2022-2025 – Funded Projects

The Future Blood Testing Network+ is proud to support a variety of innovative projects led by exceptional researchers from leading institutions across the UK. Here are some of the projects currently funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC).

Funding Call 1 – Landscape report

  • Project Title: The UK Laboratory Diagnostics Landscape Report
    Principal Investigator: Professor Dimitris Grammatopoulos
    Institution: University of Warwick and UHCW NHS Trust

 Funding Call 2 – Collaboration Innovation Projects

  • Project Title: Multi-modal deep learning approaches for identification of prognostic and diagnostic biomarkers
    Principal Investigator: Dr Heba Sailem
    Institution: King’s College London
  • Project Title: Smart Portable and Fast Acute myocardial Infraction Detection Device for Ambulance Use
    Principal Investigator: Professor Wamadeva Balachandran
    Institution: Brunel University London
  • Project Title: Innovation in rehabilitation technologies through multimodal blood analysis
    Principal Investigator: Dr Melanie Jimenez
    Institution: University of Strathclyde

  • Project Title: FERRIQ: Ai-Driven Mapping of Disease Trajectories of Patients With Genetic Iron Overload to Inform Development of Clinical Decision Support Systems
    Principal Investigator: Dr Fayyaz Minhas
    Institution: University of Warwick

Funding Call 3 – Collaboration Innovation Projects

  • Project Title: Wearable Otological Measurement of Blood Analytes
    Principal Investigator: Dr Peter J. Christopher
    Institution: University of Nottingham
  • Project Title: Towards point-of-care blood monitoring of therapeutic interventions; the case of testosterone treatment
    Principal Investigator: Professor Stavroula Balabani
    Institution: University College London

  • Project Title: Development of an implantable device for continuous monitoring of blood biomarkers
    Principal Investigator: Chenyang He, Assistant Professor
    Institution: University of Nottingham

  • Project Title: Raman spectroscopy for remote blood testing
    Principal Investigator: Dr Donna Arnold
    Institution: University of Kent