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Event type:

Online

Date & time:

09 Dec 2025, 18:30 – 19:30

Undergraduate recruitment: How science and AI are transforming the future of healthcare

Join UCL Medical Physics experts to explore the breakthroughs happening right now, what’s coming next, and how you could be part of the next significant innovation!

Cancer patient receiving radiation therapy

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Undergraduate recruitment: How science and AI are transforming the future of healthcare

09 Dec 2025, 18:30 – 19:30

AI and physics are saving lives – AI is guiding cancer treatment in children, fibre-optic tools are helping surgeons see inside the body, and x-ray technology can even detect explosives. What else could be possible? Join medical physics experts from UCL for this session to explore how innovations in imaging and technology are transforming healthcare, and how you could help shape the next breakthrough. Perfect if you’re interested in a future in science or technology!

Speakers

Professor Terence Leung - Developing apps to address healthcare challenges
Dr Sarah Gulliford - Minimising the side-effects of Proton Beam Therapy
Dr Catarina Veiga - Image-guidance with AI for effective cancer treatment in children
Dr Erwin Alles - Fibre-optic tools to guide surgical interventions

This webinar is delivered in collaboration with Unifrog

Further information

Ticketing

Open

Cost

Free

Open to

All

Availability

Yes

Organiser

UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

UCL Medical Physics and Biomedical Engineering

medphys.comms@ucl.ac.uk

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