Overview

The Christabel Pankhurst Institute for Health Technology Research and Innovation (“the Pankhurst”) is a £25m investment with a mission to promote needs-led health technology research and innovation, providing end-to-end support for translation into practice, and acting as an external flagship for the University of Manchester’s rapidly expanding health technology portfolio. As a unique partnership between the University of Manchester, NHS, business, and local government, it forms an important part of Greater Manchester’s health innovation ecosystem to enable translation of world-leading research into new products and services. The institute, launched in 2021, is housed in a flagship building at the centre of the University of Manchester’s campus on the Oxford Road Corridor. This location and partnership provide support for business growth by facilitating better collaboration between the NHS, researchers, and industry through Bruntwood SciTech. Achieving benefit from health technologies is a multi-faceted challenge which requires input from across the spectrum of academic disciplines. Alongside a focus on science and engineering, particularly digital technologies, AI and advanced materials, the Institute fosters a multidisciplinary approach to studying and achieving impact. Its cross-cutting themes include responsible and inclusive innovation, translation, multi-omic health technologies, and digital health inequities. Sign up to the monthly newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/mpkp8r99 Get in touch: pankhurst@manchester.ac.uk For further information: https://www.pankhurst.manchester.ac.uk/