Health and Care Technologies

Hello I'm Neamat Elgayar
from the School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
and I am delighted to welcome you to Heriot-Watt
University Dubai.
Heriot-Watt Dubai is proud
to be contributing to the work of the Global Research
Institute in Health and Care Technologies.
The G R I
brings together more than 220 researchers across
campuses in Scotland, Dubai, and Malaysia.
Health tech in the UAE is driven by innovation,
government support,
and a strong entrepreneurial ecosystem.
With Heriot-Watt's presence in Dubai
we are looking to attract collaboration opportunities
between the G R I and the U A E
to develop case studies
with clinical and healthcare partners
focusing on regional needs.

My name is Heba Elshimy
I'm a Provost Fellow here at Heriot-Watt University
Dubai Max School.
Every minute counts when detecting cancer early.
Did you know that doctors
despite their extensive training
might miss up to 25% of potentially cancerous lesions
during routine colonoscopy?
That's why we developed a breakthrough AI
system that is able to detect these suspicious lesions
once they appear on camera.
Think of it as your doctor's second pair of eyes
that never blink, never tire, and are always vigilant.
With colon cancer
being the second most deadliest cancer worldwide,
our technology doesn't only
have the potential to enhance medical procedures
but has the potential to save lives.

Hi my name is Rula Sharqi
I'm Associated Professor
with the School of Engineering and Physical Sciences
at Heriot-Watt University Dubai Campus.
My project focuses on developing a smart
wearable device
designed for real time fever detection for infants
using advanced temperature sensors and mobile app.
The system is able to send immediate alerts to parents
and healthcare providers. I'm so proud
to be part of the Global Research Community
finding solutions for the real world problems.

So my name is Rehan Ahmed
I'm the Associate Director for Research
for the school of Engineering and Physical Sciences.
More than
50,000 orthopedic hip implants are done in the UK
alone. And my research in this area includes biomedical
implant materials, coatings, and implant manufacture.
This is an example
of the femoral stem of an artificial hip joint
using different manufacturing materials and techniques
using my research. I also research in prosthetic limbs
and this is an example
of a scale model of a prosthetic leg.
Other areas of my research include wear
durability
and stress analysis of joints using MRI and CT images
shape memory alloys auxetic polymers
and use of graphene in biomedical applications
to improve the quality of human life.

Here in Dubai we are committed to delivering cross
disciplinary projects that reflect our strong
local capabilities we look forward to drive innovation
that is not only global in reach but human in impact.

0:00Our

0:06global research institute in health and

0:08care technologies brings together

0:10academics who are doing research at the

0:13forefront of this environment. We want

0:15to be able to develop, evaluate and

0:18enable technologies that will improve

0:21health care and health and care

0:23delivery. It's incredibly important to

0:25have an infrastructure that can enable

0:28impact to be delivered beyond the lab or

0:32beyond the research paper. We have a

0:34really strong pipeline of of medical

0:36ideas that are looking to commercialize

0:38within our commercialization team. We we

0:41work not only on the enterprise side but

0:43also on the business development side

0:44and we also have the facilities within

0:46the GRI in order to test those

0:49technologies at early stage which is

0:50really important in terms of engaging

0:52with investors down the line and

0:54engaging with potential customers. We

0:56all want to see our technologies get out

0:58and help patients. We want to see

1:00societal benefits and we want to see

1:02people living healthier, longer lives as

1:04a result of what we do. for our

1:06technology. We've got the skills, we've

1:08got the tools, we've got people here who

1:10are very much focused on trying to

1:12develop the commercial impact as well as

1:14the academic impact. Heriot's great cuz

1:16we do have that range all the way from

1:18really fundamental research to very

1:20applied work. So I think it makes a

1:22really good environment for working in

1:24something like health and care

1:25technologies where we're trying to take

1:26things from the lab and move them to

1:28healthcare that we have that scope. It's

1:30really good having this incredibly

1:31strong practical healthcare

1:35engineering having all of that in the

1:37same city and adjacent to I mean two

1:41worldclass universities with

1:44complimentary skills. We have this huge

1:46productivity problem in medicine more

1:48and more disease more and more

1:50treatments but only a fixed amount of

1:53clinicians to deliver that service. So

1:55we need to be able to automate some of

1:58the processes we do.

1:59Putting patients up front and centre of

2:02everything we do is absolutely critical.

2:04They will guide our research and they

2:06will be involved from the very beginning

2:08in shaping the technologies that we

2:10create. I was diagnosed with my primary

2:13breast cancer almost 7 years ago. At

2:15some point of after I was you know first

2:17diagnosed and and having my first sort

2:19of treatment I just thought well is

2:21there something productive that I could

2:22be doing with this? I spend a lot of

2:24time working with researchers and and

2:26clinicians and just helping them to make

2:28sure that their their trial achieves

2:30what they want it to achieve and

2:31something that's that's meaning and

2:32purposeful for the patient. Over the

2:34next 10 years, we want to have three of

2:37our technologies in routine clinical

2:39care and another 20 in clinical trials.

2:43Work with us, join us, partner with us.

2:46So bring your ideas, your experience,

2:49your visions and help us to build

2:52accessible, sustainable and ethical

2:56technologies that will improve patients

2:59lives.