Alzheimer's Research UK Conference Yorkshire Branch

We are hosting the annual Alzhemier's Research UK network Yorkshire Branch conference at The Sheffield Institute for Translational Neuroscience (SITraN) on 23 June and we would like to invite you to the event.

Register interest for @ArthritisRUK Health services research call

There will be four major areas to focus on: 
- Health and care service improvement
- Health promotion/prevention
- Health economic evaluation
- Health data intelligence linkage

The call will open on 7th December 2015 and the closing date will be early in March 2016. 

A workshop will be held for prospective applicants and they are expected email and register their interest in the event in advance. The email address to do this is: research@arthritisresearchuk.org

For further informant please visit this website.

Researchers test cutting edge technology with stroke and arthritis population

On Wednesday 30th September, 2015, members of the CLAHRC YH Telehealth and Care Technologies (TaCT) theme came together to test cutting edge technology (provided by Portuguese company, Kinematix) that can provide feedback on the way people walk. These innovative insoles were tested on people who have suffered from a stroke, those who suffer from knee pain and for comparison, healthy individuals.

In addition, partners at arthritis UK (ARUK) visited the session and were very impressed with the day, the technology, and what it aims to do.

Overall, the workshop was a great success and we look forward to analysing the data here at the University of Sheffield to see if it can indicate differences between walking patterns of healthy individuals, those with knee pain and those who have suffered from a stroke.

Miguel Correia, Kinematix, photograph by
Dr Matt Dexter, Sheffield Hallam University

Written by Dr Jack Parker & Lauren Powell