EPSRC-NIHR HTC Partnership Award 'Plus': IMPRESS
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Leeds
Department Name: Mechanical Engineering
Abstract
IMPRESSPlus has been designed to maximise and extend the impact of the current IMPRESS network by applying engineering sciences to deliver novel solutions to the many challenges that exist in the management and treatment of incontinence. There is a critical lack of scientific research in this area compared to areas such as vascular, cardiac and orthopaedic healthcare - each of which have shown huge gains through the application of focussed basic and translational science.
Faecal Incontinence (FI) is defined as the inability to fully control the passage of faeces through the anus. This may arise due to a weakened anal sphincter muscle (typically following child birth), problems with nerve supply (e.g. stroke, multiple sclerosis), or in association with other gastrointestinal conditions (e.g. irritable bowel syndrome). It is a common and distressing condition that causes shame, embarrassment, depression, social isolation, secrecy, poor self-esteem, and sexual avoidance. As a result, more than 54% of patients with FI have not discussed their symptoms with a physician , and only one-quarter of patients with FI are referred by their GP for specialist treatment . Its exact prevalence is difficult to determine but best estimates suggest that in the adult population it is around 10%, and that 0.5% - 1% below 65 years and 3% - 8% over 65 years' experience regular faecal incontinence. Urinary Incontinence (UI) is defined as involuntary leakage of urine, UI presents a major burden on NHS resources. It is a common and distressing condition, which impacts of quality of life. The main forms of UI are stress incontinence (SUI), which is leakage with physical exertion, and urge incontinence (UUI), which is leakage with a strong desire to void. Mixed urinary incontinence is a combination of SUI and UUI. The prevalence of UI increases with age and is higher in institutionalised adults, who tend to be older and suffer associated co-morbidity. It is more often a problem for females, with prevalence rates of UI ranging from 4.5% to 53% in women, as compared to 1.5% and 24% in men. Although previously considered in isolation, it is increasingly recognised that many forms of FI and UI share a common underlying pathophysiology and frequently co-exist with pelvic organ prolapse.
Incontinence places a massive burden on the NHS and impacts significantly on quality of life for thousands of patients in the UK. Whilst many areas of medical engineering share a growth in the engagement of engineers and scientists to push forward the exploitation of emerging technologies it is arguably the case that the nature of this disease prevents engineering and science research leaders seeing the potential for some rich research challenges.
To date the IMPRESS network has been successful in fulfilling its objectives of increasing the number of leading UK technologists (from academia and industry) that are engaged with research into the clinical changes associated with incontinence. This is demonstrated through a range of exciting new collaborative projects that have arisen from IMPRESS workshops and events and have been supported by competitive pump-priming funding from the network.
IMPRESSPlus will secure the legacy of the existing IMPRESS network. This will be achieved by:
1) strategically supporting emerging research with feasibility project funding
2) running international IMPRESSPlus conference workshops to build the network
3) using a researcher secondment scheme to aid knowledge-transfer with industry and leading international research centres
4) disseminating the networks findings to researchers, patients, healthcare providers and policy makers
5) identifying long-term funding for the network and its research
In summary, through the IMPRESS network we aim to resolve the current impasse that stifles innovation and translation of new engineering technologies for the management, treatment and prevention of incontinence.
Faecal Incontinence (FI) is defined as the inability to fully control the passage of faeces through the anus. This may arise due to a weakened anal sphincter muscle (typically following child birth), problems with nerve supply (e.g. stroke, multiple sclerosis), or in association with other gastrointestinal conditions (e.g. irritable bowel syndrome). It is a common and distressing condition that causes shame, embarrassment, depression, social isolation, secrecy, poor self-esteem, and sexual avoidance. As a result, more than 54% of patients with FI have not discussed their symptoms with a physician , and only one-quarter of patients with FI are referred by their GP for specialist treatment . Its exact prevalence is difficult to determine but best estimates suggest that in the adult population it is around 10%, and that 0.5% - 1% below 65 years and 3% - 8% over 65 years' experience regular faecal incontinence. Urinary Incontinence (UI) is defined as involuntary leakage of urine, UI presents a major burden on NHS resources. It is a common and distressing condition, which impacts of quality of life. The main forms of UI are stress incontinence (SUI), which is leakage with physical exertion, and urge incontinence (UUI), which is leakage with a strong desire to void. Mixed urinary incontinence is a combination of SUI and UUI. The prevalence of UI increases with age and is higher in institutionalised adults, who tend to be older and suffer associated co-morbidity. It is more often a problem for females, with prevalence rates of UI ranging from 4.5% to 53% in women, as compared to 1.5% and 24% in men. Although previously considered in isolation, it is increasingly recognised that many forms of FI and UI share a common underlying pathophysiology and frequently co-exist with pelvic organ prolapse.
Incontinence places a massive burden on the NHS and impacts significantly on quality of life for thousands of patients in the UK. Whilst many areas of medical engineering share a growth in the engagement of engineers and scientists to push forward the exploitation of emerging technologies it is arguably the case that the nature of this disease prevents engineering and science research leaders seeing the potential for some rich research challenges.
To date the IMPRESS network has been successful in fulfilling its objectives of increasing the number of leading UK technologists (from academia and industry) that are engaged with research into the clinical changes associated with incontinence. This is demonstrated through a range of exciting new collaborative projects that have arisen from IMPRESS workshops and events and have been supported by competitive pump-priming funding from the network.
IMPRESSPlus will secure the legacy of the existing IMPRESS network. This will be achieved by:
1) strategically supporting emerging research with feasibility project funding
2) running international IMPRESSPlus conference workshops to build the network
3) using a researcher secondment scheme to aid knowledge-transfer with industry and leading international research centres
4) disseminating the networks findings to researchers, patients, healthcare providers and policy makers
5) identifying long-term funding for the network and its research
In summary, through the IMPRESS network we aim to resolve the current impasse that stifles innovation and translation of new engineering technologies for the management, treatment and prevention of incontinence.
Planned Impact
Impact from IMPRESS is centred about the innovative framework we have built which provides a new way to enhance communication between researchers in the engineering and physical sciences, persons affected by incontinence and their healthcare providers, and industry. In doing so, we aim to resolve the current impasse that stifles innovation and translation of new engineering technologies for the management, treatment and prevention of incontinence.
IMPRESSPlus will secure and extend this impact by
1. Expanding the IMPRESS Network to an international stage
2. Accelerating novel research in the area of incontinence technologies toward further funding
3. Using knowledge-exchange activities to inspire and engage new researchers
4. Providing enhanced dissemination to our end-users and policy makers
Knowledge:
Our IMPRESSPlus Feasibility Projects and IMPRESSPlus Fellowship initiatives will develop new scientific advances in a range of cross-cutting areas. Our Knowledge-Exchange program will complement these activities by both bringing new expertise into the network and providing another path for wider international dissemination at key scientific research centres. We will also continue to route our translational activities within IMPRESS through our collaborating HTCs, building on existing success in this area.
Society:
Our IMPRESSPlus sessions at specialised incontinence technology meetings will provide a mechanism for focused engagement with Patient Focus Groups to provide direct discourse between the research community and persons in society affected by incontinence.
Policy - The IMPRESS Network is addressing a significant unmet medical need and aims to provide an impetus to invest and create new disruptive engineering technologies for this rarely mentioned but highly prevalent condition. We are working, and will continue to build our relationship with, the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC) and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Continence Care to disseminate, promote and implement its findings into future healthcare and social policies.
Health - The Network will extend our existing channels of communication between basic scientific and clinical expertise to identify further research challenges translate innovative technologies for management and prevention of incontinence into clinical practise. Our research projects are intended to catalyse further funding applications and ultimately first-in-man safety studies. Subsequently they will be suitable for translational 'Follow-on' funds from the MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC, Invention for Innovation product development schemes, and appropriate Technology Strategy Board calls.
Quality of life- Direct feedback/input from persons affected by incontinence is a major component of our Network's objectives. These allow IMPRESS to identify more clearly patient needs at the early stages of product engineering for incontinence.
People:
Skills- Through the activities of the IMPRESS network scientists will be educated about the causes and medical needs that currently exist for persons affected by incontinence. Our 'Incontinence Technology Advocates' are serving as a conduit between clinicians/surgeons/patients and the wider scientific community. Through IMPRESSPlus we will expand this cohort to an international stage.
Economy:
Wealth creation-Incontinence is a relatively unexploited clinical condition that offers significant opportunities for academic-industrial collaboration and subsequent value for commercial exploitation. We will translate research through liaison with our HTC partners and strategic groups including the TSB Catapult Centres and Industrial Partnerships Group/Translational Research Office at UCL. Successful academic-industrial partnerships formed via the Network will help deliver products for future early phase clinical studies and commercialisation and in doing so help foster UK economic competitiveness.
IMPRESSPlus will secure and extend this impact by
1. Expanding the IMPRESS Network to an international stage
2. Accelerating novel research in the area of incontinence technologies toward further funding
3. Using knowledge-exchange activities to inspire and engage new researchers
4. Providing enhanced dissemination to our end-users and policy makers
Knowledge:
Our IMPRESSPlus Feasibility Projects and IMPRESSPlus Fellowship initiatives will develop new scientific advances in a range of cross-cutting areas. Our Knowledge-Exchange program will complement these activities by both bringing new expertise into the network and providing another path for wider international dissemination at key scientific research centres. We will also continue to route our translational activities within IMPRESS through our collaborating HTCs, building on existing success in this area.
Society:
Our IMPRESSPlus sessions at specialised incontinence technology meetings will provide a mechanism for focused engagement with Patient Focus Groups to provide direct discourse between the research community and persons in society affected by incontinence.
Policy - The IMPRESS Network is addressing a significant unmet medical need and aims to provide an impetus to invest and create new disruptive engineering technologies for this rarely mentioned but highly prevalent condition. We are working, and will continue to build our relationship with, the International Longevity Centre-UK (ILC) and the All Party Parliamentary Group for Continence Care to disseminate, promote and implement its findings into future healthcare and social policies.
Health - The Network will extend our existing channels of communication between basic scientific and clinical expertise to identify further research challenges translate innovative technologies for management and prevention of incontinence into clinical practise. Our research projects are intended to catalyse further funding applications and ultimately first-in-man safety studies. Subsequently they will be suitable for translational 'Follow-on' funds from the MRC, BBSRC and EPSRC, Invention for Innovation product development schemes, and appropriate Technology Strategy Board calls.
Quality of life- Direct feedback/input from persons affected by incontinence is a major component of our Network's objectives. These allow IMPRESS to identify more clearly patient needs at the early stages of product engineering for incontinence.
People:
Skills- Through the activities of the IMPRESS network scientists will be educated about the causes and medical needs that currently exist for persons affected by incontinence. Our 'Incontinence Technology Advocates' are serving as a conduit between clinicians/surgeons/patients and the wider scientific community. Through IMPRESSPlus we will expand this cohort to an international stage.
Economy:
Wealth creation-Incontinence is a relatively unexploited clinical condition that offers significant opportunities for academic-industrial collaboration and subsequent value for commercial exploitation. We will translate research through liaison with our HTC partners and strategic groups including the TSB Catapult Centres and Industrial Partnerships Group/Translational Research Office at UCL. Successful academic-industrial partnerships formed via the Network will help deliver products for future early phase clinical studies and commercialisation and in doing so help foster UK economic competitiveness.
Organisations
- University of Leeds (Lead Research Organisation)
- Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, CF Trust (Collaboration)
- SOUTH TEES HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST (Collaboration)
- Cardiff University (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON (Collaboration)
- National Institute for Health Research (Collaboration)
- UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS (Collaboration)
- Coloplast Limited (Project Partner)
Publications
Abdalla A
(2021)
How normalisation factors influence the interpretations of 3D-printed sensors for electroanalysis
in Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry
Bin Hamzah HH
(2018)
The effects of printing orientation on the electrochemical behaviour of 3D printed acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS)/carbon black electrodes.
in Scientific reports
Brouillard CBJ
(2018)
Suppression of Urinary Voiding by Conditional High Frequency Stimulation of the Pelvic Nerve in Conscious Rats.
in Frontiers in physiology
Brouillard CBJ
(2019)
Suppression of Urinary Voiding "on Demand" by High-Frequency Stimulation of the S1 Sacral Nerve Root in Anesthetized Rats.
in Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society
Brouillard CBJ
(2019)
Suppression of Urinary Voiding "on Demand" by High-Frequency Stimulation of the S1 Sacral Nerve Root in Anesthetized Rats.
in Neuromodulation : journal of the International Neuromodulation Society
Crook JJ
(2017)
High Frequency Stimulation of the Pelvic Nerve Inhibits Urinary Voiding in Anesthetized Rats.
in Frontiers in physiology
Crook JJ
(2018)
Chronic implantation of cuff electrodes on the pelvic nerve in rats is well tolerated and does not compromise afferent or efferent fibre functionality.
in Journal of neural engineering
Culmer P
(2019)
Continence technologies whitepaper: Informing new engineering science research.
in Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Part H, Journal of engineering in medicine
Hamzah HH
(2019)
Three-Dimensional-Printed Electrochemical Sensor for Simultaneous Dual Monitoring of Serotonin Overflow and Circular Muscle Contraction.
in Analytical chemistry
Irwin NJ
(2020)
Multifunctional, Low Friction, Antimicrobial Approach for Biomaterial Surface Enhancement.
in ACS applied bio materials
Description | Our work in the IMPRESS project has investigated how Technology could (and should) be used to improve healthcare provision for those with Incontinence. Starting the project we were aware that this was often considered a taboo subject, often overlooked (or not discussed) by the public. It is apparent that these traits are reflected within the research field, where there has been a lack of engagement, particularly amongst the engineering science community. A key aim (and result) of work in IMPRESS has been to directly address this stigma, and encourage the engagement of a wider audience in the subject. This is reflected in the events, publications and dissemination we have conducted throughout our project. We have awarded funding to a number of promising research projects in this area and supported their development through to later stage research. These represent promising opportunities to bring innovation to a previously 'stagnant' area. We have also conducted our own research (e.g. led by researchers at Leeds) - and are proud to have initiated work in two highly neglected areas: 1. technology for incontinence care in global-health / low-resource settings 2. incontinence care technology for children / young adults. These outputs are reflected in our events and dissemination and are an area of on-going research activity (future research). We have worked to continue this activity by linking with NIHR infrastructure to provide continued support for existing, and new, initiatives. This is shown through our merger with the NIHR MedTech Cooperative in Surgical Technologies. The new IMPRESS theme will continue to work in this theme. |
Exploitation Route | Our research has been thoroughly documented in the IMPRESS website (above) and new NIHR MIC-ST website: http://surgicalmic.nihr.ac.uk Others interested in this area are encouraged to make contact through this new NIHR body, and also to engage in events supported by the research team, most notably the IMechE conference: http://imeche.org/incontinence |
Sectors | Education,Healthcare,Pharmaceuticals and Medical Biotechnology |
URL | http://impress-network.com |
Description | The IMPRESS project officially ended in December 2018. Over the course of the research project, the research team have been struck by the magnitude of the public, research and industry needs in this critical and overlooked area. Consequently we have worked hard to maximise our research impact and also provide a continuation plan that will help support and sustain our activities. *Sustaining the IMPRESS portfolio A key outcome is that IMPRESS has merged with the NIHR MedTech Cooperative in Surgical Technologies, allowing for continued support of existing research we developed under the EPSRC funding, together with continued activities (e.g. public and research events). For details see: http://surgicalmic.nihr.ac.uk/impress/ *Key Impacts To date, key impacts include a policy statement, coauthored with the iMeche by the investigators (Dr P Culmer and Dr R Day) - on technology for continence care. The policy document was then presented to the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Continence Care. It is available here: https://www.imeche.org/policy-and-press/reports/detail/incontinence-engineering-innovation-to-enhance-quality-of-life In addition we led a multidisciplinary group of key researchers to develop an academic Whitepaper focussing on Technology for Continence care - published in a Special Issue journal. We have supported the development of a number of promising research projects which are now maturing and passing toward later-stage translation, thus the MIC-ST is an ideal mechanism to help continue support and develop these projects. This project has led to collaboration between the PI (Dr Peter Culmer) and the IMechE Biomedical Engineering Division. Dr Culmer is now a committee member of this Division and co-Chairs the regular "IMechE Conference: Incontinence the Engineering Challenge" - maintaining sustained attention and impact generation in this crucial area of healthcare. |
First Year Of Impact | 2015 |
Sector | Healthcare |
Impact Types | Societal,Policy & public services |
Description | Co-authored IMechE Report - Incontinence: Engineering Innovation to Enhance Quality of Life |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | https://www.imeche.org/policy-and-press/reports/detail/incontinence-engineering-innovation-to-enhanc... |
Description | Consultancy for TENA |
Geographic Reach | Europe |
Policy Influence Type | Implementation circular/rapid advice/letter to e.g. Ministry of Health |
URL | https://www.tena.co.uk/articles/how-to-talk-about-incontinence |
Description | Creation of eLearning material for Health Education England |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
Description | AMELIE (Anchored Muscle cELls for IncontinEnce) |
Amount | € 952,609,725 (EUR) |
Organisation | European Commission H2020 |
Sector | Public |
Country | Belgium |
Start | 09/2020 |
End | 08/2025 |
Description | Drug-eluting in vivo probe to monitor age-related lower bowel dysfunction |
Amount | £530,503 (GBP) |
Funding ID | EP/V028391/1 |
Organisation | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) |
Sector | Public |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 07/2021 |
End | 06/2025 |
Description | Out of Round Application |
Amount | £45,859 (GBP) |
Funding ID | OoR2021\100004 |
Organisation | Rosetrees Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2022 |
End | 02/2023 |
Description | Post-doctoral Research Fellowship |
Amount | £29,754 (GBP) |
Funding ID | M63-F1 |
Organisation | Rosetrees Trust |
Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 09/2018 |
End | 02/2020 |
Description | Collaboration between Dr Jordan Boyle and Mrs Anju Goyal |
Organisation | Royal Manchester Children's Hospital, CF Trust |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Hospitals |
PI Contribution | This collaboration is still in it's early stages, but myself and Mrs Goyal have been meeting quite regularly to identify potential research directions. Our IMPRESS PoC award was used to hire some students to perform a literature review, assessing the feasibility of developing a new intelligent AuS for paediatric patients.My contribution has been on the technical side. |
Collaborator Contribution | Mrs Goyal has provided and understanding the clinical background and challenges that need solving. |
Impact | So far, we have only produced an un-published report, which will be used to guide our future efforts to scope the problem and seek funding. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration between Queen's University Belfast and University of Leeds |
Organisation | University of Leeds |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Development of hydrogel coating technologies to be assessed using in vitro tribological models at the University of Leeds. |
Collaborator Contribution | Characterisation of tribological properties of developed coating technologies using in vitro models. |
Impact | Increased understanding of the tribological properties of coated polymer surfaces to inform the optimisation of catheter coating technologies to reduce urethral tissue trauma. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Description | Collaboration with Dr Bhavik Patel, University of Brighton, towards developing a biosensor |
Organisation | University of Brighton |
Department | School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | Our research team conceived, designed and leveraged funding for a study to develop a biosensor for the detection of biomarkers, for urine, which are predictive for overactive bladder. |
Collaborator Contribution | Dr Patel and his team will develop a biosenor based on our knowledge (and IP) using one of two different platforms: (1) Prof Anastasia Callaghan's aptamer-based method, or (2) his own electrochemical based method. Dr Patel's involvement was initiated to de-risk the later stages of the project, when we come to develop a physical device and prototype biosensor. |
Impact | PhD studentship. Patel, Bhavik (PI) and Young, John (Co-I). DTA3/COFUND Marie Sklodowska-Curie PhD Fellowship programme. 2019 - 2022. ca. £75k. PhD studentship. Patel, Bhavik (PI) and Young, John (Co-I). EPSRC studentship. 2018 - 2022. ca. £75k. |
Start Year | 2018 |
Description | Collaboration with Ms Mehwash Nadeem, South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (2020 - present) |
Organisation | South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Research leadership; securing external funding for collaborative research and development |
Collaborator Contribution | Following informed consent, access to patients' data and samples |
Impact | Linked to two awards: £40k Northern Accelerator, NorthStar Ventures and £50k Rosetrees Trust This collaboration is multi-disciplinary - clinical and academic |
Start Year | 2020 |
Description | Collaboration with NIHR Colorectal Therapies Healthcare Technology Co-operative (HTC) |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Department | Healthcare Technology Co-operatives (HTCs) |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have been working with the Colorectal Therapies HTC, in developing the Intra-Abdominal Platform. |
Collaborator Contribution | The HTC help us by arranging access to surgeons for feedback on the device, access to their network, giving our device publicity, and by advising us on commercial strategy. |
Impact | A consultation with a group of around 8 surgeons resulted in essential feedback, in April 2015. A presentation we gave on the device at the HTC national meeting resulted in interest from a company, in November 2015. This collaboration is multi-disciplinary: the disciplines involved are clinical advice, business management, marketing, product design, and mechanical engineering. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Collaboration with NIHR D4D |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Department | NIHR Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technology Co-Operative |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Our collaboration with D4D stems from our complementary aims. We have worked together to 1) share our network contacts to broaden and strengthen both networks 2) identify excellent research/projects and identify how best to support these 3) run and plan joint research/ PPI events |
Collaborator Contribution | See above |
Impact | D4D have been actively involved in developing our IMPRESS funding scheme and are board members of IMPRESS Plus. |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Enteric Collaboration |
Organisation | National Institute for Health Research |
Department | Enteric Healthcare Technology Co-operative |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | We have worked with Enteric to identify and support complementary research activities in the clinical area of incontinence. Enteric are a formal member of the IMPRESS Plus board and supported the funding application for IMPRESS Plus |
Collaborator Contribution | See above |
Impact | Enteric have helped guide the research direction of IMPRESS, bringing clinical insight to the steering committee |
Start Year | 2015 |
Description | Involvement in a clinical trial to create diagnostic decision tree for GPs |
Organisation | Cardiff University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Academic/University |
PI Contribution | We will use our urine biomarker diagnosis of overactive bladder as part of a clinical trial; the outcome of which will be to create a 'decision aid' to help GPs find out the most likely cause of patients' urinary symptoms. |
Collaborator Contribution | Our partner is the PI on the study and is responsible for participant recruitment. The partner will ultimately lead the production of the diagnostic algorithm. |
Impact | None as yet. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Title | Overactive bladder diagnosis via point-of-care biosensor |
Description | Approached by NIHR to develop an application for NIHR funding for a clinical trial. Application under development; submission late 2018. |
Type | Diagnostic Tool - Non-Imaging |
Current Stage Of Development | Refinement. Clinical |
Year Development Stage Completed | 2017 |
Development Status | Under active development/distribution |
Impact | (Not at this stage yet.) |
Description | 28th Annual Conference of the European Society of Biomaterials (ESB) 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS Research Fellow , Dr Elena Mancuso, poster presented her work on the development of a co-electrospun membrane for pelvic organ prolapse repair and regeneration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://www.esb2017.org/home |
Description | 3rd International Conference on BioTribology (ICoBT 2016) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Poster presentation by Dr Mike Bryant on his work exploring the mechanisms of soft tissue degradation in incontinence technologies. This enabled IMPRESS funded work to reach an international audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | Academic presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Other audiences |
Results and Impact | Academic webinar, BioRooms, focussing on the application of academic approaches for patient benefit. Around 30 people attended live but the session was recorded and was disseminated via social media channels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | BBC World Service coverage of Kids Wearable Tech workshop 2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
Results and Impact | BBC World Service asked if they could record the workshop as part of their work towards producing a parenting podcast due to be released in early 2019 for the CrowdScience programme series. The request came because a parent in Italy had written to the programme asking what the latest research was on enureis (night time urinary incontinence) because she had two children (11-14yrs) who had tried all current treatments. This positive exposure for IMPRESS and how it highlights how families all over the world are dealing with continence issues in children has influenced the decision to continue work on the app through 2019 and beyond. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04d42rc |
Description | Bladder and Bowel Paediatric Study Day 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS Project Manager, Sarah King, presented a summary from the Kid's Toilet Talk Workshop. The aim of this was to disseminate how IMPRESS engaged with parents and children to tackle a sensitive subject in a fun way in order to draw out a body of information on how school aged children are affected by incontinence and possible ways to overcome their issues. The audience were keen to have access to the findings from the workshop to aid their work with children and these are now fully accessible from the IMPRESS and Bladder and Bowel UK and ERIC websites. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | British Geriatrics Society - Improving Continence in Older People |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation at this event has enabled IMPRESS to tap into links with the British Geriatric Society and their activities around issues relating to incontinence in the aging population. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://online.bgs.org.uk/Continence_2016 |
Description | Colorectal Therapies HTC National Meeting 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS led a small group session to exploring patient and healthcare practitioner needs around incontinence. This discussion highlighted issues around the patient pathway to treatment and management of incontinence which was then fed back to the wider audience at the meeting stimulating more interest in tackling incontinence care through the work of IMPRESS. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://colorectal.htc.nihr.ac.uk/upcoming-meetings/national-meeting-2016/ |
Description | Dementia and Incontinence meeting - Newcastle |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | The event, held at The Core, Newcastle in November, brought together researchers, specialist dementia and incontinence nurses, patient and care organisations and business. The aim was to share insights on incontinence: looking at key challenges for carers and people living with dementia. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.ageingresearch.org/dementia-and-incontinence-meeting/ |
Description | Discussion ThinkTank: Refractory OAB and idiopathic urinary retention: can phenotyping improve outcome for patients? |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | International Consultation on Incontinence Research Society, Bristol, ThinkTank on 'Refractory Over Active Bladder and idiopathic urinary retention: can phenotyping improve outcome for patients?' This was one of a series of discussion meetings to identify outstanding questions and research questions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | ERIC Paediatric Continence Conference 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Biennial National Conference for all healthcare practitioners specialising or interested in paediatric incontinence. IMPRESS exhibition stand with videos explaining our network and also demonstrating a test rig created to study the human defecatory system, led to expansion of the network as a number of delegates joined IMPRESS and also strengthened our partnership with ERIC. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | https://www.eric.org.uk/paediatric-continence-conference |
Description | European Chapter Meeting of the Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine International Society (TERMIS-EU) 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS ran a symposium on regenerative medicine for incontinence at this conference. The aim of this event was to highlight the research opportunities relating to the management and treatment of incontinence available to the tissue engineering and regenerative medicine community. To achieve this, the symposium set out to improve the audience's understanding of the clinical and scientific challenges that exist in the context of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. The Symposium encouraged new research collaborations and highlighted the opportunity for proof-of-concept funding available from the IMPRESS Network. At the end of the symposium the consensus was for an on-going series of symposia that support the establishment of a pan-European network of researchers investigating the use of regenerative medicine for incontinence therapy. Further impact will be achieved by follow-up Symposia planned for future TERMIS meetings. Regenerative medicine for incontinence abstracts have been published in E Cells and Materials (eCM) TERMIS EU Meeting Abstracts 2017, Collection 2. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://ecmconferences.org/abstracts/2017/Collection2/c2_poster.html |
Description | Health Charity Shared Learning Group Incontinence Research Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Elena Mancuso, IMPRESS Research Fellow, participated in this workshop and was able to develop her work on electro-spun mesh material further through discussions during the group sessions. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS Research Lead, Dr Ali Alazmani, from the University of Leeds, exhibited his work developing ultra-high performance soft tactile sensors using flexible coils. His demonstration stand showcasing his new sensing system called Inductive Tactile Sensors (ITSs) attracted much interest from delegates. These innovative sensors have many potential applications including incorporation into new devices for treating incontinence. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | IMPRESS stand at ERIC Paediatric Incontinence Conference 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS ran an exhibition stand at this biennial event as a way of showcasing the Kid's Wearable Tech work. A prototype of the smart watch app which IMPRESS has been developing to help primary school aged children manage their daytime continence issues was presented to delegates at the conference (specialist healthcare practitioners). Delelgates were asked for their feedback through a short survey and the positive response received from this activity confirmed the need and the feedback helped shape the design of the app. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.eric.org.uk/conference2018 |
Description | IMPRESS symposium at BioMedEng Conference 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A symposium which showcased IMPRESS funded projects to delegates at the BioMedEng conference. A small but highly focused audience made for a productive discussion session at the end of this event which fully engaged academics in an area not previously considered. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://impress-network.com/2018/09/12/impress-at-biomedeng18/ |
Description | IMechE Conference: Incontinence the Engineering Challenge XI |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS ran a poster competition sponsored by Coloplast. Six of the poster presentations related to IMPRESS funded projects. IMPRESS also presented the methodology and findings from the Kid's Toilet Talk Workshop to an international audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://events.imeche.org/ViewEvent?code=CON6475 |
Description | IMechE Conference: Incontinence the Engineering Challenge XII |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Dr Culmer was invited to co-chair this conference; Incontinence The Engineering Challenge XII - Europe's only regular international, multi-disciplinary conference on incontinence technology. The conference is This two-day conference is hosted by the IMechE and features a unique mix of sessions on the latest engineering challenges, solutions, technologies and research managing the problem of incontinence. The conference is a collaborative effort of engineers, scientists, clinicians, researchers, commercial designers/producers and product users to help solve the problems that people with incontinence and caregivers face. Outcomes were highly positive reviews from the audience, new research collaborations and development of early-career researchers involved in this area. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
URL | http://events.imeche.org/ViewEvent?code=CON6799 |
Description | IMechE Conference: Incontinence the Engineering Challenge XIII |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMechE Conference: Incontinence the Engineering Challenge XIII The 13th biennial Incontinence: The Engineering Challenge conference aims to inform, encourage and inspire those keen to improve technology for diagnosing, treating, or managing urinary or faecal incontinence. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://events.imeche.org/ViewEvent?code=CON7265 |
Description | Incontinence Focus Group at Surgical Medtech National Meeting 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | A focus group during the Surgical Medtech National Meeting aimed at continuing the IMPRESS vision beyond 2018 which explored the following ideas for how continence care could be improved - Destigmatising the condition through public awareness programmes - Ensuring more specialist training of NHS staff to improve care pathways - Creating a Continence Technology lead within each hospital or NHS trust - Catalysing Innovation through engineering science events, education and support from RCUK - Creating a robust cross sector forum that is fit for purpose and engages with industry - Setting up direct funding initiatives to encourage Medtech SMEs to enter the incontinence market The outputsfrom the group discussion were fed back the the rest of the delegates at the National Meeting and will service as an aid to the Surgical Medtech Co-operative in developing the IMPRESS (incontinence) theme from 2019 onwards |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://surgicalmic.nihr.ac.uk/ |
Description | International Association of Science and Technology for Development (IASTED) Biomed 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Will stokes, PHD researcher at Leeds University, podium presented his work on a physical simulation to investigate the effect of the ano-rectal angle on continence. This highlighted to the international stage the complex physiology involved in maintaining faecal continence and where future research to tackle faecal incontinence might be directed. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | International Continence Society Conference 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS Research Fellow, Dr Elena Mancuso, presented her poster on her work on the development and optimisation of a novel 3D fibre-based mesh for pelvic organ prolapse repair and regeneration. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | https://www.ics.org/2017/abstract/171 |
Description | Invited seminar talk - School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Leeds |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | I was invited to speak on my work developing infection- and encrustation-resistant medical device materials during a seminar session with approximately 60 engineering students at the University of Leeds. A lively discussion session followed the talk which stimulated interest and ideas for further collaboration between my healthcare work and their engineering expertise. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Invited speaker |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | . High frequency stimulation of the pelvic nerve or S1 sacral nerve root to inhibit urinary voiding -which is best? Science in Urology satellite meeting of ICI-RS Bristol, June 2019. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
Description | Kid's Wearable Tech Workshop 1 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | The first of two workshops as part of our IMPRESS Kid's Wearable Tech project to develop a smart watch app to help primary school aged children manage their daytime incontinence. The purpose of this first workshop was to develop a set of criteria for the app through working with families to understand user needs from the parents and children's perspectives. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://impress-network.com/kids-wearable-tech/ |
Description | Kid's Wearable Tech workshop 2 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | This was the second of two Kid's Wearable Tech workshops as part of an IMPRESS project to develop a smart watch app to help primary school aged children manage their daytime continence issues. The purpose of this event was to engage a set of children and their parents in testing the prototype app developed from their feedback at the first workshop. This activity has impact on the families and their lives because they were able to take the prototype app home and use it beyond the testing session. Feedback from both the parents and the children following a testing session means that the project is in a position where the design can be further refined against a set of user led criteria. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | http://impress-network.com/2018/12/12/kids-wearable-tech/ |
Description | Kids Toilet Talk Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Patients, carers and/or patient groups |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS ran this public engagement workshop in partnership with TITCH, the paediatric arm of Devices for Dignity Healthcare Technologies Co-operative. The workshop focussed on the needs of young children and teenagers who live with incontinence. The purpose was to gain an understanding of incontinence issues from their perspective and their ideas for how these might be met using new technologies. The output from the workshop was a Kid's toilet talk report and a Kids Toilet Talk Comic. Both these documents highlight the specific issues for schools children who live with incontinence and have been disseminated across our network of researchers and beyond as a driver to generate more research studies. They have also been circulated to the general public through our charity partners ERIC and Bowel and Bladder UK. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://impress-network.com/2017/12/05/report-from-kids-toilet-talk-workshop/ |
Description | MEIbioeng 16 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
Results and Impact | MEIbioeng 16, a UK national gathering of over 230 Biomedical Engineering, Medical Engineering and Bioengineering researchers. IMPRESS Principal investigator, Dr Peter Culmer presented an update on the work of IMPRESS in a session showcasing all the the EPSRC Network schemes this led to better link with the other networks and disseminated IMPRESS to the UK bioengineering research community. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
URL | http://www.ibme.ox.ac.uk/news-events/events/meibioeng-16 |
Description | Medical Devices and Vulnerable Skin Network Sandpit 2016 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation by IMPRESS Research Fellow, Dr Elena Mancuso, on her work in developing an electro-spun mesh material for in-vivo use for treating incontinence. As a result Dr Mancuso submitted an application to the Network for Proof of Concept Funding to continue this work. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2016 |
Description | NIHR Surgical Medtech Cooperative Launch Meeting |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Delegates at this meeting were given an overview of what IMPRESS does and it's achievements so far. This was engagement with a new audience interested in involvement with the NIHR Leeds MIC and with an interest in it's themes, one of which is colorectal speciality. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/nihr-surgical-medtech-co-operative-launch-event-registration-39248369... |
Description | Presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Presentation to British Geriatric Society annual meeting. Focussed on the impact of urinary symptoms on individuals, their carers and the healthcare sector - and how our activities aim to address this impact through innovations and education. >100 people attended live but the session was recorded and was disseminated to members via their website. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Presentation of paper at Design4Health Conference 2018 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Conference Paper presented by Dr Gem Wheeler on IMPRESS's Kid's Toilet Talk Workshop in September 2017 and how the collaboration between IMPRESS and TITCH (https://www.titch.org.uk/) led to new approaches in child centred research. WHEELER, Gemma, MILLS, Nathaniel, KING, Sarah and CULMER, Peter (2018). Child-led, Creative Exploration of Paediatric Incontinence. In: CHRISTER, Kirsty, CRAIG, Claire and WOLSTENHOLME, Dan, (eds.) Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Design4Health Sheffield 4th - 6th September 2018. Sheffield Hallam University. This work is currently being developed towards a full publication in a future issue of Design4Health Journal. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2018 |
URL | https://research.shu.ac.uk/design4health/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/662.pdf |
Description | Professorial Lecture |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Professorial lecture at my new institution, Teesside University. Recorded and broadcast on YouTube, this has already had >1600 unique views. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPXxIKwmVf8 |
Description | Public talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public webinar, hosted by University of the Third Age, focussing on the impact of urinary symptoms on individuals, their carers and the healthcare sector. Around 50 people attended live but the session was recorded and was disseminated to U3A members via their website. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Public talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Public webinar, hosted by UCL, focussing on the impact of urinary symptoms on individuals, their carers and the healthcare sector. >100 people attended live but the session was recorded and was disseminated to UCL staff and to the public via social media channels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Public talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Public webinar, hosted by University of Portsmouth, focussing on the impact of urinary symptoms on individuals, their carers and the healthcare sector. Around 50 people attended live but the session was recorded and was disseminated to UoP staff and to the public via social media channels. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Simon Foundation Innovating for Continence Conference 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | IMPRESS Principal Investigator, Dr Peter Culmer, presented at and participated in a pre-conference workshop on which incontinence products work best for whom and why. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
Description | Water, Engineering and Development Centre (WEDC) 40th International Conference 2017 |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | At this conference IMPRESS ran a side event which aimed to raise awareness of incontinence needs in low and middle income countries (LMICs), describing the current knowledge base, research, and gaps in practice and exploring how both should be progressed. The event received a small audience but individuals were actively interested leading to a lively discussion time at the end of the event. A number of attendees expressed an interest in follow up information and since the event a number of Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) sector professionals have joined a sub-network to IMPRESS specifically interested in incontinence in LMICs. This event also led to a follow up article in the Community-Led Total Sanitation Knowledge Hub (http://www.communityledtotalsanitation.org/node/1923). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |
URL | http://impress-network.com/event/wedc-conference-incontinence-side-event/ |
Description | Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Webinar: 'Approaches in Physiology and Pathology: Towards New Diagnostics and Treatment'. This was a broad-ranging presentation about our approaches, discoveries and associated impacts in urology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Webinar: 'Desperate times call for desperate measures: Innovation of the management of urinary symptoms'. This was a broad-ranging presentation about the impact of urological dysfunction on individuals and healthcare systems. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.port.ac.uk/news-events-and-blogs/webinars/research-futures/desperate-times-call-for-desp... |
Description | Webinar to ECRs |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This webinar, entitled 'Developing a rapid, non-invasive and accurate method for detection of bladder disease' was intended to promote interdisciplinary working. The audience was PGRs and ECRs. The associated discussion included questions about my career path and the application of a neuroscience PhD to my now area of expertise, urology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | What's New in the Pelvic Floor Workshop |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A joint event organised by IMPRESS and The Colorectal Therapies Healthcare Technologies Co-operative. It was a symposium focussing on new technologies to improve the management of pelvic floor disorders aimed at healthcare professionals working in pelvic floor dysfunction and researchers active in a similar field. It was very well attended with a comprehensive programme of speakers and some case study discussion forums. Feedback from attendees indicated a strong desire to see such an event to be held annually. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2017 |