Healthcare Technologies
Research into healthcare is undertaken in every school in the College of Science and Engineering. Much of the work is interdisciplinary, collaborating with colleagues in academia, industry, the NHS and beyond.
The UN Sustainable Development Goal Good Health and Wellbeing, aims 'to ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages'. Our research contributes to achieving this goal both locally and through many international partnerships.
Centres of excellence
Research groups and themes
Study healthcare technologies
Centres for Doctoral Training
- Diversity-Led, Mission-Driven Research
- Engineered Tissues for Discovery, Industry and Medicine
- Applied Quantum Technologies
- Future Ultrasonic Engineering
- Socially Intelligent Artificial Agents
Degree programmes
Impact
Ultrasurge: Surgery enabled by ultrasonics
An overview of Ultrasurge, a cross-universities project. It focuses on the research and development of miniaturized ultrasonic surgical tools for healthcare applications, aiming to revolutionise surgical procedures with cutting-edge technology.
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships: Cell Guidance
The University of Glasgow worked with Cell Guidance Systems using a Knowledge Transfer Partnership to develop their nanocrystal technology for protein release.
Work with the Scotland 5G Testbed
Businesses can get in touch to collaborate on the Scotland 5G Testbed, an R&D platform to test and develop cutting-edge applications and services enabled by 5G.
Teaching
Robotics and AI Undergraduate programme
The James Watt School of Engineering has created a well-equipped Robotics Teaching Laboratory where most of the robotics projects and practical teaching will take place.
MSc Advanced Imaging and Sensing
The MSc in Advanced Imaging and Sensing provides flexible multi-disciplinary training for future researchers, underpinning research across all fields of Physics, Engineering, Environmental Science, Medical and Life Sciences.
News
Exploring the potential of AI in Scotland’s public health and healthcare systems
Wed, 23 Apr 2025 11:07:00 BST
Research aims to ensure future AI healthcare systems are free of gender bias
Tue, 05 Mar 2024 11:11:00 GMT
Research Zoomposia
From robots to ultrasound technologies for diagnosis and treatments, our staff are engaged in world-changing research dedicated to improve healthcare. Find out more about their work in these short presentations.
Radio frequency sensors for healthcare
Dr Fatemeh Nikbakhtnasrabadai on radio frequency sensors for healthcare and environmental monitoring:
Learning to move limbs with robots
Dr Lucas Ferrari Gerez on learning how to move limbs with soft wearable robots:
Ultrasound tech for disease diagnosis and treatments
Dr Helen Mulvana on development of novel ultrasound technologies towards earlier disease diagnosis and non-invasive treatments.
Health inequalities research
Professor Jon Cooper on health inequalities research across the College of Science and Engineering.
Restoring the sensorimotor system; Unexplained chronic fatigue syndromes
Dr Haotian Chen on stretchable electronics in restoring human sensorimotor system; and Dr Jiabao Xu on single-cell toolkits for diagnosis and investigation of unexplained chronic fatigue syndromes.
Microfluids and biosensors for drug screening and diagnosis; Everyday health tech
Dr Chunxiao Hu on microfluidics and biosensors for drug screening and early diagnosis; and Dr Sharon Ding on designing technologies for everyday healthy living.