Bristol Digital Health

Last week Bristol hosted the annual all team meet up for the TORUS project. Over 30 project staff from Bristol and Newcastle came together for a very productive and informative two days. Can't wait to see what the next year brings! #DigitalHealth #Research #TORUS

📢 Sign up for a community workshop to learn more about about epilepsy diagnosis, management and research on wearable technology for seizure forecasting. 📍 Easton Community Centre, BS5 6AW 🗓️ Friday, November 29th, 1 - 3 PM Register your interest here: forms.office.com/e/mpC6rgA05B

Check out this article in JMIR Publications that was co-authored by CDT students Mairi Deighan and Emily Quilter: researchprotocols.org/2024/1/e60129

📢 The deadline for our call for funded Solo and Twin Fellowships has been extended. The new deadline is midnight (BST) on Friday 20 September 2024. Full details about the call can be found on the LEAP website: leap-hub.ac.uk/solo-and-twin-…

Deadline extended! Apply until 31 July 2024 to become part of our digital health Executive Fellowship cohort. We're seeking individuals employed in C-suite level, founder or equivalent across industry, NHS, public sector and third sector organisations: leap-hub.ac.uk/executive-fell…

Academic Post available: Lecturer/Assistant Prof. in "Computer Vision for Digital Health" at Bristol University, UK. See tinyurl.com/mr3njcrk Great opportunity to assist in our new £7.7M EPSRC-funded TORUS Programme Grant torus.ac.uk @UoBrisDigHealth @bristolcs

Our third sandpit event on 10 June 2024, focuses on the theme: Frailty, fall predicition and fall prevention. Apply today and find out more about our upcoming call for collaborative research projects up to £100k forms.office.com/e/tvxpvGtNn9 1/3

Digital technologies have huge potential to help prevent or reduce the time people need to spend in hospital. We want to bring together individuals from companies, academia, NHS, social care and VCSEs across the South West of England and Wales with expertise in this theme. 2/2

📝There's still time to apply for our first research funding sandpit on 5 June 2024. This will be an opportunity to hear about the Hub’s upcoming funding call for research projects up to £100k themed around Care outside of the hospital #DigitalHealth forms.office.com/e/tvxpvGtNn9 1/2

Research participants needed: #Sleep in Adults with #ADHD: Exploring Strategies for Navigating Difficulty Sleeping. Up to 80% of adults with ADHD report some kind of difficulty sleeping (e.g., restless legs, delayed sleep onset, daytime sleepiness). Despite how common it is, there's a lack of guidance on how to manage sleep which is specific to adults with ADHD. We want to hear from adults with ADHD about their experiences with sleep problems and sleep management techniques. Our aim is to report on these experiences and use them to inform the development of sleep management approaches which are driven by lived experiences of ADHD. We're looking for participants who'd be willing to share their experience in an online survey and optional follow-up online discussion with the researchers. To find out more and sign up, people can visit our study web page here: sleepinadhd.blogs.bristol.ac.uk or email us at sleep-in-adhd-study@bristol.ac.uk This study has sought and received ethical approval from the Faculty Research Ethics Committee at the University of Bristol with ref. #: 17961

The second role is Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in Software Development: leap-hub.ac.uk/2024/04/11/res… Applications are open until 1st May 2024 📝 Please share! 3/3

The first role is Research Associate/Senior Research Associate in Data Science for Health: leap-hub.ac.uk/2024/04/11/res… Applications are open until 1st May 2024 📝 2/3

📢 We're hiring! We're seeking 2 'Researchers in Residence' to join the LEAP Hub team. If you have a background in software development or data science and you're interested in supporting collaborative projects with industry and health and social care then please keep reading 1/3

Today is #WorldParkinsonsDay. Parkinson's is a progressive neurological disorder which currently has no cure. Listen to Mae and Dick talk to @BBCRB about the important research being carried out in the TORUS project to help change the future of Parkinson's care.

Mae Hazell (TORUS Project Manager) and Dick Denton (chair of TORUS Patient Council) spoke with @johndarvall on @BBCRB on Monday to discuss living with Parkinson's and how TORUS aims to help shape future Parkinson's care. Listen again bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0… (starts 2:10:11)

Alternatively, please email TORUS-project@bristol.ac.uk to hear more about how to get involved with the project

TORUS is looking for members to join its Patient Council, which will be made up of people with lived experience of Parkinson's to provide an advisory role to the project. Tune in to @BBCRB at midday on Monday 25 March to find out more! #Parkinsons #Research

The students then took part in a workshop with @hisotalus and Dr Karen Dawe. The Lego 🧱 was back for an icebreaker and the group had some great discussions around training needs, the steps involved in making a digital health product or service and potential course design ideas.

Last Friday we held an event for the Digital Health and Care CDT students @BristolUni. We started with some pizza 🍕and a talk from Hub Director Prof Ian Craddock covering some of the research themes that have been identified from conversations with partners so far.