What is healthcare engineering?
Healthcare engineering is the field of applying maths and science to solve healthcare problems. This covers an incredibly broad range of activities – from developing 3D-printing prosthetic limbs through to using artificial intelligence to predict cancer.
Our mission is to develop digital and medical technologies that transform lives across the globe.
Learn more about our research projects.
Our mission
We exist to amplify, connect, and catalyse healthcare engineering research and innovation across UCL Engineering and beyond. As a virtual institute, we bring together and showcase the work of researchers from across the Faculty of Engineering’s ten departments, enabling interdisciplinary collaboration and external engagement.
Our mission is to support the development of digital and medical technologies. We act as the central hub for healthcare engineering at UCL, connecting academics with clinical, industrial, and policy partners to align research with real-world health needs.
By fostering these synergies, we aim to accelerate the translation and adoption of healthcare innovations, ensuring they are implemented responsibly, equitably, and for maximum impact in clinical practice, commercial environments and ultimately wider society.
Our management structure
The Institute of Healthcare Engineering is made up of a core team consisting of:
- Director, Professor Qasim Rafiq
- Research and Development Manager, Dr. Luis Lacerda
- Communications and Impact Manager, Alice Hardy
- Marketing and Community Manager, Ferdouse Akhter
We then have three delivery groups with a total of around 15 active members from across UCL. The delivery groups are responsible for ‘delivering’ our Institute’s strategic objectives:
Amplify, Connect, Catalyse
Strategic Vision 2025 Update
Our strategic vision report sets out our new thematic research priorities and the cross-cutting capabilities which support these.
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