About us

About Cambridge

Cambridge is a world-leading centre for research and innovation in healthcare, underpinned by an extensive and vibrant community of clinicians, researchers, entrepreneurs, and commercial and public sector organisations. In response to a growing skills gap in the sector, the Healthcare Innovation programme has been developed by the Department of Engineering, the University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Renowned for both its teaching and research, the Department of Engineering's aim is to address the world's most pressing challenges with science and technology. Since its foundation in 1875, the Department of Engineering has grown to become the largest department in the University and the largest integrated engineering department in the UK. The Department of Engineering’s bioengineering and healthcare research and teaching has expanded rapidly over the past few years, having been highlighted as a strategic research theme of the Department.

The University of Cambridge performed strongly in REF 2021 (the UK's Research Excellence Framework assessment). The Department of Engineering submitted to the General Engineering Panel, in conjunction with Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology and Materials Science and Metallurgy, achieving a perfect score for our world-leading environment. The overall percentage of activity rated “world-leading” or “internationally excellent” was 99% – the highest score for any university submission to the General Engineering Panel.

The Cambridge Biomedical Campus (CBC) is unmatched within the UK, and perhaps across the world, in terms of concentration of clinical, academic, educational, technology, pharmaceutical, and biosciences organisations.The CBC contains the University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine with its 12 Departments and associated Institutes, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, a major University Teaching Hospital with 1100 beds, Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust  and a number of directly funded research institutes.

The programme benefits from its interactions with the vibrant local medtech/biotech industry in Cambridge. Companies in the Cambridge Cluster have an annual turnover currently at £51 billion and the area is home to 15,000 employees and 440+ companies in life sciences and healthcare.

Staff profiles

Course Leads

	Professor Michael Sutcliffe Programme Director Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Head of the Mechanics, Materials and Design Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
	Professor John Clarkson FREng Academic Director Professor of Engineering Design (University of Cambridge); Professor of Healthcare Systems (TU Delft); Director of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre; Co-Director of Cambridge Public Health, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge; and Governor, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
	Dr James Ward Course Director Principal Research Associate in Healthcare Design, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, and Manager of the Centre for Engineering Better Care, Cambridge Biomedical Campus
Unit Leads
	Dr Tom Bashford Unit 1 Lead: Research skills and innovation Assistant Professor in Healthcare Systems, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge and Consultant Neuroanaesthetist, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
luigi_occhipinti.jpg	Dr Luigi G. Occhipinti CEng, PhD, SMIEEE Unit 2 Lead: Healthcare technologies I Director of Research in Smart Electronics, Biosystems and AI.
	Professor John Clarkson FREng Unit 3 Lead: Healthcare systems improvement Professor of Engineering Design (University of Cambridge); Professor of Healthcare Systems (TU Delft); Director of Cambridge Engineering Design Centre; Co-Director of Cambridge Public Health, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge; and Governor, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
ronita_thumbnail2.jpg	Dr Ronita Bardhan Unit 4 Co-Lead: Patient and population health Associate Professor of Sustainable Built Environment, Department of Architecture, University of Cambridge
l-lafortune-teaser.png	Dr Louise Lafortune Unit 4 Co-Lead: Patient and Population health Principal Research Associate and Lead of Life Course & Ageing Research, Cambridge Public Health
kirsten_thumbnail.jpg	Dr Kirsten Rennie Unit 4 Co-Lead: Patient and population health Clinical Epidemiologist and Senior Research Associate at MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
	Professor Michael Sutcliffe Unit 5 Lead: Healthcare technologies II Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Head of the Mechanics, Materials and Design Division, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge
jag_srai_2_-_square.jpg	Dr Jagjit Singh Srai Unit 6 Lead: Healthcare system innovation Director of Research, and Head, Centre for International Manufacturing, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge

Contact details

For general enquiries on administrative matters, please email: healthcare-course-admin@eng.cam.ac.uk 

For specific enquiries about course content, please email: healthcare-course-director@eng.cam.ac.uk

Department of Engineering
Trumpington Street
Cambridge CB2 1PZ
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0)1223 332600

Most of the residential course teaching takes place in the main site Engineering Department at the Trumpington Street site, mailing address as above. The site is comprised of three buildings: the Baker building, the Inglis building, and the James Dyson Building. Visitors should report to the reception at the Baker building.

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