Health Research at Warwick Poster Event
A Brief Overview of WIMRC Sponsored Projects
Dr Nick Mallinson
WIMRC Research Manager
11th March 2009
WIMRC Introduction
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Established 2001
Funded by £9.0M EPSRC grant
Led by Prof Ken Young
Hosted in WMG
Multi-disciplinary project teams
Researchers drawn from:
 School of Engineering
• Warwick Manufacturing Group
• Civil & Mechanical
• Electrical & Electronic
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Warwick Business School
Warwick HRI
Chemistry
Psychology
Warwick Medical School
Biological Sciences
WIMRC Vision
….to enhance the competitiveness and sustainability of organisations within the
intelligent and eco-friendly vehicles and next generation healthcare sectors….
….by performing cross-disciplinary research in manufacturing technology and
operations, new materials, business processes and service activities….
WIMRC Research Budget Allocation
Healthcare Technology
The application of existing and novel manufacturing technology &
processes to healthcare via three research strands
o Medical tools
o New materials
o Virtual reality
Projects cover a variety of topics including
oNovel procedures to treat stones in the body
oVirtual reality for surgical training
oExperiential engineering for improved patient environments
oBio-materials
oRapid manufacturing for implants
oOptical Diagnostics
Healthcare Management
Research to identify sustainable process improvement and
knowledge management solutions – our “Lean Health Processes”
research strand
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Serious games for training
Implementation of lean principles
Dissemination of best practice
Reduction in unnecessary mistakes
Effective care in the community
Projects Mapped Onto The
Research Strands
Healthcare Management Projects
Project
Agility in Self Care
Corporate Social Responsibility (PhD)
Elimination of Hospital Acquired Infection
(PhD)
Improving the Capacity of Healthcare
Self Help Medical Tourism Portal
Serious Games
PI
WIMRC
Funds
Collaborators
Match
Funding
Depts
Mairi MacIntyre
£434,981
Alexander Strategic Consultancy, Bath Business
School, Health Foundation, NHSI, Southampton City
PCT, Sandwell PCT, Coventry Teaching PCT,
Peterborough PCT
£6,000
WMG, WMS
Paul Roberts
£75,612
None yet.
WMG
Ken Young
£83,711
None yet.
WMG
Davide Nicolini
£189,353
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire,
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Human
Reliability Associates Ltd, University of Technology,
Sydney, Coventry University, University of Newcastle,
Boston University
£280,000
WBS, WMS
Jay Bal
£61,654
Taj Medical Group, Medilink,, Harvard Business
School
£49,000
WMG
WMS,
School of
Engineering,
WMG
Matthew Cooke
£31,162
None
Strategic Lean Improvement Methodology
(SLIM)
Ruth Davies
£558,780
Birmingham Heart of England NHS Trust
£800,000
WBS, WMS,
WMG,
System Management of Zero Nosocomial
Infection Control
Laura Martinez
£8,500
University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire
£20,000
WMG
Jacky Swan
£266,834
Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry,
Insttute of Clinical Research, BioIndustry Association,
Warwick Clinical Trials Unit, IKON, ABHI
£60,000
WBS
The Management & Organisation of
Clinical Trials
Totals
£1,710,587
£1,215,000
Technology Based Projects
Project
BIOD
Biomimicry
Cavitation Destruction of Stones
Ceramic Monoliths
Computer Assisted Virtual Surgery
Development of a Microsecond Mixing
Instrument for the Detection of Folding
Intermediates (includes PhDs)
Digital Holography
Electrospinning of Nanofibrils
Future Smart Materials for Innovative
Medical Treatments
Interactive Highly Realistic Virtual Reality
for Analysis and Management of
Paranoid Thinking
Non-Surgical Cavitation Destruction of
Gall, Bladder & Kidney Stones
Positive Soundscapes for Health
Virtual Reality for the Treatment of Infants
with Feeding Difficulties
Totals
Match
Funding
PI
Strand
WIMRC Funds
Collaborators
Daciana Iliescu
Medical Tools
£69,241
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School of
Engineering
Peter Bryanston-Cross
New Materials
£48,047
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School of
Engineering
Shengcai Li
Medical Tools
£73,561
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School of
Engineering
Kajal Malik / Kevin Neailey
New Materials
£24,068
NGK Europe GmbH
Vinesh Raja
Virtual Reality / Medical Tools
£40,671
University Hospitals Coventry &
Warwickshire
Teresa Pinheiro / Duncan
Billson
Medical Tools / New
Materials
£282,740
TgK Scientific
Peter Bryanston-Cross
Virtual Reality / Medical Tools
£73,640
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Kerry Kirwan
New Materials
£83,300
Crop & Food, New Zealand
James Covington
New Materials
£80,044
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School of
Engineering,
Chemistry,
Alan Chalmers
Virtual Reality
£97,635
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WMG, WDL.
Shengcai Li / Duncan Billson
Medical Tools
£465,809
University Hospitals Coventry &
Warwickshire
Rebecca Cain
Medical Tools / Healthcare
Management
£25,783
Silvester Czanner / Alan
Chalmers
Virtual Reality
£113,406
£1,364,539
£50,000
WMG, Biological
Sciences
unknown in
kind
WMG, WMS
£50,000
Biological
Sciences,
School of
Engineering
School of
Engineering
£7,000
£54,000
Birmingham Heart of England NHS
TBA
Trust
University of Nicosia
Depts
TBA (in
kind)
£161,000
WMG,
Chemistry
School of
Engineering
WMG
WMG, WDL,
Psychology
Further Information
• Contact – Nick Mallinson – 024 7657 2696
• Or go to www.wimrc.org.uk