Clinical Sciences and Translational Medicine
We develop and deliver opportunities through globally significant interdisciplinary research and innovation excellence in clinical sciences and translational medicine to improve health across the life course.
Focus of our research
Research in this theme is interdisciplinary and aims to develop, evaluate and implement novel physiological, pharmacological, behavioural, and technological interventions to enhance prevention, diagnosis and management of diseases. Our interventions aim to be globally significant, culturally acceptable, scalable, cost-effective, and sustainable to improve health across the life course.
Our interests include cardiovascular disease and heart failure, circadian rhythms, sleep, skeletal muscle mechanics and ageing, physical activity, human physiological function and performance, physiological responses to extreme environmental conditions and lifestyle interventions.
Project spotlight
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Our multidisciplinary consortium, including three small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs) and two stakeholder organisations, will be guided by medical advice and regulatory and health technology experts to deliver the decision support system as a medical class 2b device, reaching TRL 8 by the end of the project (2023-2027). |
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This project aims to develop the Cardiac Output Response to Stress (CORS) test SCORE, a digital tool which integrates artificial intelligence technology and combines commonly used HF diagnostic methods to increase diagnostic accuracy in heart failure. |
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| CVCOVID: Cardiovascular implications and physical activity in middle-age and older people with history of Covid-19 (2021-2024). |
The project aims to improve understanding of the effect of COVID-19 on cardiovascular and metabolic function and their malleability with physical activity intervention. |
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The aim of the SGABU project is to enhance research capacity and capability of Serbia as EU joining country through collaboration with four European leading research institutions - University of Ioannina, Greece; Vienna University of Technology, Austria; Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium and Coventry University, UK. |
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| The project aims to design an integrated school curriculum physical activity intervention to improve fitness and cardiovascular risk profile in children from deprived backgrounds, and to evaluate feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of such intervention. | |
| HRVdispose: Comparison of RR intervals and heart rate variability between disposable and reusable electrocardiography leads (2021-2023). |
Project aims to assess heart rate variability (beat to beat changes) using novel disposable ECG leads (Kendall DL, Cardinal Health, Ohio, USA). |
