An exciting showcase and future directions event from the EPSRC Liverpool Centre for Mathematics in Healthcare (LCMH), established in 2015 at the University of Liverpool in partnership with Lancaster University and Liverpool John Moores University. The programme brings together academic researchers, clinicians and industry to share latest research findings and celebrate how multidisciplinary research is making a difference to the healthcare sector. It is also an opportunity to identify potential new collaborations in the context of emerging challenges and opportunities for the next generation of mathematics-related research for healthcare.

Please contact c.bee@liverpool.ac.uk or lcmh@liverpool.ac.uk with any queries.

The event will be held online (Zoom link to follow) and attendance is free of charge.

Programme (subject to change):

Day 1 - Monday 5th July

Session 1 - Modelling infectious diseases

12.15 Welcome, Professor Ke Chen, LCMH Director, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool

12.20 Chair's introduction, Dr Bakhti Vasiev, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool

12.25 Developing connections between clinicians and researchers and the role of mathematical modelling, Dr Stacy Todd, Consultant in Infectious Diseases, Royal Liverpool University Hospital

12.45 Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) in Pseudomonas aeruginosa population, Dr Karan Pattni, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool and Dr Jo Fothergill, Department of Clinical Infection, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Liverpool

13.05 Multi-state modelling of UK COVID hospitalisations data: How do diabetes and obesity influence adverse outcomes, Dr David Hughes, Department of Health Data Science, University of Liverpool

13.25 Perspective: Statistical approach to mathematical modelling in population dynamics, Professor Alex Samoletov, Institute for Physics and Technology (Donetsk) and University of Liverpool

13.45 Break

Session 2 - Multiscale modelling for healthcare

14.05 Chair's introduction, Professor Rachel Bearon, LCMH User Engagement Lead, Head of Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool

14.10 Using biomarkers to model liver disease: in search of the right mathematical approach, Professor Philip Johnson, Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine, University of Liverpool

14.30 Human health and plant protection products: the mathematical challenges and opportunities, Dr Steve Webb, Syngenta

14.50 Developing mathematical models to assess renal function: challenges and solutions, Dr James Littlewood, Molecular Physiology and Cell Signalling, University of Liverpool

15.10 Break

15.15 In vitro/in silico modelling of drug delivery: tales from a biologists perspective, Professor Craig Murdoch, School of Clinical Dentistry, University of Sheffield

15.35 Modelling of waves in stented blood vessels, Dr Sara Frecentese, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool

15.55 Geometric tools for designing safer crystalline drugs, Dr Vitaliy Kurlin, Department of Computer Science, University of Liverpool

16.15 Uptake: A Liver Spheroid Jazz Trio, Anna Appleby, Royal Northern College of Music

16.35 Close

Day 2 - Tuesday 6th July

Session 3 - Imaging in healthcare

9.50 Welcome and Chair's introduction, Professor Ke Chen, LCMH Director, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool

9.55 Machine Learning for preclinical in-vivo image analysis, Dr Arijit Patra, AstraZeneca

10.15 AI techniques for heart imaging, Dr Anis Theljani, University of Oxford

10.35 Numerical optimization in magnetic resonance imaging of metabolism, Dr Vencel Somai, Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and Department of Radiology, University of Cambridge

10.55 Challenges in image segmentation with medical applications, Liam Burrows, Centre for Mathematical Imaging Techniques, University of Liverpool

11.15 Image Analysis Challenges: Manual and Digital: A Histopathology Perspective, Professor Abhik Mukherjee, University of Nottingham

11.35 Break

Session 4 - Biomechanics in healthcare

11.55 Chair's introduction, Professor Natalia Movchan, Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Liverpool

12.00 The mechanics of brain tissue, Professor Davide Bigoni, Department of Civil, Environmental & Mechanical Engineering, University of Trento

12.20 Multi-scale modelling of corneal tissue to support treatment of keratoconus and other diseases, Professor Ahmed Elsheikh, School of Engineering, University of Liverpool

12.40 Correction of systematic tomography alignment errors to improve fitting of contact lenses, Mohamed Elhalwagy, Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool

13.00 Event close