The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Sheffield
Department Name: Infection Immunity & Cardiovasc Disease
Abstract
Developing new health technologies is complicated and often fails to lead to improved patient care. Successfully taking an idea through the necessary research studies and developing it to the point of use in the NHS requires many different areas of expertise. These include; understanding patients' and health professionals' needs, medical and healthcare environments, engineering and digital technologies, design, manufacturing, legal and ethical regulation, business development, how to obtain funding, and many other topics (in our application we refer to these areas the "Innovation Curriculum").
Our Hub covers a region of 1.4 million people in a region that is affected by high levels of disease and health inequalities. Our team includes all regional NHS organisations including GPs, adult and children's hospitals, mental health services and the recently introduced South Yorkshire "Integrated Care System", hundreds of researchers from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, many large and small companies, and patient and public groups. These partners between them have all the necessary expertise and experience in developing new Digital Health technologies to the point of use in the NHS.
We will help researchers develop Digital Health technologies by training them in all aspects of the Innovation Curriculum, and by supporting them to work together with the NHS and patients on real ideas and projects. We will hold Citizen's Juries to understand the public and patients' views of Digital Health and to help design our research. We will produce sixty hours of training in Digital Health for researchers, clinicians, patients and the public, freely available and accredited through our partnership with YouTube's authoritative health content programme. We will hold regular "Calls for Ideas" where we support project teams and train them in Digital Health, providing the most promising ideas with initial project funding to help take these towards potential commercialisation.
Our Hub covers a region of 1.4 million people in a region that is affected by high levels of disease and health inequalities. Our team includes all regional NHS organisations including GPs, adult and children's hospitals, mental health services and the recently introduced South Yorkshire "Integrated Care System", hundreds of researchers from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam University, many large and small companies, and patient and public groups. These partners between them have all the necessary expertise and experience in developing new Digital Health technologies to the point of use in the NHS.
We will help researchers develop Digital Health technologies by training them in all aspects of the Innovation Curriculum, and by supporting them to work together with the NHS and patients on real ideas and projects. We will hold Citizen's Juries to understand the public and patients' views of Digital Health and to help design our research. We will produce sixty hours of training in Digital Health for researchers, clinicians, patients and the public, freely available and accredited through our partnership with YouTube's authoritative health content programme. We will hold regular "Calls for Ideas" where we support project teams and train them in Digital Health, providing the most promising ideas with initial project funding to help take these towards potential commercialisation.
Organisations
- University of Sheffield (Lead Research Organisation)
- Association for Young People's Health (AYPH) (Collaboration)
- Hopkins Van Mil (Collaboration)
- Ally Health (Project Partner)
- South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board (Project Partner)
- Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- GlycoVue Ltd (Project Partner)
- South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Author. (Project Partner)
- Doncaster and Bassetlaw Hospitals NHS Tr (Project Partner)
- Barnsley Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Devices for Dignity (Project Partner)
- Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust (Project Partner)
- APARITO (Project Partner)
- Eupnoos Ltd (Project Partner)
- Primary Care Sheffield Ltd (Project Partner)
- CheckPoint Cardio (Project Partner)
- Canon Medical Research Europe Ltd (Project Partner)
- Northern Health Science Alliance Ltd (Project Partner)
- Google Health (Project Partner)
- Connected Care Solutions Ltd (Project Partner)
- Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- National Inst. Health & Care Research (Project Partner)
- Sheffield Children's NHS Foundation Trust (Project Partner)
- GE Healthcare (Project Partner)
Publications
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(2023)
How Could Sensor-Based Measurement of Physical Activity Be Used in Cardiovascular Healthcare?
in Sensors (Basel, Switzerland)
| Title | Visual poster |
| Description | Visual minutes describing artistically the process and outcome of the 1st Citizens Jury in Sheffield in November 2023. |
| Type Of Art | Artwork |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Visual poster shared widely online, on social media, via email lists and newsletter, allowing for a different and creative form of representation of research outputs, rather than traditional, written format. |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sydhh/pcie |
| Description | Engagement with Integrated Care Board (ICB) |
| Geographic Reach | Local/Municipal/Regional |
| Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
| Description | Sheffield Hallam University Researcher & Innovator Development Academy - Transforming Lives Fellows |
| Amount | £500,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 07/2024 |
| End | 08/2027 |
| Description | Transforming Lives PhD Scholarship |
| Amount | £65,000 (GBP) |
| Organisation | Sheffield Hallam University |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 08/2024 |
| End | 09/2027 |
| Title | Network Driver Project: Using routine data to identify patients at risk of long hospital stay |
| Description | Co-Investigator at the SYDHH Professor Suzanne Mason is the PI on the Network Driver Project: Using routine data to identify patients at risk of long hospital stay. NHSE, Data for R&D Programme. £300K. Sept 2024-March 2025. (MASON PI, ENGLAND, KEWLEY, DAVIS (CIs)) |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | This will be reported in 2026. |
| Title | Reducing Avoidable Admissions in Acute Hospital Care: The role and impact of Same Day Emergency Care Services |
| Description | Reducing Avoidable Admissions in Acute Hospital Care: The role and impact of Same Day Emergency Care Services. NIHR HSDR. Nov 2024-Oct 2027. £918K. JACQUES, MASON Co-PI; SAMPSON, SIMPSON, LEWIS, CANTRELL, CROFT, WHITING, LASSERSON) |
| Type Of Material | Data analysis technique |
| Year Produced | 2025 |
| Provided To Others? | No |
| Impact | An update will be reported in 2026. |
| Description | AYPH - CJ2 |
| Organisation | Association for Young People's Health (AYPH) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | Members of the Association for Young People's Health (AYPH) have been involved in, and trained in, deliberative exercise for developing a charter for digital health innovation for young people |
| Collaborator Contribution | Design and facilitation of a series of deliberative workshops involving young people (18-25y) drawn from across South Yorkshire |
| Impact | Workshops |
| Start Year | 2024 |
| Description | Hopkins van Mil (HVM). HVM is an independent social research agency specialising in deliberative engagement. |
| Organisation | Hopkins Van Mil |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | The SYDHH and HVM collaborated on planning, designing and delivering the 1st Citizens Jury (CJ) in Sheffield in November 2023. The research team at the SYDHH responsible for PPIE, composed of Professor George Peat and Dr Lidis Garbovan, provided academic inputs, overview and review of the CJ process. They also co-wrote the Final Report and a blog post about the process and outcomes of the 1st CJ. |
| Collaborator Contribution | HVM led the design, recruitment and delivery of the 1st CJ and led the writing of the Final Report. |
| Impact | 1 blogpost 1 visual art output 1 final report |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Description | Article in Bdaily Business News |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A UK-based health tech start-up Daiser is set to accelerate the adoption of digital healthcare through a new partnership with a leading research organisation the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://bdaily.co.uk/articles/2025/02/10/health-tech-start-up-partners-to-transform-digital-care |
| Description | Article in Digital Health (online independent news, events and leadership networks on Health IT) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online article reporting health tech startup Daiser partnered with the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub to accelerate the translation of physical services into digital. The partnership aims to translate the hub's data and findings into safe and accessible patient-friendly solutions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.digitalhealth.net/2025/02/south-yorkshire-digital-health-hub-partners-with-health-tech-s... |
| Description | Article in EPSRC Healthcare Technologies Newsletter - February 2024 (Issue 13) linked to BBC Article 1 Feb 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Third sector organisations |
| Results and Impact | News story on our partner Google health conducting research alongside academics and local government staff at the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub with quote from Director Tim Chico. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-south-yorkshire-68164483 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/UKEPSRC/bulletins/38ab950 |
| Description | Article in Health Tech Newspaper |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH) has announced £500,000 of funding for seven innovative projects to help with disease diagnosis and address health inequalities across the region. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://htn.co.uk/2025/01/08/south-yorkshire-digital-health-hub-announces-500000-of-funding-for-seve... |
| Description | Article in Indian Education Diary |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | University of Sheffield: Pioneering Digital Health Projects Aim to Address Health Disparities in South Yorkshire |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://indiaeducationdiary.in/university-of-sheffield-pioneering-digital-health-projects-aim-to-add... |
| Description | Article in Institute of Minerals and Mining (IOM3) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub, UK, awarded funding to seven projects to support wearable tech and smart phone projects address health inequalities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.iom3.org/resource/wearable-tech-and-smart-phone-projects-address-health-inequalities.htm... |
| Description | Article in Sheffield Hallam News online |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pioneering projects using smartphones and wearable technology to address the high levels of health inequalities and disease across the region, have been awarded funding at the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH) |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.shu.ac.uk/news/all-articles/latest-news/sydhh-funded-projects |
| Description | Article in South Yorkshire Innovation Newsletter |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Article in newsletter describing the Hub and its objectives and advertising what we do and the upcoming innovation pipeline funding. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.syinnovationhub.net/news/innovation-hub-newsletter-issue-03/ |
| Description | Article on Science Media Centre - Expert reaction from the lead of one of the Innovation Pipeline projects funded by the Hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Becky Mawson, leading the current project with South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub - The Hormone Effect - developing an app to collect data on side effects of contraception gave her expert reaction to a study in the BMJ looking at hormonal contraceptives and stroke and heart attack risk. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://www.sciencemediacentre.org/expert-reaction-to-study-looking-at-hormonal-contraceptives-and-s... |
| Description | Article on University of Sheffield website |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Pioneering projects using smartphones and wearable technology to address the high levels of health inequalities and disease across the region, have been awarded funding at the South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub (SYDHH). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/news/tackling-health-inequality-south-yorkshire-wearable-technology |
| Description | BBC TV interview with Hub Director & Deputy Director, 29 Feb & 3 March broadcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | On the 40th anniversary of the Miners' Strike, for a story for BBC Politics North (3 March 2024) and BBC Look North (29 February 2024) about why people living in former coalfields are in poor health, senior political reporter for BBC Sheffield Lucy Ashton interviewed Hub Director Tim Chico, and Steve Haake, Deputy director. https://bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001x2bm/politics-north-yorkshire-and-lincolnshire-03032024 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001x2bm/politics-north-yorkshire-and-lincolnshire-03032024 |
| Description | BMJ Future Health Conference - Opening keynote - Tackling inequalities and upskilling a region: lessons from South Yorkshire's new Digital Health Hub |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Opening keynote - Tackling inequalities and upskilling a region: lessons from South Yorkshire's new Digital Health Hub |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Bringing inclusivity into biomechanics-based technologies |
| 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 | Bringing inclusivity into biomechanics-based technologies |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference 2024: British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre Session |
| 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 | British Cardiovascular Society Annual Conference 2024: British Heart Foundation Data Science Centre Session |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Elevate Your Pitch - a session to develop communication skills and give people the tools to pitch successfully - May 2024 |
| 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 | The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub organised the Elevate Your Pitch, a free training session that aims to develop communication skills and give people the tools to pitch successfully to funders and interview panels. This was an in-person session, held at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre, Sheffield Hallam University on Thursday 30th May. This will be an informal and interactive session run by Westbourne Consulting who are recognised by a National Training Award and have a strong background in improving presentation skills. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | European Society of Cardiology - Digital Health: the value of data from wearable devices before and after acute cardiac presentations |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Presentation - Digital Health: the value of data from wearable devices before and after acute cardiac presentations |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Health Data Research UK Retreat - presentation on smartphone/wearable data |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Health Data Research UK Retreat - presentation on smartphone/wearable data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | House of Commons event for health data research |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on the South Yorkshire digital health hub and presentation on secure data environments, in collaboration with Google Health & South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Innovation Design Workshop delivered to RDASH - Nov 2024 |
| 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 | Three of the SYDHH staff, the Innovation Lead, the Training Lead and the PPIE Lead delivered a workshop to NHS staff at Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Innovation Pipeline Sandpit Event - 4 March 2024 |
| 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 | The purpose of the event is to build teams to creatively solve problems with innovative applications of digital health data. The event took place at the AWRC on Monday 4 March 2024. Our Training Lead curated links for attendees to access prior to the day, including 'Preparing your 60 second presentation', 'Digital health', 'Innovation Process' and 'Networking and Communication'. To further develop presentation skills an online workshop was be hosted by Marjory Da Costa Abreu on Monday 26th February from 7 to 8pm on Zoom. This session was recorded and added to the sandpit training document send to all attendees prior to the event. The outcome of the event was 19 draft project proposals were submitted to the Hub. These teams/proposals will be offered further support, including mentoring, in order to put together an application for the first tranche of Innovation Pipeline Funding due to be awarded in June 2024. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sydhh/work-us/innovation-pipeline |
| Description | Innovation Pipeline workshop - 25 January 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | For Nick / Clare / Marjory - to add - activity, purpose and outcome. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | Local newspaper article - The Sheffield Start - article about South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub's collaboration with platform partner Daiser. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Local newspaper article - The Sheffield Start - article about South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub's collaboration with platform partner Daiser. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/healthtech-startup-cements-partnership-with-yorkshire-research-hu... |
| Description | Online training session on Medical Device Regulations - July 2024 |
| 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 | This free online training will cover what qualifies as a medical device (including software), key considerations when designing your medical device, and how to ensure your product complies with medical device regulations. The session will conclude with a Q&A segment. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | PPI review and meeting - SaWD |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Review, discussion, and feedback by patients/public contributors on proposed new initiative - SaWD |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| Description | Presentation on smart phone and wearable data at Oxford |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Presentation on smart phone and wearable data at Oxford |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | SYDHH Collaboration Boards - 13 March, 19 June, 17 September 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The purpose is to review and refine the Hub's aims and board membership, and to monitor Hub progress and advise the Hub executive on how best to achieve these aims. Also to offer support to help achieve Hub aims. This may include sharing information, expertise, staff time, meeting venues, access to networks, publicising Hub activities, participation in Hub training and projects, and in-kind or financial support. Such contributions are voluntary and not required to sit on the collaboration board as a full member. Also to provide opportunities for the development of new collaborations, partnerships and scoping the research and development potential for the Hub. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | SYDHH hosted Google Digital Garage Event, 1 February 2024 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The Hub hosted a Google Digital Garage Event in partnership with Google Health on Thursday 1 February 2024 at the Advanced Wellbeing Research Centre (AWRC). The following sessions were available on the day: 1. Boost your productivity with AI - This course introduces learners to cutting-edge AI tools that are already available from Google and others, to show some of the smartest ways digital-age workers, and small businesses can use them to save time at work and on tasks. 2. Telling Stories with Data Visualisation - Become a better communicator with data by learning how to create compelling data visualisations. Learn why turning data into stories is important, and find out how to tailor information and visuals for your audience, based on your goals. 3. Leadership for the Digital Age - This course will help you discover your own leadership style, how to navigate change and set and communicate a vision for your work, whether you're leading a team or leading a single element of a project. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub Annual Plenary Event - 17 October 2024 |
| 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 | Annual Plenary event to celebrate the first 12 months of the SY Digital health hub, update the audience on progress and share plans for the next 12 months. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| Description | South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub Launch Event - 24 October 2023 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | The official launch event of the EPSRC South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub on 24 October 2023. The Hub's vision is to bring together clinicians, researchers, patients and industrial partners to develop digital health tools that improve peoples' health and quality of life. This was the first opportunity for Hub stakeholders to meet face to face, to discuss the Hub's aims, understand how these align with regional research and healthcare strategies, and to begin to develop Digital Health collaborative projects and training opportunities. Following the launch our Hub Partner Canon Medical hosted tours of the Canon Medical Arena situated next to the AWRC on the Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park. Speakers included Steven Pleasant (Healthy Life Expectancy Lead, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority), Gavin Boyle, (Chief Executive, South Yorkshire Integrated Care Board), Professor Sue Hartley, (Vice-President for Research and Innovation at the University of Sheffield), Professor Rory Duncan (Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and Innovation, Sheffield Hallam University), Katherine Freeman, (Senior Portfolio Manager, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)), Lynn Laidlaw, (Public Contributor), Professor Wendy Tindale, (Scientific & Innovation Director Sheffield Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust), Dr Susan Thomas, (Clinical Director, Google Health), Jan Wolber (Product Leader - Digital, GE Healthcare), Dr Elin Haf Davies (Chief Executive Officer, Aparito). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/sydhh |
| Description | South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub mentioned in an article published on open access government about precision medicine |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The South Yorkshire Digital Health Hub was mentioned in an article published on open access government about precision medicine, this article was written by the managing director of canon medical. Canon medical are a hub partner. The article explores the current landscape of precision medicine and mentions the hub as a collaboration between the university of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam university to enable the production of innovative digital technologies to improve the way diseases are diagnosed and treated. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.openaccessgovernment.org/could-medical-imaging-innovation-be-the-catalyst-for-precision-... |
| Description | The Digital Health Hubcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | The Digital Health Hubcast is a podcast that explores topics around digital health with speakers from across the UK, hosted and produced by Hannah Clemmens from SYDHH. So far, we have released one episode entitled 'What is Digital Health? with Professor Tim Chico and Professor Steve Haake' with more episodes lined up to publish throughout 2025. These episodes will serve as engaging and informative resources for researchers and anyone interested in digital health. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2025 |
| URL | https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/south-yorkshire-digital-h |
| Description | Tim Chico on the Times Higher Education Podcast |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Tim Chico, a professor of cardiovascular medicine at the University of Sheffield, explained the value of digital healthcare and the collaborative approach it requires. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
| URL | https://www.timeshighereducation.com/content/university-sheffield-tackling-health-inequality-wearabl... |
| Description | talk/presentation on smartphone/wearable data at Cambridge |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | talk/presentation on smartphone/wearable data |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |