Academic, clinical, and industrial collaboration networks of Centre members
The following representative collaborations were developed by Centre members through publications, research projects, and technology translation. They reflect existing, past, or proposed member-level collaborations:
Ruijin Hospital, including work on haemodialysis education, metabolic-disease risk modelling, and related medical-engineering studies;
Suzhou Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine: a research team led by a Centre member worked with the hospital to conduct preclinical testing of a smart medical splint;
Centre members have conducted joint research with Peking University Sixth Hospital on multimodal depression assessment and interview platforms;
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL): a proposed project partner for a cardiovascular foundation-model project led by a Centre member;
Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, linked to digital pathology, medical imaging, and biomedical-engineering development;
BenQ Medical Center: a Centre member led a project team that previously worked with the hospital to test a rehabilitation carpet;
Centre members have collaborated with the University of Liverpool, the University of Oxford, and the University of Birmingham on research in bioinformatics, global health, fetal ultrasound, and medical technology. The University of Florence and Careggi University Hospital, together with the University Medical Center Groningen, are partners in proposed projects;
Centre members have established collaborative links with the University of Nottingham Ningbo China, Ningbo Medical Center Li Huili Hospital, Ningbo Second Hospital, and Beijing Jishuitan Hospital in multimodal oncology and clinical-imaging research;
Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School, University of Science and Technology of China, and ShanghaiTech University, linked to medical imaging, foundation-model, and translational research networks.
Representative industrial collaborations of Centre members:
Mind with Heart Robotics Co. Ltd.;
DeepLeaper;
Nanjing PuGui Information Technology Co., Ltd.
Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group;
Suzhou Mingde Biotechnology Co, Ltd;
Suzhou Precision Medical Technology Co., Ltd. (SANO);
URGO Ltd;
Jiangsu Intco Medical Products Co, Ltd.
Internal XJTLU collaboration base:
School of Science and its life science, public health, and biomedical capabilities;
XJTLU Wisdom Lake Academy of Pharmacy; and
University platforms in affective computing, interactive health, virtual reality, chronic disease research, robotics, data science, and research translation.
AIHB offers these collaboration models:
joint definition of clinical, biological, or care problems before model development;
cohort, registry, imaging, pathology, omics, or behavioural-data studies;
independent and multicentre validation;
biological, pathology, or functional validation of computational findings;
medical device, software, robot, rehabilitation, and digital-human co-development;
joint laboratories and long-term industry research programmes;
joint applications to national, provincial, municipal, hospital, and international funding schemes;
data governance, ethics, intellectual property (IP), and regulatory planning;
student placements, industrial doctoral projects, and shared research supervision; and
evidence-led pilot studies followed by prospective or real-world evaluation.
Academic, clinical, and industrial collaboration networks of Centre members
The following representative collaborations were developed by Centre members through publications, research projects, and technology translation. They reflect existing, past, or proposed member-level collaborations:
Representative industrial collaborations of Centre members:
Internal XJTLU collaboration base:
AIHB offers these collaboration models: