Humans of health research

Imperial College Academic Health Science Centre (AHSC) has been showcasing the people behind research that seeks to improve health for all through a photography-led exhibition called ‘Humans of Health Research’. These people include research midwives, physiotherapists, pharmacists, nurses, patients and healthcare scientists.

As well as these online stories, Imperial College AHSC will be displaying the imagery as part of a roaming exhibition throughout the spring and summer of 2023. The exhibition will start   in Imperial College London’s South Kensington campus main entrance from 28 March to 5 April. Future dates and venues to be announced shortly. 

Imperial College AHSC is a university-NHS partnership transforming healthcare through research. Its members are Imperial College London, The Institute of Cancer Research, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust and Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust. Established since 2007, it is focused on aligning expertise to turn science and engineering advances into new ways of preventing and treating disease.

Interviews with researchers and patients working together to improve healthcare

A patient and doctor walking in a park

Cielito Caneja and Jilly Ellis

Work to find new treatments for respiratory diseases such as chronic bronchitis and asthma

More about Cielito Caneja and Jilly Ellis

A picture of Professor Hashim Ahmed

Professor Hashim Ahmed

Minimally invasive treatment for prostate cancer treatment

More about Professor Ahmed

Patients and doctors smiling

Professor Christoph Lees, Dr Bonnie Mylrea-Foley, Kathlyn Axibal

Improving outcomes for preterm babies

More about Professor Lees, Dr Mylrea-Foley, Kathlyn and Luna

A doctor and a patient smiling

Dr Saira Hameed and Marcia Reeves

The impact of an Imperial weight loss management programme

More about Dr Hameed and Marcia Reeves

A picture of Professor Mark Bower

Professor Mark Bower

Reflections of the HIV/AIDS pandemic and treating related malignancies

More about Professor Bower

Arthur Eccles patient on the NEON trial photographed at home

Dr Sabita Uthaya, Arthur Eccles and Professor Neena Modi

Improving long term outcomes for pre term babies

More about Dr Uthaya, Arthur Eccles and Professor Modi

Health researchers in a pharmacy dispensary

Professor Bryony Dean Franklin and Charles Boucher

Work to examine how people use medicines after they have been approved

More about Professor Dean Franklin and Charles Boucher

A picture of Layla Bolton - Pre-Doctoral Research Fellow

Layla Bolton Saghdaoui

A vascular clinical research nurse on her work looking at how patients with venous leg ulcers are refereed for further investigations and treatments

More about Layla Bolton Saghdaoui

Dr Shivani Misra and Rodney Brooks

Dr Shivani Misra and Rodney Brooks

A consultant physician in Diabetes & Metabolic Medicine and her patient talk about work to identify and effectively treat rare types of diabetes

More about Dr Misra and Rodney Brooks

A picture of Doctor Sumeet hindocha

Dr Sumeet Hindocha

A clinical oncology specialist registrar talk about his work using machine learning methods to identify lung cancer patients at risk of their cancer returning

More about Dr Hindocha

Catherine Anderson and Justin Roe

Dr Justin Roe and Catherine Anderson

A speech and language therapist and his patient talk about work to treat a rare airway disorder.

More about Dr Roe and Catherine Anderson

A picture of Professor Azeem Majeed

Professor Azeem Majeed

A primary care and public health professor talks about his work to improve COVID-19 vaccine confidence

More about Professor Majeed

Humans of health research

William Taylor with Dr Amit Kaura

Amit and William

Using data to learn more about heart disease

More about Dr Kaura and William Taylor

A picture of Professor Marta Boffito

Marta Boffito

HIV/AIDS research during COVID-19

More about Professor Boffito

An image of Dr Yen Foung Tai and his patient Natalia Walder

Dr Yen Foung Tai and Natalia Walder

A Parkinson's researcher and his patient on trialling a new treatment to prevent frequent falls

More about Dr Tai and Natalia Walder

A picture of Jenny Goodier

Jenny Goodier

Researching the optimal time to deliver babies

More about Jenny Goodier

A picture of Dr Rasha Al Lamee, Dr Michael Foley and their patient Tony O'Donoghue AHSC

Dr Rasha Al-Lamee, Dr Michael Foley and Tony O'Donoghue

Two cardiology researchers and their patient on trialling a device to improve angina

More about Drs Al-Lamee and Michael Foley and Tony O’Donoghue

A picture of Dr Christina Crossette-Thambiah and her patient Louisa Thompson

Dr Christina Crossette-Thambiah and Louisa Thompson

A Haematology Specialist Registrar and her patient on the impact of sickle cell disease

More about Dr Crosette-Thambiah and Louisa Thompson

A picture Simran Kukran - A PhD student researching a new type of imaging technique for brain tumours

Simran Kukran

A PhD student working on a new type of imaging technique for brain tumours

More about Simran Kukran