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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · 26d

Want to find out more? We’re running two online information sessions:
🗓️ Tues 16 Sept
🕚 11:00 – 12:00 (BST)
📝 Sign up: buytickets.at/leapdigitalh...

🗓️ Fri 19 Sept
🕚 14:30 – 15:30 (BST)
📝 Sign up: buytickets.at/leapdigitalh...
Sessions will cover the same information and will be recorded.

LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · 26d

📌 This form is just for Community Innovators – academics, NHS and industry partners will be invited to join the sandpit separately.

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · 26d

If selected, you’ll join a sandpit event with researchers, NHS staff & industry partners to explore solutions together.

📝 Find out more and apply to share your challenge:
🔗 leap-hub.ac.uk/leap-digital-health-community-innovators

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · 26d

📢Digital Health Community Innovators
Do you have a challenge or idea that could improve health in your community using digital approaches? We’re looking for people with lived experience or community or grassroots involvement to share real-world problems that could be tackled with digital tools.

Text: Digital Health Community Innovators. Bringing lived experience to the heart of digital health research.
Images: People chatting and interacting with digital technology.

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UWE Health Research @chcr-uwe.bsky.social · Sep 3

Exciting to see so many CHCR @chcr-uwe.bsky.social members featured in the new video of the recent @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social Festival of Digital Health.

Watch here:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTS-...

Festival of Digital Health 2025

YouTube video by LEAP Digital Health Hub

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Jun 9

Digital Health Seminar Series: Jeff Clark
📆 Tuesday 10 June 2025
🕑 14:00 - 15:00 (BST)
📍 Online (Microsoft Teams)

#DigitalHealth #AIinHealthcare #AIMedicalDevices

LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Jun 9

Tomorrow we'll be joined by Jeff Clark for the next Digital Health Seminar Series talk. Jeff will be sharing insights into the journey of turning academic research into the spin-out company IngeniumAI.

📝 Full details and sign up for a free place: buytickets.at/leapdigitalh...

Text graphic: Digital Health Seminar Series. Launching a MedTech Spin-Out Company: The Journey from Academia towards Deployment. Tuesday 10 June 2025. Jeff Clark, University of Bristol, IngeniumAI

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Jun 5

GATTACA Film Screening and Expert Panel Talk (in partnership with Bristol Film Festival)
📅 Thursday 3 July
🕕 18:00 - 21:00
📍 In-person (Mall Gardens, Clifton)
🎟️ www.bristolfilmfestival.com/event/gattaca

#FestivalofDigitalHealth #science #health #DigitalHealth #AI #Gattaca #TechForGood

GATTACA with LEAP: Festival of Digital Health — Bristol Film Festival

www.bristolfilmfestival.com

LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Jun 5

Could our health data turn the world into Gattaca?

Join local digital health + tech minds for a film screening, expert panel (with Dr Kaitlin Hazel Wade and Dr. Paul Jewell) + networking in #Bristol on Thursday 3 July.

Explore AI, ethics + the future of prediction.

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Jun 4

If you work in digital health and you're unfamiliar with HCI approaches, sign up for a free place: lnkd.in/eNNGSMjD

📆 Friday 4 July
🕤 09:30 - 12:30
📍 In-person (Bristol Digital Futures Institute)

#HCI #HumanComputerInteraction #DigitalHealth #UserCentredDesign

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Festival of Digital Health South West England and Wales. Bristol.
A Crash Course on HCI in Digital Health.
Friday 4 July. 09:30 - 12:00.
Unpacking what user-centred design and human-computer interaction looks like in digital health. Workshop leads: Emily Nielsen, Matt Wragg

LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Jun 4

We've got a few places left for 'A Crash Course on HCI in Digital Health' on Friday 4 July. Workshop leads Emily Nielsen and Matt Wragg will cover the basic principles of human computer interaction over a 2-hr session.

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Jun 4

📆 Thursday 3 July
🕐 13:00 - 16:00
📍 In-person (Enderby Room, Physics Building, University of Bristol)
📝 Book a free place: buytickets.at/leapdigitalh...

#DigitalHealth #Ageing #LifeExpectancy #DigitalTechnology #HealthCare #SocialCare @stmonicatrust.bsky.social

LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Jun 4

We're thrilled to include 'Reimagine Ageing and Later Life in a Digitally Enabled World' in the Festival of Digital Health programme.

Are you ready to challenge the traditional narrative of aging and later life? Join SPARCK and St Monica Trust for this thought-provoking and interactive workshop.

Text graphic: Festival of Digital Health, South West England and Wales. Bristol. Reimagine Ageing and Later Life in a Digitally Enabled World: A Workshop to Look to the Future. Thursday 3 July, 13:00 - 16:00

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · May 23

📍Exeter
Shaping the Future of Health: Where Innovation Meets Sustainability

Hosted by the NIHR HealthTech Research Centre in Sustainable Innovation in collaboration with the University of Exeter. Real world stories of innovation impact and interactive demonstrations.

LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · May 23

📍Cardiff
Festival of Digital Health Wales

Cardiff University will be presenting a dynamic afternoon bringing together researchers, practitioners, technologists, and community voices to explore the future of health and care through digital transformation.

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · May 23

📍Bristol
Co-Design for Digital Health

UWE Bristol will be hosting this all day event in partnership with Health Innovation West of England.

GATTACA

A screening of the iconic sci-fi thriller plus an expert Q&A held in partnership with Bristol Film Festival

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · May 23

📍Bath
A Force for Good or Evil - Can AI Really Make Us Healthier and Happier?

An evening of interactive exhibits, panel discussions with AI experts and an opportunity to vote on whether you think AI is really going to improve the nation’s health! Hosted by the University of Bath

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · May 23

📢 Bookings are now open for the Festival of Digital Health!

The Festival will run from Monday 30 June - Friday 4 July with events taking place in Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. View the full programme here: leap-digital-health-hub.github.io/festival/

Keep reading for some regional highlights 👇

Text graphic: Festival of Digital Health, South West England and Wales. 30 June - 4 July 2025

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · May 23

He'll be using examples from interdisciplinary projects to explore the way that co-designed digital health technologies may help to address maternal and child health challenges in the Global South. This talk won't be recorded so book a space today to ensure you don't miss out! #DigitalHealth

LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · May 23

Nervo Verdezoto Dias (Cardiff University) will be joining us for the next Digital Health Seminar Series event on Tuesday 27 May from 14:00 - 15:00 (BST). Register for a place today: www.tickettailor.com/events/leapd...

Text graphic: Digital Health Seminar Series. Co-designing Digital Maternal and Child Health. Tuesday 27 May 2025. Nervo Verdezoto Dias, Cardiff University.

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Apr 1

This afternoon at 2pm we'll be joined by Phil Kunovski for our Digital Health Seminar Series. Phil will be talking about the challenges and opportunities of transitioning academic research into a successful commercial venture. Register for a place: www.tickettailor.com/events/leapd...

Digital Health Seminar Series. From Research to Revenue Academia-Industry Collaboration and Entrepreneurship. Tuesday 1 April 2025. Phil Kunovski. KYMIRA Ltd.

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Mar 11

On Tuesday 18 March, we'll be joined Ricard Gavaldà for our third Digital Health Seminar Series event. Ricard will be talking about Machine Learning and complex pattern analysis for healthcare systems data. Full details and register for a place: buytickets.at/leapdigitalh...

Text graphic: Digital Health Seminar Series. Machine Learning and Complex pattern analysis for healthcare systems data. Tuesday 18 March 2025. Ricard Gavalda. Amalfi Analytics & Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Feb 14

We're seeking expressions of interest from anyone who's keen to get involved. If you'd like to run an event, join a panel or give a talk please get in touch! forms.office.com/e/7fnqMKwyX0

Microsoft Forms

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Feb 14

📢 Save the date! This summer, we're hosting a Festival of Digital Health across South West England and Wales. The festival will take place from Mon 30 Jun - Fri 4 Jul 2025 📆

Text graphic: Festival of Digital Health. South West England and Wales. 30 June - 4 July 2025. Image: outline of map of South West England and Wales on top is a LEAP arrow motif in the centre of a yellow circle. Around the circle are dark blue icons related to health and technology.

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LEAP Digital Health Hub @leap-dh-hub.bsky.social · Feb 12

The seminar series is a collaboration with the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training (CDT) in Digital Health and Care at the University of Bristol. Seminars will take place bi-weekly on Tuesdays. Upcoming speakers and registration links will be shared on the Events page on the Hub's website.