Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase 2017

Plenary: Professor Anna Schuh, Associate Professor and Director for Molecular Diagnostics, discusses the development, validation and implementation of precision diagnostics for blood cancers and solid tumours in the NHS. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Speaker: Dr Ian Campbell - Director of Health and Life Sciences, Innovate UK - lectures on driving productivity and economic growth in health and life sciences. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Speaker: Professor Michael Simpson, Co Head of Science at Genomics Plc, discusses genomics, big data and better health. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Dr Gordon Sanghera, CEO, Oxford Nanopore Technologies, on the subject of taking real time DNA information out of the lab towards the point of care. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Speaker Dr Graham Speight at Oxford Gene Technology. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

On 27 June, we organised a Technology Showcase for academics, healthcare professionals and business leaders in Oxford to highlight the medical breakthroughs in this area. Here, NIHR Oxford BRC co-theme lead for Molecular Diagnostics, Prof Anna Schuh explains why the event is important and how her area of expertise , haematology, has been at the forefront of precision medicine and how work at the BRC is moving towards more individualised diagnostics and therefore more effective therapies for patients.

Highlights from the Oxford Technology Showcase 2017 event in Precision Medicine and Digital Health at the Said Business School

Professor Ian Pavord - Professor of Respiratory Medicine, University of Oxford, discusses the precision management of airways disease. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Professor Paresh Vyas – Professor of Haematology, University of Oxford. Tracking cancer through treatment to improve outcome – using Acute Myeloid Leukaemia as an exemplar: opportunities and challenges for the NHS. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Speaker: Dr Wen Hwa Lee - Director of the Disease Foundations Network programme - Open Science accelerating identification of novel targets for therapeutics at the Structural Genomics Consortium. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Speaker: Professor Chris Chamberlain - VP Head Experimental Medicine and Diagnostics, UCB. The molecular deconstruction of disease: a route to better targeted therapy. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Dr Karl Surmacz - Principal Data Scientist at McLaren Applied Technologies Real-world data-driven dynamic patient engagement. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Dr Tim Bonnici - Clinical lecturer, The Institute of Biomedical Engineering (IBME) SEND A digital patient safety system. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Professor Lionel Tarassenko - Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of Oxford Wearables: from consumer devices to healthcare products? From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Dr Nigel Pitchford - Chief Investment Officer, Touchstone Innovations What works..? From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Dr Nick de Pennington - Specialist Registrar, Oxford University Hospitals & Health Innovation Lead/Director of The Hill. Healthcare conversations, two digital solutions… From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Seán Wetherall - Futurist Oneview Healthcare PLC. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Mr Peter Knight - Chief Information and Digital Officer, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Strategic Digital Health Solutions for Pathway Innovations. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Expert Panel Discussion and closing remarks Chair: Professor Keith Channon - Director, NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre Panel: Mr Peter Knight - Chief Information and Digital Officer, Oxford University Hospitals Professor Gary Ford - CEO, Oxford AHSN Professor Chris Chamberlain - VP Head Experimental Medicine and Diagnostics, UCB Professor Hugh Watkins - Radcliffe Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Oxford. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.

Professor Helen Dawes - Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University. Gait crashers, monitoring activity and movement in the wild. From the Precision Medicine and Digital Health Technology Showcase on 27/6/17 at the Said Business School, Oxford.