Digital Health and Biomedical Engineering

Researcher using some biomedical engineering equipment

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.

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

Research interests

  • Digital healthcare
  • Signal Processing
  • Artificial Intelligence

Email: mtm1g19@soton.ac.uk

Tel: +447307057635

Address: B53, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Nic Fair PhD

Senior Enterprise Fellow

Email: n.s.fair@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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

Email: ng2@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Panos Melas

Enterprise Fellow

Email: p.melas@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Paul Smart

Senior Research Fellow

Email: ps02v@ecs.soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Rujie Sun

Lecturer

Research interests

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

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: rujie.sun@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Samuel Senior

Research Engineer

Email: s.senior@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Mrs Sarah Alotaibi Ph.D. Ph.D.

Email: shaa1n20@soton.ac.uk

Address: B32, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

Dr Shelly Vishwakarma PhD

Lecturer

Email: s.vishwakarma@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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

Associate Professor

Research interests

  • Liquid metal
  • Intelligent microfluidics
  • Biosensors

Accepting applications from PhD students

Email: shiyang.tang@soton.ac.uk

Address: B13, East Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ

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