by Eamonn | Oct 10, 2019 | Public engagement
A team of researchers at King’s College London School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences are proving the impossible with their breakthrough technologies for fetal therapy and surgery. Their work takes place in a large research programme called Guided...
by Eamonn | Mar 9, 2019 | Public engagement
As part of a mid-point evaluation project, the GIFT-Surg Patient and Public Advisory Group (PPIAG) celebrated and assessed their progress at an event at the Wellcome Collection, featuring 19 past, present and future PPIAG members, talks, discussions and...
by Eamonn | Feb 26, 2019 | Public engagement
Our research has the potential to impact the treatment of thousands of mothers and babies. However, for these new tools and techniques to be successful in a clinic, it is fundamental that they are trusted and accepted by the public. To achieve this, the research...
by Eamonn | Nov 28, 2018 | Public engagement
The Being Human Festival is a national festival promoting public engagement with humanities research. As part of this, UCL organised Exploring Under The Skin – a range of events on what happens within human bodies. Since the beginning of time, humans have...
by Eamonn | Jan 25, 2017 | Public engagement
GIFT-Surg investigator Danail Stoyanov will be participating in the Wellcome Collection’s Packed Lunch series. Surgery is increasingly benefiting from developments in robotic technology, but what does it mean to hand over control to a machine? Professor Danail...
by Eamonn | May 25, 2016 | Public engagement
Pint of Science is an international, annual science festival that takes place in pubs across 24 countries and nearly 400 cities. It brings researchers into local establishments to share their scientific discoveries with public audiences over a refreshing drink or two....