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Professor Ruth Wilcox

Professor Ruth Wilcox

  • Position: Professor of Biomedical Engineering
  • Areas of expertise: biomedical engineering
  • Email: R.K.Wilcox@leeds.ac.uk
  • Phone: +44(0)113 343 7980
  • Location: X202 Medical & Biological Engineering

Profile

I am Director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering and Professor of Biomedical Engineering in the School of Mechanical Engineering. I joined the School’s academic staff as a lecturer in 2005, having been awarded a Royal Academy of Engineering Post-doctoral Fellowship in 2002. I have held major grants from the EPSRC (including a Programme Grant, Healthcare Impact Partnership, Challenging Engineering Award) and European Research Council and currently lead an EPSRC Place BAsed Impact Acceleration Account to support the translation of medical technologies in the Yorkshire Region.

I am a member of the Royal Academy of Engineering Panel for Biomedical Engineering, whose remit includes the provision of advice to government, health authorities and the medical research community. I received an MRC Suffrage Science award for leading women in Science Engineering and Technology in 2015.

Responsibilities

  • Director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering
  • Co-Director of HealthTech Leeds

Research interests

Ruth is Director of the Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering. Her research interests include development and evaluation of medical devices and interventions for the musculoskeletal system, including the hip, knee, spine and ankle.

To find out more about the Insitute of Medical & Biological Engineering's research visit imbe.leeds.ac.uk

<h4>Research projects</h4> <p>Some research projects I'm currently working on, or have worked on, will be listed below. Our list of all <a href="https://eps.leeds.ac.uk/dir/research-projects">research projects</a> allows you to view and search the full list of projects in the faculty.</p>

Qualifications

  • PhD - Leeds
  • MEng - Oxford

Professional memberships

  • MIMechE

Student education

I have taught on masters and undergraduate mechanical and medical engineering programmes. I currently teach aspects of a module on finite element methods of analysis.

Research groups and institutes

  • Institute of Medical and Biological Engineering

Current postgraduate researchers

<h4>Postgraduate research opportunities</h4> <p>We welcome enquiries from motivated and qualified applicants from all around the world who are interested in PhD study. Our <a href="https://phd.leeds.ac.uk">research opportunities</a> allow you to search for projects and scholarships.</p>
Projects
    <li><a href="//phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2148-enabling-stratification-of-intervertebral-disc-repair">Enabling stratification of intervertebral disc repair</a></li>