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Toumaz Chairman Professor Chris Toumazou To Speak At The Royal Academy of Engineering and Wellcome Trust Conference

Toumaz has been invited to speak at The Royal Academy of Engineering and Wellcome Trust Conference, "From Engineering Research to Practical Healthcare", which will be held at the Academy’s Carlton Terrace, London, offices on 29th October, 2007.

Professor Chris Toumazou, Chairman and Co-Founder of Toumaz Technology and The Winston Wong Chair in Biomedical Circuits at Imperial College London’s Institute of Biomedical Engineering, will give a presentation entitled ‘Towards disposable healthcare devices: a paradigm shift’. This address will explore how new developments in non-intrusive wireless vital signs monitoring are providing healthcare professionals with a compelling new way to manage patient health.

The Royal Academy of Engineering has long recognised the potential for wealth creation and improvements to healthcare arising from advances gained through biomedical engineering research. These advances are being made at the interface of several technologies and demand interdisciplinary working beyond the fields of engineering, embracing the life and natural sciences.

The conversion of engineering research to clinical application and its commercialization presents significant challenges and it is in this regard that the Academy is particularly pleased to acknowledge the Technology Transfer activity of the Wellcome Trust. Under this banner the Trust is the leading funder of translation research in the UK, bridging the gap between fundamental research and commercial application by funding applied research or development projects to a stage where they are attractive to a follow-on funder.

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