Festival of Digital Health - LEAP Research Showcase

Join us for an engaging two-hour showcase celebrating the innovative research funded by LEAP Digital Health Hub. This event will feature a series of research talks and a poster session, providing insights into cutting-edge digital health solutions addressing regional health and social care challenges.

Event schedule*

*Updated timings:

13.30 - 13:50 - Arrival and refreshments

13:50 - 14.05 - Welcome and introduction

14.05 - 14.50 - Research talks

14.50 - 15.10 - Break and poster session

15.10 - 15.50 - Research talks

15.50 - 16.00 - Wrap-up

About the research talks

All of our collaborative research project teams and Solo and Twin Fellows will be presenting posters during the afternoon, with extended talks from the following projects:

🔸 PRISM: Prioritising Allocation of Scarce Perinatal Pathology Resource with ML-Assisted Placenta Pathology Screening (Lead by Professor Kenton O'Hara, University of Bristol)

🔸 Improving the usability, accessibility, and inclusivity of digital dyadic cardiac rehabilitation for people living with heart failure (Lead by Dr Samantha van Beurden, University of Exeter)

🔸 Working towards data-driven care: Exploring new methods and new technologies to optimise secondary care clinical dashboards presenting patient-generated health data and predictive analytics (Twin Fellowship: Matthew Wragg, University of Bristol and Professor Raj Sengupta, Royal United Hospitals, Bath NHS Foundation Trust)

🔸 FAL-VITAE Falls and Activity Lexicon: using Video and IMU Technology for remote Assessment and Evaluation (Lead by Dr Genevieve Williams, University of Exeter)

🔸 Predicting patient readmission risk to support early discharge decisions (Twin Fellowship: Dr Charlotte James, University of Bristol and Luke Shaw, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated Care Board)

🔸 PRIDE: Planning & Resource Integration in Digital Environments – The Case of Frail, Elderly Patients, and Palliative Care (Lead by Professor Daniel Gartner, Cardiff University)

About the projects

LEAP has co-produced a distinct digital health research strategy at the intersection between the health needs of the region of South West England and Wales and the specific research and innovation strengths of our partnership network.

Our funded projects include research fall into one of four thematic areas derived from this strategy:

• Care Outside the Hospital
• Service and Resource Planning
• Frailty, Fall Prediction, and Fall Prevention
• Smartphone and Wearable Technologies

From AI triaging for digital placenta pathology to enhancing secondary care clinical dashboards by integrating patient-generated health data and predictive analytics, LEAP's funded research and fellowship projects explore the cutting edge in opportunities to reduce the strain on the health and care system and deliver digitally enhanced care in settings outside the hospital.

Read more about the LEAP projects here: https://leap-hub.ac.uk/funded-projects/

Booking a place

• This is an in-person event
• If you plan on attending the Digital Health Leadership Summit after the Research Showcase, you will need to book a place for this

Festival of Digital Health

The Festival of Digital Health runs from Monday 30 June - Friday 4 July 2025. Taking place across the South West of England and Wales, it will be a dynamic week of events, showcasing how digital technologies are transforming the way we think about, deliver, and experience health and care.

Whether you’re a digital health professional, a healthcare provider, a researcher, a tech enthusiast, or simply curious about how technology is shaping the future of care — this festival is for you.

In-person events will take place in Bath, Bristol, Cardiff and Exeter. For the full programme please visit: Festival of Digital Health programme