Henley Business School awarded £600k for Inflammatory Arthritis AI study

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Stephen Emerson

Professor Weizi Li

Henley Business School has been awarded £600,000 to develop AI tools that can better detect the onset of Inflammatory Arthritis.

Professor Weizi Li has been awarded the funds by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) for the project which will last for 18 months from October 2023.

Currently, 10 million people in the UK suffer with the disease, and there is no single test that can provide an early diagnosis. This new project aims to teach computers to be able to catch the disease early on before it gets worse.

Professor Li, Professor of Informatics and Digital Health at Henley Business School, said: “This project will develop machine learning (ML) methods to achieve early detection and personalised treatment of inflammatory arthritis (IA). It will develop a holistic and scalable approach addressing the pressing healthcare challenges of IA and the limitations of machine learning to accelerate real-world its application in healthcare."

The project will be carried out in partnership with a broad spectrum of partners including the Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation Trust (RBFT), the University of Oxford, the University of Birmingham and the University of Leicester.

It will also collaborate with RBFT Patient leaders, NHS Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire West Integrated Care Board, Thames Valley and Surrey Sub National Secure Data Environment, Insource Ltd and NHS England.

It is one of 22 projects that will receive £13 million of funding from UKRI’s Technology Missions Fund. The money will fund studies that accelerate health research through AI innovation.

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Stephen Emerson is the Managing Editor of The Business Magazine and is responsible for the publication's print publications and online properties including the newly launched Biz News websites in Hampshire and Dorset. Stephen has been a journalist for 20 years and has worked at local, regional and national publications and led a team which made The Scotsman website one of the fastest growing news sites in the UK with over eight million monthly users. He has a keen interest in technology, property and corporate finance and telling the stories of the people behind the successful firms in these sectors.