Throughout July, the AWRC played host to Dr Carlos F. Lahoz-Palacio, an architect and Professor at Rey Juan Carlos University in Madrid. The month-long visit was organised to deepen collaboration between the AWRC and the Rey Juan Carlos University’s Centre for Sport Research (CIDE).
Last week we were joined by Dr Hamed Pourfannan, Research Fellow in Cognitive Robotics, for a fascinating lunch and learn session which explored how robots might support stroke rehabilitation in the future.
Hosted by the AWRC’s neurological rehabilitation research theme, this seminar explored technological solutions to the challenges surrounding exercise and physical activity for people living with a neurological impairment, including examples from co-design and clinical implementation studies.
This seminar, hosted by the AWRC’s Technological and Digital Innovations to Promote Independent Lives research theme, showcased research into sssistive robotic systems which have the potential to support various health and care services, help independent living, and even simulate affection to reduce loneliness.
This seminar, hosted by the AWRC’s Living Well with Chronic Disease research theme, showcased research investigating physical activity across the cancer treatment pathway.
This seminar, hosted by the AWRC’s Healthy and Active 100 research theme, showcases recent research on social prescribing and keeping physically active with a health condition and discusses implications for policy practice and research.
