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Ursula Ankeny presents at 3rd Child Heath Tech Conference before beginning Australia and New Zealand placements
Ursula Ankeny presents at 3rd Child Health Tech conference and begins Australia and New Zealand placements.

Ursula Ankey to present co-designed toolbox in ‘Innovations in arthritis healthcare’ track at major European clinical conference this May
Ursula Ankeny presents her proof-of-concept study assessing prototype innovation for young people with arthritis at a major Rheumatoid Arthritis conference in Milan next week.

Online arts and culture for young people’s mental health – new research programme announced
Young people will help create an ‘online museum’ as a way of improving their mental health, as part of a new and ground-breaking £2.61m research project led by Oxford University

Women in Research for International Women’s Day 2023
8 March 2023: Lab4Living researcher Ursula Ankeny is featured in a post celebrating the skills and prowess of colleagues in the Sheffield Children’s Hospital Research and Digital teams.

Ursula Ankeny interviewed by Sheffield Children’s Hospital Charity on JIA project
Ursula Ankeny interviewed on her research into products for children and young people with arthritis, funded by The Children’s Hospital Charity. Ursula has been working on three prototypes in collaboration with Occupational Therapist Catherine Dunbar and Dr Daniel Hawley from Sheffield Children’s. Read the Charity’s interview here:

Playponics installed at India Habitat Centre for Rakshak Schools competition
Children try out prototype Playponics play equipment at a schools event in New Delhi.

What’s on in the White Building: November 2022
This month, the White Building windows give a glimpse of past and present projects through prototypes and artefacts on display.

Prototype launch of devices to help young people with arthritis manage their condition
Prototype launch of devices to help support young people with arthritis

Lab4Living presents at 2nd Child Heath Tech Conference
Members of the Lab4Living team presented approaches to developing interventions for paediatric populations at the 2nd Child Heath Tech Conference last week. PhD researcher Ursula Ankeny also presented a poster on her research helping children with arthritis to be more active and independent.
