A resilient healthcare system is expected to consistently deliver high quality care, withstand disruptive events and continually adapt, learn and improve. Healthcare is under tremendous pressure regarding safety, efficiency, and economic viability. In this session, a panel of experts from the Academy’s prestigious Chairs in Emerging Technologies discuss their biotechnological research, the impact of their technologies in the healthcare sector and societal benefit in the pandemic response and beyond.
Panel session hosted by:
Dr Shini Somara, mechanical engineer, media broadcaster, producer and author
Speakers:
- Professor Susan Rosser, Professor of Synthetic Biology, University of Edinburgh
- Professor Timothy Denison, Professor of Engineering Science, University of Oxford
- Professor Peter Lee FREng, Professor of Materials Science, University College London
- Professor Alejandro Frangi, Diamond Jubilee Chair in Computational Medicine, University of Leeds