{"id":2,"date":"2018-05-25T09:06:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T08:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2023-08-07T10:47:33","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T09:47:33","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our multidisciplinary team has joint expertise in user-centred health communication and rapid testing technology.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Project team<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-253 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2020\/12\/ABOUT-US-sw.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Prof Sue Walker<\/strong> specialises in the application of information design principles in cross-disciplinary projects in health and education. Her recent work includes communicating information about antimicrobial resistance in community pharmacies in the UK and in Rwanda, and in science communication for children.<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:s.f.walker@reading.ac.uk\">s.f.walker@reading.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-254 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2020\/12\/ABOUT-US-ae.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Dr Al Edwards.<\/strong> With a background in bioscience and biochemical engineering, Dr Edwards is an interdisciplinary researcher focused on solving current and future healthcare challenges using design and engineering combined with biology, biochemistry, chemistry and physics. As well as being Associate Professor in Biomedical Technology at Reading School of Pharmacy, he is a co-founder of technology company CFT Ltd and co-inventor of \u2018tiny test tubes\u2019 technology that allows many lab tests to be performed faster in portable devices.<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:a.e.edwards@reading.ac.uk\">a.e.edwards@reading.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-387 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2021\/01\/ABOUT-US-jh.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Julie Hart<\/strong>\u00a0brings extensive experience in supporting companies seeking to commercialise their technologies, has a well-established network of NHS partners for supporting real world evaluation and has been driving innovation adoption of diagnostics across the NHS in the Thames Valley. Julie has also been supporting Technology Validation as part of the Department of Health and Social Care COVID-19 testing programme.<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:julie.hart@reading.ac.uk\">julie.hart@reading.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-255 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2020\/12\/ABOUT-US-jb.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Dr Josefina Bravo<\/strong> is a design researcher and a practising information designer. Her work focuses on the design of\u00a0<span lang=\"EN-US\">effective public-facing information in the areas of health information, education and emergency management.<br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"mailto:j.bravo@reading.ac.uk\">j.bravo@reading.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-298 size-full alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2020\/12\/ABOUT-US-sn.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Dr Sarah Needs<\/strong> is a researcher with an interest in point-of-care diagnostics. Her current project focuses on the development of rapid diagnostics to detect antimicrobial resistance in urinary tract infections.<br \/>\n<a title=\"mailto:s.h.needs@reading.ac.uk\" href=\"mailto:s.h.needs@reading.ac.uk\">s.h.needs@reading.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-299 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2020\/12\/ABOUT-US-gl.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong>Gemma Little<\/strong>. Gemma is a PhD student whose main research on platelets (cells that make your blood clot) focuses on interactions between receptors which regulate platelet responses to stimuli.<br \/>\n<a title=\"mailto:G.Little@pgr.reading.ac.uk\" href=\"mailto:G.Little@pgr.reading.ac.uk\">G.Little@pgr.reading.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-384 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2021\/01\/ABOUT-US-fm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/> Fraser Muggeridge studio<\/b> is a graphic design company specialising in a wide range of formats, from artists\u2019 books and exhibition catalogues to\u00a0posters, marketing material, exhibitions and websites. Fraser<b> <\/b>founded and is a tutor at\u00a0Typography Summer School, a week-long\u00a0programme of typographic study for recent graduates and professionals, held in London\u00a0(since 2010) and New York (since 2013). He is a visiting lecturer at The University of\u00a0Reading and Camberwell College of Art,\u00a0London.<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:info@pleasedonotbend.co.uk\">info@pleasedonotbend.co.uk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-779 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/research.reading.ac.uk\/design-research-for-testing-diagnostics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/178\/2023\/08\/ABOUT-US-is.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Isabel Stoole is a PhD student with a background in not-for-profit and public sector graphic design. 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