ORI’s Professor Ian Swain will be the co-chair for the International Functional Electrical Stimulation Society (IFESS) conference that is taking place in Bath from 1st to 3rd September 2024. The IFESS promotes research, application and understanding of electrical stimulation technologies in rehabilitation and medicine. The focus of this year’s conference is on electrical stimulation and… Read more » about Prof Ian Swain invited to co-chair IFESS Conference 2024
Professor Tom Wainwright was recently invited to give his perspective on an article in Orthopedics Today. He was asked to comment on a new piece of research comparing outcomes for fast-track inpatient vs. outpatient total knee arthroplasties. Tom concluded that this piece of research strengthens the evidence base for fast-track outpatient knee arthroplasties but emphasised… Read more » about ORI’s Prof Tom Wainwright gives his perspective on outpatient knee arthroplasties
Congratulations to ORI PhD student Louise Mew on being awarded the best verbal presentation in 100% patient facing role at the recent Sigma International Nursing European Conference. The main theme for the conference was ‘promoting global nursing: education, research and practice to meet tomorrow’s health and care needs’ and focused on incorporating themes such as… Read more » about ORI PhD Student Louise Mew Recognised for Outstanding Presentation on Young Hip Arthroplasty
Congratulations to ORI PhD student Wissem Tafat on the first publication from her PhD studies. The article is a titled “Artificial Intelligence in Orthopaedic Surgery: A Comprehensive Review of Current Innovations and Future Directions” and has just been published in the journal “Computational and Structural Biotechnology Reports”. The article discusses how Artificial Intelligence (AI) is… Read more » about AI-Powered Orthopaedics: Celebrating Wissem Tafat’s First PhD Publication
It was a pleasure to welcome Poole Grammar School pupil Eddie Hall to ORI today for some work experience. Eddie had the opportunity to spend time with the whole of the ORI team to learn about our research and clinical practice, and also complete some VR surgery in the afternoon with our Hip Fellow Sameh… Read more » about ORI helping to inspire surgeons of the future
Nuffield Health Bournemouth have recently celebrated the fifth anniversary of it’s robotic hip replacement Research partnership with ORI and Professor Robert Middleton. Natalie Kemp, Health Systems Director at Nuffield Health Bournemouth, commented: “As a healthcare charity, Nuffield Health is always looking for ways to improve the health and wellbeing of people in our local communities… Read more » about Robotic hip replacement partnership with Nuffield Health Bournemouth
Prof Tom Wainwright was in London this week to participate in an international consensus meeting to develop a new guideline document for postoperative incision care. This is a much needed document for clinical practice and for the benefit of patients worldwide. The guideline will be published in the Journal of Wound Care later this year,… Read more » about Improving postoperative incision care
ORI is delighted to be featured in a new video released by BU that showcases some of the current research being undertaken at ORI. Projects featured in the video include updates on our studies aiming to improve outcomes for patients with hip arthritis and for those having hip replacement surgery.
Supporting the UHD-BU partnership, UHD Governor Keith Mitchell organised an Understanding Health Talk. With 274 Trust and members of the public packing St Saviour’s Church, this was the best attended meeting the Trust had ever had. Professor Robert Middleton, drew on his experience of 25 years working at UHD to discuss how hip fracture and… Read more » about Prof Middleton – How to avoid surgery hip surgery
This week, Prof Tom Wainwright was privileged to review grant proposals for the National Institute of Health and Care Research and The Academy of Medical Sciences. In this blog post, Prof Wainwright shares his reflections on being an external and expert reviewer. In healthcare research, grants are crucial support mechanisms to fuel projects from cutting-edge medical research to… Read more » about Beyond Evaluation: Prof Wainwright’s reflections on a week of grant reviewing
