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In this Future Health interview, the Nova team - Charlotte Corke, Dr Phil Alton and Andy Dean - explain the work they do to help doctors with big ideas realise their visions to improve healthcare.

In this Future Health interview, Dr Kerfoot outlines how his research findings led him to develop a new form of online learning termed Spaced Education™, and explains how Harvard Medical School has harnessed this approach to create the ‘microlearning’ app Qstream. Qstream is now partnering with medical institutions and companies globally to bring its leaning methodology to assist patients with diabetes and other chronic diseases.

In this Future Health interview, Stuart talks about the development of Whisk’s AI-powered food platform and mobile app, Contour. In particular, he explains how Contour can support patients with diabetes by integrating blood sugar readings with the platform’s nutritional database to provide patients with personalised meal recommendations. He also highlights how the platform may have much wider potential applications in future.

An engineer by trade, Rob set up Service Robotics in 2017 to develop technology-based services that can help to improve the lives of patients and their carers. Medical advancements mean we’re living longer than ever before – but with ever-growing numbers of Brits over the age of 65 living alone, loneliness and isolation are a significant concern. GenieConnect® is the UK’s first companion robot managed service for older and vulnerable adults.

Jonathan survived necrotising fasciitis in hospital in 2004. He was given four days to live and told to prepare his family for a future without him.

Natalie is an Oxford-trained doctor and researcher, with interests in developmental biology and cancer risk. She co-founded the Hearts Milk Bank in 2016. Felicity has previously worked in the NHS and has a personal connection to the cause. In this video they share their insights into the fascinating science of human milk and also how parents can be supported feeding their new babies.

Charlotte and Russ both have Parkinson's. Using their combined skills and experience, they have developed a novel way to benefit the lives of other people with Parkinson's - which could be adapted to use in other areas. In this video they talk about why they have founded Parkinson's Concierge to help to secure a better deal for others. You can find out more at www.parkinsonsconcierge.com or by contacting charlotte.allen@parkinsonsconcierge.com.

Dr Fran Fieldhouse is a GP partner in Oxfordshire and a volunteer with Virtual Doctors, a telemedicine charity. In this interview for Future Health, Fran talks about how Virtual Doctors is piloting simple but innovative solutions to increase access to expert medical advice within isolated communities in Zambia and Malawi.

Hannah Rose is Head of Health and Strategic Partnerships at Elvie, a health technology startup focusing specifically on women’s health. In this Future Health video, Hannah talks about the challenges that many women face with symptoms associated with a weak pelvic floor, and how compliance with strengthening exercises is low.

Doctor and neuroscientist Jason McKeown explains how his company, Neurovalens, is reimagining traditional implanted neurological technology to bring non-invasive health solutions with a multitude of potential applications to the consumer market.

Dr Andrew Steele is a physicist by training, now working as a computational biologist at the Francis Crick Institute. In this interview, Andrew talks about his research into machine learning models in electronic health records, and how it performs relative to conventional survival models for predicting patient mortality in coronary artery disease. He also explains what impact his findings could have on patients and on clinical practice in the future. Andrew is also an award-winning science communicator, on TV, live and online, in formats from documentary to stand-up comedy. Find out more on his website at andrewsteele.co.uk, follow @statto, or view his showreel here.

Miranda Mapleton is Chief Executive of White Swan, a registered charity founded in 2015. In this Future Health video, Miranda introduces the charity and its mission - to improve the health of society, help prevent illness and accelerate the path to wellness, by leveraging proprietary technology and leading-edge data science capability to create tools and insights which help improve our holistic understanding of how we can help ourselves.

Beth Britton is a campaigner, writer and blogger whose father was diagnosed with vascular dementia when she was just 12 years old. After her father spent 19 years with the condition, she is campaigning for action to improve the care and support for people who are living with dementia and their families. In this Future Health video, Beth talks candidly about her experiences of being a carer for her father, why she now focuses her efforts on delivering training on dementia and how healthcare professionals can better support patients with the condition.

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Shafi Ahmed is a surgeon, teacher, futurist, innovator and entrepreneur. Shafi has been working on new technologies enhancing surgical education globally. His online videos have been watched hundreds of thousands of times, earning him the accolade of most-watched surgeon in human history.

Dr. Nir Barzilai is the director of the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and the Director of the Paul F. Glenn Center for the Biology of Human Aging Research and of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Nathan Shock Centers of Excellence in the Basic Biology of Aging.

With a 26-year career in leading Medical Device Companies that serve many clinical areas, Francis is curently helping to create a new category of artificial intelligence (AI) powered wearable medical technology; the Kardia brand from AliveCor.

Nigel is a Consultant Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgeon at the Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital, Hampshire Hospitals since 2002/3.