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Home working in Covid 19 times

30/04/2020 by Carolyn

In common with our partners in Uganda and Jordan, the project teams in the UK have been working from home for several weeks now. While this presents some opportunities (no time lost in commuting, or travelling to meetings, and for me, glorious evening cycles along traffic-free roads in Manchester), it also undoubtedly presents challenges. At […]

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A Blog Post by Kenneth Rubango

18/03/2020 by Carolyn

As an upcoming Biomedical Engineer, I was nurtured to design new technologies with an emphasis of fit-for-purpose and context. My Bachelor’s degree curriculum was very heavy on Engineering design which spanned 3 of the 4 years of study, completing at least 8 design projects in total. My Master’s degree curriculum was no different. It focused […]

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A Post by Ali Hussaini: Yet another solution? Moving forward with cautious skepticism

13/02/2020 by Carolyn

Designing another upper limb prosthesis? Cue the undeserved praise now. Aside from the general public whose knowledge of a niche area of healthcare I can forgive, the doling out of awards and accolades to those designing a solution to a poorly understood problem continues. The source of this today is a slew of start up […]

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A Blog Post by Dr. John Head

29/01/2020 by Carolyn

Upper limb prosthetics has interested me since my graduation as a clinical prosthetist from the London School of Prosthetics in 1991. I worked as a prosthetist in Liverpool before becoming a lecturer at Salford, and now my research focuses on some of the issues that have frustrated people with upper limb absence and hindered upper […]

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Our Ugandan Perspective on the Fit-For-Purpose (F4P) Upper Limb Prostheses Design Project

10/01/2020 by Carolyn

Our Ugandan team’s focus is multidisciplinary approach to health systems strengthening particularly medical devices. The overall head is Dr Erisa Mwaka, a senior lecturer at Makerere University and an orthopaedic surgeon. The team has plenty of Biomedical Engineers lead by Dr Robert Ssekitoleko. We have a Biomedical Engineering research assistant, Brenda Nakandi and two PhD […]

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A blog post by Dr Alix Chadwell on her experiences with the Fit-4-Purpose project and the restrictions of prosthesis control harnesses.

05/12/2019 by Carolyn

I can’t believe that the Fit-4-Purpose project has been going now for almost two years! Straight after my PhD with the Salford team, I joined the project in February 2018 as a Postdoctoral Researcher, with a background in Medical Engineering and Upper-limb prosthetics and I have been involved with various parts of the project ever […]

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