We translate: ideas and inventions into commercial opportunities and clinical applications
We translate: cutting-edge innovation processes into bespoke skills development programmes
We translate: clinical and commercial needs into industry-inspired collaborative research
Translate MedTech was funded by HEFCE from 2016-2018 and this website is no longer maintained. Stay here to explore Translate activities 2016-2018 – read our opinion pieces, blogs and good practice guides, and watch our videos. Explore the Grow MedTech website for Translate MedTech activities 2019-2022.
Read moreApply for up to £80k funding: De-risking and converging medical technologies call Businesses, researchers and clinicians working in fields linked to medical technologies are invited to apply for proof-of-market, proof-of-feasibility and proof-of-concept funding. Grow MedTech is a new program that supports medical technology innovation in the Leeds and Sheffield City Regions and looks to fund […]
Read moreSustainability of Translate Translate has secured funding until the end of 2020 to continue to support innovation in medical technologies in the Leeds City Region. This funding will be used to continue supporting Translate activities which have demonstrated success throughout the duration of the program. Activities available will include: secondment scheme – with 20 secondments […]
Read moreThis good-practice guide explains how focusing on early-stage innovation in a proactive way – through activities that identify problems, generate new ideas, and build productive teams – leads technology innovation projects to success and later-stage adoption.
Read moreIn May 2018, Translate opened its summer student project scheme to support the progression of medical technologies. The scheme proved to be a great success, and 26 unique projects were funded. Read about them here.
Read moreLiz Towns Andrews is a member of Translate’s Advisory Board, where her expertise in forging links between the worlds of business and academia has been invaluable. Here, she shares her advice for successful collaborative innovation.
Read moreTranslate opportunities will be advertised through the Grow MedTech website from February 2019, and this website will not be kept up to date.
Read moreThe main aim of my summer student project was to develop new diagnostic tools for extracting clinical features from the cornea
Read moreThis project has given us the data required to translate this technology to the next stage along the innovation pipeline.
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