03: In Conversation with Professor Prashant Jha
Proceed with confidence and pace in taking your MedTech innovation to market.
Meet Prashant, the Head of Affordable Medical Technologies at King’s
Prashant Jha is the Professor of MedTech Innovation and Entrepreneurship at King’s and has designed the new MSc in MedTech Innovation & Entrepreneurship hosted at LIHE. We spoke to Prashant about his journey from GP to engineer to entrepreneur, and how students can benefit from his 5D model for medical device development.
“I realised that by combining our areas of expertise, we have opportunities to personalise care, accommodating individuals and their constraints. Good design can go beyond creating effective solutions- it can also allow us to factor in patients’ beliefs and what they think is good for them rather than being prescriptive.”
- Professor Prashant Jha
New Community and Events Officer joins LIHE
This month, we welcomed Precious Ezema into the LIHE team as our new Community and Events Officer. Precious has a background in marketing and has grown communities across Africa at companies such as Enyata Software Engineering, GOMYCODE, and Web3ladies, as well as vast experience in tech, blockchain, web3, and AI.
Precious was recently endorsed by the UK Home Office within the Global Talent Visa scheme for her expertise in community building and marketing. Following the UK Tech Nation report 2024, Precious ranks among the top 31% Nigerian and 21% African persons with exceptional talent who are part of the Tech Nation alumni network. She is committed to advocating for women in tech and regularly organises events and community programs to help them advance in their careers.
Professor Sebastien Ourselin appointed Director for Digital Health and Data Sciences at KHP
LIHE’s Director Professor Sebastien Ourselin has been appointed the Director for Digital Health and Data Sciences at King’s Health Partners (KHP). Professor Ourselin will lead the development and delivery of the KHP Digital Health and Data Sciences strategic priority and leads the KHP Digital Health Hub, bringing expertise together across the partnership to support the training, co-creation, translation, and acceleration of digital technologies.
Applications close for the MedTech Venture Builder CCoE
Thank you to everyone who applied to be a part of the MedTech Venture Builder. We are pleased to have received a tremendous amount of interest in the programme; the selection process has been very competitive and we will be accepting a maximum of 10% of all applicants on board. We are excited to announce the participants in the coming weeks.
Join us for the London Tech Week HealthTech Super Connector!
We are delighted to be hosting the biggest UK HealthTech ecosystem event of the year at LIHE. This event will bring together start-ups & scale-ups with pharma and MedTech digital innovators, investors, NHS and healthcare providers in one curated group on Wednesday, 12 June, 9:00 - 11:00 AM. Book your place now.
