Organisations are being invited to a major showcase of
cutting-edge research carried out by DMU, under the banner of
health and wellbeing.
The event, which takes place at the university's Campus Centre
on Thursday 23 June, will give visitors the chance to see the
projects carried out daily by DMU that have an effect on services
both locally and nationally and to see how the university can help
them.
It will also be a chance to discuss how DMU's expertise can help
kick-start a business's involvement in everything from microbiology
to policing and hundreds of other important industries in
between.
The event is free to everyone and Dr Brian Stout, acting head of
the School of Applied Social Sciences, believes it is a fantastic
opportunity for businesses and other organisations to see DMU in
action and understand how the university can help them realise
their potential.
Dr Stout said: "Anyone who is curious about what DMU does to
help the wider world and wants to know how we can help them with
their business, their research or any investigations, then they
should come along and see what we do.
"There are a huge range of subjects covered under the banner of
health and well being. There is pharmacy and the "hard" sciences
such as microbiology and Professor Joan Taylor's work to create the
world's first artificial pancreas to the social sciences, nutrition
advice and studies into the impact we all have on the
environment.
"There are many long standing relationships DMU has with some
very important organisations. We provide training for nurses,
police and the probation service, as well as social workers. So we
have a huge impact on the community.
"There is our work on sustainability, infection prevention and
control, pharmacy and psychology, technology to assist the elderly,
cutting edge retail design, textile engineering … the list
goes on.
"People who visit will be surprised by the breadth of our
research and the partnerships we have and the impact we have - and
will continue to have - nationally and internationally. We want
everyone from chief executives to team managers and GPs to
counsellors to come along."
The free event will include demonstrations and presentations
from the various research groups at DMU, workshops and tours to
laboratories.
The keynote speech will be delivered by Professor Antony
Sheehan, Chief Executive of Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust,
who recently accepted an invitation from DMU's Vice Chancellor to
be a visiting professor for the Faculty of Health and Life
Sciences.
For further information about the event and the research experts
you can meet, as well as booking information, go to
www.dmu.ac.uk/healthwellbeing