A PhD group who launched a spinout to improve surgeon training have won a national competition. Speaking to @reuters.com, the @kings-bmeis.bsky.social group explained how they developed medical-training models that make medical training more realistic & affordable. www.reuters.com/video/watch/...

Congratulations to PEACH Simulators for winning the Enterprise Award and Startup prize at the ESBF ‘Champion of Champions’ competition 🍑 Read more about their award-winning innovation here: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-t... 🎉

We asked our Engineers how their work relates to this year's theme of 're-engineering engineering' at King’s – and here’s what musician and engineer Professor Elaine Chew and anthroengineer Dr Michael Berthaume had to say!

Happy #NationalEngineeringDay 🚀 We're proud to be a University partner with the @raeng.org.uk This is Engineering and National Engineering Day 2025!

What drives innovation—design, luck, or both? Join Dr David Cleevely CBE at the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering for a dynamic book discussion on Serendipity. Explore how breakthroughs happen and get your copy signed by the author himself! www.kcl.ac.uk/events/seren...

School spinout Fraiya launches NHS trial of AI pregnancy ultrasounds after securing a grant from @nihr.bsky.social and CE Marking Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/fraiya-...

@skincair-project.bsky.social is creating an AI app to help frontline health workers in sub-Saharan Africa diagnose tropical skin diseases. Prof @atoandy.bsky.social and team at @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social are proud to lead on fairness and explainability of AI, ensuring the tech benefits all.

🗓️ Sept 7 is World Radiotherapy Awareness Day(WRAD). To mark #WorldRTDay we’re proud to share a moving collection of artwork created by patients, families, researchers, and healthcare professionals as part of the What Does Radiotherapy Mean to You? project, led by @cruk-rrc-col.bsky.social

At the #ESCCongress 2025, Prof. @pablolamata.bsky.social (@kingscollegelondon.bsky.social) shared his vision of how computational models and #digitaltwins can transform procedure planning. Video-interview with PD Dr. Philipp Breitbart ➡️herzmedizin.de/fuer-...#ESCCongress#digitaltwins#Herzmedizinde #DGK

A new study has found that AI can help identify the cells that are interfering with the heart’s rhythm and could potentially be used by clinicians to better treat people with ventricular tachycardia 🫀🧪 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ai-tool...

New device aims to increase MRI scan quality and reduce repeated scans, saving money for the NHS. Developed by David Carmichael and team, the MR MinMo aims to keep the head more stable during MRI scans and has received approval to be tested in the clinic. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-hea...

In a major leap for surgical AI, researchers from @King’s College London and Tongji University have unveiled CholecInstanceSeg, the largest open-access dataset designed specifically for tool instance segmentation in laparoscopic surgery. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-ai-...

Artificial intelligence joins scientists in the lab in a groundbreaking team-up to find new cancer therapies using existing drugs. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/ai-help...

Attend the King's Health Partners: Academic Surgical Grand Round! The upcoming Grand Round will focus on "Value in digital health, AI and robotics: evidence and perceptions". 📆 2-3pm Thu 29 May 📍London Institute for Healthcare Engineering ✅ Register now: www.tickettailor.com/events/khpac...

The KHP Digital Health Academy are now offering multiple asynchronous courses ranging from Data Science and AI to Co-design and Entrepreneurship in Digital health. View the website to find out about our offerings and updates: digitalhealthtraining.kcl.ac.uk

A team of researchers from the School have been awarded funding from the British Heart Foundation to develop imaging tests that detect early damage to the heart caused by off-tagert cancer therapies. 🫀 www.kcl.ac.uk/news/new-fun...

@kings-bmeis.bsky.social is the best place in the world I know in terms of a multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural, inclusive, open and collaborative research culture.

🤖 As AI continues to integrate into healthcare systems, a new study conducted by researchers at the School has found that most people support AI’s role in medicine, but draw a clear line: AI should assist, but not replace doctors. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/doctors...

📣 Register now for our Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance course 📣 Covering the basic principles of CMR, its clinical indications and role in a multi-modality imaging environment. ⏰ Application deadline: 22 April 2025 📍 King's College London www.kcl.ac.uk/short-course...

🏥 King's College London is the first in the UK to benefit from two Biograph Vision Quadra systems from Siemens Healthineers, marking a new era of PET-CT imaging for healthcare and research. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-f... @kingslsm.bsky.social

Researchers from the School, lead by Dr Konrad Wagstyl, have developed an artificial-intelligence tool that can detect two-thirds of epilepsy brain lesions doctors often miss. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk

Scientists have developed an AI-powered tool that detects 64% of brain abnormalities linked to epilepsy that human radiologists miss. MELD Graph is an AI tool that could drastically change the care for 4 million patients. @kingslsm.bsky.social @ucl.ac.uk. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-n...

The inaugural King’s MedTech Accelerator has completed its first iteration of supporting aspiring entrepreneurs from across King’s in #MedTech to grow their understanding of the translation path from bench-to-bedside-to-boardroom. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/inaugur... @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social

🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Today marks the first day of LGBT+ History Month! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We're celebrating our LGBTQIA+ community and the history of those who came before us all month long, with a series of events, opportunities, and resources. #LGBTplusHM25

Head of School, Professor Sebastien Ourselin spoke at the Science, Innovation and Technology Parliamentary Committee last week, presenting an overview of St Thomas’ MedTech Hub. #healthcare #innovation #engineering

Applications open today for the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Advanced Engineering for Personalised Surgery & Intervention! 🏥 APPLY NOW: lnkd.in/g6kK8N4K

The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering is hosting the second Radiology Al Summit. An exclusive annual event uniting industry-leading experts, academics, clinicians, & policy advocates collaborate on bringing forward Al into clinical & diagnostic settings. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/london-...

👏 We're celebrating our School's champions in public engagement, who were recognised for their efforts at the King's Engaged Research Awards last week! Read the full story now: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/school-... @kingslsm.bsky.social

Many congratulations to our researchers Prof. Pablo Lamata and Dr João Filipe Fernandes for their groundbreaking work in developing a non-invasive method to assess diastolic function in the heart 🫀 Learn more about their achievement here: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/researc...

Join our Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance (CMR) Fellowship Programme! Designed to provide hands-on training and expert knowledge in CMR, offering the opportunity to gain substantial experience in this rapidly evolving field. www.kcl.ac.uk/bmeis/cmr-fellowship

Prof Prokar Dasgupta OBE and Dr Ruth Adams shared their insights on life with Philomena Cunk this Christmas. Watch the BBC Two special #CunkOnLife and find out what Prof Dasgupta thought of Cunk's unusual style of questions. www.kingshealthpartners.org/latest/prof-...

For our first "In Conversation" this year, we spoke to Prof. Kawal Rhode - Head of Education at BMEIS - about his own experience as a KCL student, his current role training future generations of MedTech specialists, and our ongoing mission of engineering better health: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/in-conv...

Lecturer in Biomedical Engineering Dr. Antonia Pontiki, shares her transformative journey from a young athlete to an innovator in medical education and #HealthcareTechnology. Watch her TEDx talk How 3D printing is shaping healthcare & education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7E2o...

Woohoo! Our 'Hospital of the Future' exhibit at New Scientist Live 2024 and was voted the most popular feature by the public for the third year running! 🏥🥼 Heartfelt thank yous and congratulations to all of our volunteers who generously gave their time, energy, and expertise to the event 🙌🎉

We talked to Dr Shaihan Malik about his journey from undergraduate to heading our Research Department of Imaging Physics, the challenges of ultra-high field MRI, and making medical imaging more sustainable and accessible. #healthcare #medicalimaging #interview

King’s ranks in the top 1% globally for sustainability, placing 8th in Europe and 14th worldwide in the QS World University Rankings: Sustainability 2025. 🌍✨ The rankings measure how organisations are tackling environmental, social and governance challenges. ⬇️ www.kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-i...

We were delighted to welcome Wes Streeting and Peter Kyle to King’s to learn about a new total-body PET scanner that could transform drug discovery and diagnose serious illnesses earlier. The new scanner will provide unparalleled insights into human biology. www.kcl.ac.uk/news/secreta...

“I honestly think the London Institute for Healthcare Engineering is one of, if not the best places for #startups like us to be right now,” says Ali Rezaei Haddad CEO of XARlabs. Ali shares his company's journey and mission to revolutionise the #surgical lifecycle at a fraction of its current costs.

🧠 King’s NeuroLab launches its new neurosurgical training programme, with the first session being delivered this Wednesday 11th December and further sessions running through to July 2025. Find out more here:

Congratulations to Senior Lecturer at our School Dr Ines Violante, who has been awarded a grant worth £1.8 million from the BBSRC to further her research in sleep and memory consolidation and their impact on mental health. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/1.8-mil...

Our researchers have successfully integrated KUKA's Fast Robot Interface with ROS 2 and Python, significantly enhancing the capabilities of the #surgicalrobot. 🤖

Incorporating patient & public involvement in research is crucial for ensuring the relevance and success of studies, yet it remains significantly underutilised in surgical research. A recent study demonstrates why patient and public involvement is crucial to #medicalresearch.

Researchers from the School, in collaboration with academics from Imperial College London, are exploring whether AI can help doctors predict which brain aneurysms are likely to rupture—a life-threatening event that requires urgent treatment. Read more: www.kcl.ac.uk/news/researc...