Knowledge Transfer in the
Highlands and Islands
KT Scotland: Policy & Practice Conference
“Regional Health Initiatives”
23rd April 2010
David Chapman
Knowledge Transfer Manager
“Universities are the most important
mechanism we have for generating,
preserving, disseminating and
transforming knowledge into wider
social and economic benefits”
Department for Business Innovation
and Skills Report 2009
Knowledge Transfer
In Context
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Publications
Processes
Materials
Technology
Know how
Innovation
Skills
Research &
Scholorship Outputs
Adapted from Cullen 2008
KT Activities
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Teaching
CPD
Networking/ events
Consultancy
Collaborative
Research
• Contract Research
• Licensing
• Spinouts
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Jobs
New Products
New Processes
New Markets
Increased profit/
turnover
• Increased capacity to
manage competition
• Social & community
benefits
Impacts
UHI Millennium Institute
Faculty Of Health
Creating and Stimulating
A Culture of KT
Clinical
Research
Facility
Under Grad
/ Post Grad
Activity
“Market Pull”
Centre for
Rural Health
Genetics &
Immunology
Group
UHI
FACULTY
OF HEALTH &
EDUCATION
“Technology Push”
Department of
Diabetes &
Cardiovascular
Science
Centre for
Lipidomic
Research
Centre For Rural Health – Research Activities
• Older People for Older People (O-4-O)
• NPP Project – Helping communities develop support
and services for older citizens
• Engaging Local Authorities – ESRC, SFC & LARC
• SAC, Orkney Islands Council & Scottish Borders Council
• 3 PhD Projects
• http://www.abdn.ac.uk/crh/
KTP – CRH & NHS Highland
‘Remote Service Futures’
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NHS
2 year project
Independent GP contractors
4 remote communities
Ambulance service
Council social services
Many service providers
Voluntary services
Fragile service provision
Council ward managers
Politicians
Some already ‘in conflict’
Process to work together to avoid crisis
Communities
Future
Data
mapping
Action Research process
Provider
Roadshow
Design
‘Game’
Designs
KTP Results (UHI CRH)
• Sessions with Health Minister & govt +
appointment to govt. panel
• Numerous (international) conference
presentations
3 ref journal papers drafted
• Rural health economist + CSO grant
• Visiting fellowship to U Sydney
• Short courses piloted
Developing PG Cert.
• Associate won KTP prize
• Trust with NHS Highland
Free Radical Research Facility
Creating the University of the
Highlands and Islands
Experts in the measurement of free radicals and antioxidants
Oxidative stress – a key regulator in
disease processes and aging
•Lipid peroxidation
•Protein modification
•Antioxidant capacity
Department of
Diabetes &
Cardiovascular
Science
Therapeutic Implications
•Nutritional studies
•Oxidative stress markers
•Inflammatory markers
•Antioxidant measures
Other Research Areas
Antioxidants – measurement and
mechanism of action
•Antioxidant capacity and ‘power’
•Protective effects in cellular models
•Mechanism of action
Further information:
•Inflammatory pathways
•Vascular endothelial function
•Thrombosis
•New therapies
•Dietary & exercise studies
Prof Ian Megson (ian.megson@uhi.ac.uk)
www.uhi.ac.uk/home/faculties/health/diabetes/index_html
Prof Sandra MacRury (sandra.macrury@uhi.ac.uk) www.centreforhealthscience.com/clinical-research-facility.asp
CASE STUDY
Diabetes – can the sea provide new treatments?
• Innovative drug discovery company working with Dept. Diabetes, UHI
• Feasibility funding awarded
• Investigating marine organisms treating anti inflammatory aspects of
diabetes.
• Long term collaborative partnership agreement
“GlycoMar were very happy to receive support from HI Links which has enabled us to establish this
collaboration with Prof Megsons group at UHI. This project provides an important opportunity for us to
test the value of our products in a new disease area, which we hope will lead to a long term
development programme.”
Dr. Charles Bavington, Managing Director, Glycomar
Applications Now Open!
• Open to all business sectors
• Sole traders, Social Enterprises &
Development Trusts
• ~20 Awards left to make
• Applications until November 2010
CASE STUDY
A Scraggy Sheep Story
CASE STUDY
Electrocardiology expertise for medical equipment developer
•Licensing Deal between SME and University of Glasgow
•Design and manufacture state of the art medical diagnostic devices
•New markets and potential clients
•Potential for future collaborations with other institutions
“It has been fantastic for us. As a result of our link with HI Links and subsequently working with the
University of Glasgow we have tapped in to research that has proved truly invaluable to the business.”
Ian Drysdale, Managing Director, Dan Medical Ltd
Upcoming Health Related KT Events
Exploiting company
know-how, trade
secrets, and other
valuable assets:
’A workshop for businesses in
the Life Sciences sector’
Thursday 29th April
12:00-14:00
In association with:
Contact Details for the Team
Knowledge Transfer Managers
David Chapman
Tel: 01463 279 366 eMail: david.chapman@uhi.ac.uk
Dr Fiona Smart
Tel: 01463 279 257 eMail: fiona.smart@uhi.ac.uk
Events Manager
Charlotte Ball
Tel: 01463 279 368
eMail: charlotte.ball@uhi.ac.uk
Part Time Project Administrators
Karen Bruce Tel: 01463 279 256 eMail karen.bruce@uhi.ac.uk
Stuart Knight Tel: 01463 279 462 eMail stuart.knight@uhi.ac.uk