The power of bioelectronics to transform healthcare

We are on the brink of a new era of therapeutic intervention that relies on modulating the body’s cellular electrical signals by merging biology with electronics. Nearly all research in bioelectronic therapeutics is applied at modulating the central nervous system’s electrical signals to treat disease. This typically requires invasive surgery to implant an electrical device. Moreover, the current technology cannot adapt to patients’ bodies changing over time.  

My research focuses on the development of smart nano devices that use electrochemical-based wireless technology, which can be used to avoid invasive surgery and treat diseases such as cancer via the control of the body’s electrical signals. I am leading an international multidisciplinary team, consisting of engineers, physicists, biologists, chemists and clinicians, to develop a new class of technology that stands to make an impact on human health and wellbeing. 

Why Nottingham?

The Nottingham research fellowship has strongly supported my career – from financial support, through to individual mentoring schemes, where I’m able to access advice on how to develop my career. 

The Nottingham research fellowship gave me the ability and freedom to delve into these grand challenges. It gives me the ability to build teams, and as what I do is cross-disciplinary, it enables me to facilitate a network with world-renowned bioelectronics experts, expertise from engineering, pharmacy, biology and chemistry – University of Nottingham has strength in each of these areas.

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