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The Evidence Space #1 - Putting the patient in the middle: Part One

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  • Duration: 20 mins
  • Publication date: 09 Aug 2021
  • Part of series The Evidence Space Podcasts

Abstract

This is part one of The Evidence Space episode 'Putting the patient in the middle' with guests Dr. Paul Wicks and Dr Elin Haf Davies.

The Evidence Space podcast features experts from a variety of disciplines to share knowledge among healthcare professionals and the general public, proving the value of technology for health, care and life sciences.

This episode of the Evidence Space explores how patients can be involved in the development of medical innovations and how technologies can be designed for the intended users. We all know the role of engineers and clinicians in developing new innovations, but what about the patient? In this week’s podcasts, we will be looking at how patients can be involved in the development of medical innovations and how technologies can be designed for the intended users, the patients themselves.

In this episode Dr. Peter Bannister is joined by our guests, Dr Elin Haf Davies and Dr Paul Wicks.

 

Keywords:
  • COVID-19
  • Dr Elin Haf Davies
  • Dr Paul Wicks
  • Dr Peter Bannister
  • clinicians
  • design process
  • device testing
  • digital health
  • engineers
  • healthcare
  • healthcare podcast
  • healthcare podcasts
  • healthcare solutions
  • hospitals
  • how technologies can be designed for the patient
  • innovations
  • medical innovations
  • new solutions for healthcare
  • patient data
  • podcasts
  • technologies
  • the evidence space
  • wicks digital health

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  • Dr Peter  Bannister

    Dr Peter Bannister

    The IET Healthcare Panel, Chair

    Dr Peter Bannister has held senior executive positions in multiple high-tech university spin-outs, has over 15 years’ experience translating novel imaging technologies from lab to market and is a senior advisor to companies working in fields such as AI and minimally-invasive surgery. He is VP Clinical Innovation at Mirada Medical, where he is product champion for deep learning radiation oncology systems.Peter was awarded his DPhil (PhD) from the University of Oxford, where he was one of the original developers of the Functional MRI of the Brain (FMRIB) Software Library for image analysis. Subsequently, he held a post-doctoral research appointment in machine learning for complex industrial systems in collaboration with Rolls-Royce Plc.
  • Dr Paul Wicks

    Dr Paul Wicks

    Paul Wicks, Ph.D., is a neuropsychologist and independent consultant in digital health, clinical trials, rare disease, and patient centricity. For 13 years he led the R&D team at PatientsLikeMe, an online community for over 750,000 people living with medical conditions.Specialising in clinical research using the Internet, Paul shaped the scientific validity of the platform in generating insights from patient-generated health data, leading to over 110 studies including a patient-driven observational trial of lithium in ALS, numerous patient-reported outcome measures, a “dose-response” curve for the benefits of friendship between patients, and methods for patient-centred and virtual clinical trial designs.He sits on the editorial boards of the BMJ, BMC Medicine, JMIR, Digital Biomarkers and The Patient.
  • Dr Elin Haf Davies

    Dr Elin Haf Davies

    Dr Elin Haf Davies began her career as a Paediatric Nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, moving into research and spending six years managing clinical and academic drug trials, in metabolic, neurology, endocrinology and pain.She founded Aparito in 2015, a digital health company focused on developing patient-centric digital outcomes to support decentralised trials. She also serves as the Chair of Board of Trustees for Metabolic Support UK, a patient advocacy group supporting 400 rare inherited metabolic diseases.In her free time, Elin has a passion for extreme adventure to raise money for charities close to her heart. In 2007-2008 she rowed across the Atlantic Ocean, raising £190,000 for metabolic research at Great Ormond Street Hospital. This was followed with a world first rowing across the Indian Ocean as part of the first female team to ever compete the route.
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