EPSRC Network+: Neurotechnology for enabling community-based diagnosis and care

EPSRC 网络：用于实现基于社区的诊断和护理的神经技术

基本信息

批准号：
EP/W035030/1
负责人：
John Terry
金额：
$ 157.08万
依托单位：
University of Birmingham
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2022
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2022 至无数据
项目状态：
未结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=EP%2FW035030%2F1
关键词：
EPSRC Network+Neurotechnology enabling community

项目摘要

Hospital neurology and neurophysiology services are increasingly overwhelmed. With a growing and ageing population, the incidence of many brain conditions (such as dementia and epilepsy) are rapidly increasing. Compounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, there are now over 10,000 people in the UK waiting more than a year for an appointment with a neurologist. Things must change!The purpose of our Network is to address these challenges through the development of new technologies that enable diagnosis and management in the community. These services could be provided in a community diagnostic hub, by high-street healthcare professionals, in a GP surgery, in a mobile unit or even in the home environment. Our focus will be on new digital solutions built around neural interfacing, signal processing, machine learning and mathematical modelling. We will work closely with partners developing technologies for measuring brain, eye, spinal, and peripheral nerve activity using wearable technology and minimally invasive devices. Collectively, this will contribute to a significant increase in capacity that will augment the expertise provided in neurology services.To achieve this, we will build a network of partners with backgrounds spanning academia, industry, hospitals and GP surgeries, charities and policy makers. Crucially we will ensure that people with lived experience of neurological conditions are at the heart of our network. Their experience will inform debate and shape our research priorities, ensuring feasibility and acceptability of emerging technologies.We will empower people from different backgrounds and career stages to work together on challenging problems whose solutions will lead to societal benefit. To enable this we plan a suite of activities built around the principles of connect, communicate and collaborate. To connect people we will build a website and social media presence, create a public representation group and build new parnterships. We will establish a mentorship scheme and post opportunities for people at different career stages to undertake secondments with partner organisations. To facilitate communication, we will engage with stakeholders including the public, people with neurological conditions, healthcare providers and policy makers. We will host workshops on emerging areas of interest, as well as an annual conference to celebrate findings from across the network. To enable collaboration we will host events including stake-holder led study groups, sandpits and research incubators: where teams of partners will work collaboratively in a facilitated environment, conducting feasibility studies over 6-9 months.

医院神经病学和神经生理学服务越来越不知所措。随着人口增长和衰老的增长，许多大脑状况（例如痴呆和癫痫病）的发生率正在迅速增加。由于199年大流行期，现在在英国有超过10,000人等待一年多的神经科医生。事情必须改变！我们网络的目的是通过开发能够在社区中诊断和管理的新技术来应对这些挑战。这些服务可以由高街医疗保健专业人员，GP手术，移动单元甚至家庭环境中的社区诊断枢纽提供。我们的重点将放在围绕神经接口，信号处理，机器学习和数学建模的新数字解决方案上。我们将与合作伙伴紧密合作，以使用可穿戴技术和微创设备来测量大脑，眼睛，脊柱和周围神经活动。总的来说，这将有助于大幅提高能力，从而增加神经病学服务中提供的专业知识。为了实现这一点，我们将建立一个由学术界，工业，医院和GP手术，慈善机构和政策制定者的背景的合作伙伴网络。至关重要的是，我们将确保具有神经系统疾病经验的人是我们网络的核心。他们的经验将为辩论和塑造我们的研究重点提供依据，确保新兴技术的可行性和可接受性。我们将赋予来自不同背景和职业阶段的人们的能力，以解决挑战性问题的共同努力，这些问题将带来社会利益。为了实现这一目标，我们计划围绕连接，交流和协作的原则构建的一系列活动。为了联系人们，我们将建立一个网站和社交媒体在场，创建一个公共代表团体并建立新的阶段。我们将建立一个指导计划，并为不同职业阶段的人们提供与合作伙伴组织进行借调的机会。为了促进沟通，我们将与包括公众在内的利益相关者，具有神经系统状况的人，医疗保健提供者和政策制定者互动。我们将举办有关新兴领域的研讨会，以及一个年度会议，以庆祝整个网络的发现。为了实现合作，我们将举办包括利益持有人的LED研究小组，砂锅和研究孵化器在内的活动：合作伙伴团队将在促进的环境中进行合作工作，从而在6-9个月内进行可行性研究。