Taking advantage of change
A new streamlined Institute structure for ISTM
With effect from October 2016, the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
will formally create a third research institute under its umbrella - The Institute
for Applied Clinical Sciences (IACS).
This new formation will see a number of
research staff move from ISTM across
to IACS and this reorganisation has
given ISTM a unique opportunity to
streamline its own structures in order to
develop greater flexibility and focus in
its key areas of research.
Staffordshire
University
Industry
Public
Health
Innovative/Healthcare
Devices
ISTM
IACS
Health
Informatics
Lifestyle &
Exercise
As such, ISTM’s Research Theme structure has been distilled from eight themes down to three. These three broad
ranging themes are Healthcare Technologies (headed by
Dr Ed Chawick) encompassing Rehabilitation, Diagnostics,
Mass Spectroscopy, Imaging, and aspects of Nanotechnology; Regenerative Medicine (headed by Prof Alicia El Haj)
incorporating Tissue Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomagnetics, and Bioreactors; and Therapeutics (headed by Dr
Alan Richardson) spanning cancer, diabetes, apoptosis,
secretome-based proteomics, and novel drug discovery
methodologies. It is important to stress that although the
preceding list is extensive, it is in no way a comprehensive
reflection of ISTM's areas of expertise!
Healthcare
Technologies
Regenerative
Medicine
Therapeutics
Lung Research
Nanopharmaceutics
Magnetics
Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
Neural Tissue Engineering
Cancer
Flowing across the Research Themes we have also incorporated a number of self-organised freeform research
groupings which draw upon the Institute’s rich and diverse
expertise. These include Lung Research, Nanopharmaceutics, Magnetics, Musculoskeletal rehabilitation, Neural Tissue Engineering, Cancer, Volatiles as Biomarkers, Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering, and Imaging, among others. It
is envisaged that this new structure will better enable the
Institute to continue to grow in its key areas of expertise.
Volatiles as Biomarkers
Orthopaedic Tissue Engineering
Imaging
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