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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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.
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Collaboration between the Insigneo Institute and the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ 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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield’s Insigneo Institute and the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Ghana.
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9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield becomes member of newly-established Turing 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ Network

Prof. Haiping Lu is Insigneo's Research Theme Director for Healthcare Data & AI and Turing Academic Lead for the 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield, which has strengthened ties with The Alan Turing Institute, becoming a member of the Turing 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ 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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ 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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ 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 9 1Ãâ·Ñ°æÏ of Sheffield.