This event will bring together PGRs and staff across the University to share their recent research in Health and Care related subjects. This will take place on Wednesday 26th March 2025, 1230-1645, James Watt Centre 2, Heriot Watt University. Registration is open to all staff and PGRs at Heriot Watt University with an interest in Health and Care challenges and solutions.

We welcome abstracts for talks and posters from Heriot-Watt Early Career Researchers (PhDs, Post Docs, Research Fellows and new lecturers) in the following categories:

Psychology and Languages related to Health and Care and wellbeing

Humanities subjects related to Health and Care

Economics, Marketing, Supply Chain management related to Health and Care

Sport Sciences

Wearable devices and home monitoring technologies

Diagnostics

Therapeutics

Apps related to health and care and telemedicine

Artificial intelligence (e.g. for personalised medicine, drug discovery, medical imaging analysis)

Augmented reality

Medical devices manufacturing and 3D bioprinting, Lab-on-chip, organ-on-chip and reduction of animal testing

Medical Robotics

Decarbonisation solutions for the Medical sector
Other topics related to Health and Care

ECR prize

An awards committee will attend the oral and poster presentations and select prize winners on the day. The recipients will receive a certificate and cash prize.

Agenda

12:30 - 12:55: Registration and Poster Session

13:00 - 13:05: Welcome and Opening Remarks

13:05 - 13:30: Keynote Talk - Dr Beth Mills, University of Edinburgh - Improving outcomes for patients with Microbial Keratitis: an ecosystem approach

13:30 - 14:30: Presentations

Bryony Nisbet - Ageing and Care: Beginning the conversation, designing care with older autistic people

Shammi Seth - Immersive Social Skills Training for Young Adults with Social Anxiety: A Video Game approach for Enhancing Confidence, Competence, and Assertiveness

Elena Francesca Bowles - Dietary nitrate: A paradoxical nutrient with marked therapeutic potential?

Tatiana Malikova - Deep ultraviolet laser ablation: optimising parameters for precision surgery

14:30 - 15:00: Break, Poster and Networking Session

15:00 - 16:00: Presentations

Lubna Abu Zohair - AI for Parkinson’s Disease Progression Understanding Using Cerebrospinal Fluid Proteomics

Walid Shaker - Developing a Robotic Surgery Training System for Wide Accessibility and Research

Ciara B. Durcan- Measuring colorectal cancer stiffness for application within robot-assisted surgery

Pablo Roldan - Miniaturised Laser-Fabricated Catheters for Experimental Medicine in the Human Lung

16:00 - 16:25: Keynote Talk - Prof Alan Gow, Heriot-Watt University - Promoting brain health through partnership

16:25 - 16:45: Prizes and wrap up 

Health and Care Innovation Conference for Early Career Researchers