Health Innovation Community

The #HICommunity

The Health Innovation Community is the name we give to the eco-system of cross sector, multi-disciplinary experts working in health and care which we are bringing together around our new Health Innovation Campus to work on some of society's most significant health challenges.

Community benefits

Workspace at Health Innovation One

Taking up workspace at Health Innovation One and joining a dedicated ecosystem of health professionals opens the door to a huge range of benefits, both on the Health Innovation Campus and the wider University.

Whether you’re looking for a touch-down desk for a day, something more regular or a longer-term office arrangement, we have various options available.

Workspace

Take a virtual tour of Health Innovation One

Tour

Events programme

To support a growing Health Innovation Community - #HICommunity - around Health Innovation One, a dedicated calendar of events is highlighting academic research, business support opportunities and health and care-focussed cultural and social activities.

You can even speak to us about organising an event of your own in one of the inspiring spaces available in Health Innovation One.

Events

Innovation support

Through a dedicated Health Partnerships Team, a programme of business support is on offer via the Health Innovation Campus and the wider University.

Support

Digital community

Learn about all the latest news from the Health Innovation Campus by joining our digital #HICommunity.

Digital community

News

View of the Mary Rose inside the Mary Rose Museum

Bones from the Tudor shipwreck the Mary Rose suggest handedness might affect collarbone chemistry

A new study of human skeletal remains from the wreck of the 16th century English warship Mary Rose suggests that whether a person is right- versus left-handed may influence how their clavicle bone chemistry changes as they age.

Dr Lisa Ashmore and Dr Luigi Sedda at the awards ceremony

Two North West Cancer Research awards for Lancaster Medical School

Two researchers from Lancaster Medical School have been honoured at a special gala ceremony held by North West Cancer Research in Liverpool.

How limiting new fast-food outlets may reduce childhood obesity

Planning policies to restrict the number of new fast-food outlets leads to fewer overweight and obese children according to research led by Lancaster University.

Filmmakers and academics at the 2023 Health Documentary Film Festival

Second film festival at Health Innovation Campus will showcase tales from across the North West

The second annual health documentary film festival with LA1 Shorts will shine a light on stories of health challenges from across the region.

Students from the 2024 Access to Medicine programme at Lancaster University’s Health Innovation Campus

Access to Medicine programme showcases medical careers for underrepresented students

A flagship programme developed by Lancaster University in partnership with the NHS aims to open up medicine as a career option for pupils from underrepresented backgrounds.

Dr Anthony Aggidis and the brain of a fruit fly with Tau expressed in a neuronal circuit used by the fly in olfactory memory. The red shows where Tau is building up in clusters along the neurons

Promising ‘first’ in Alzheimer’s drug development

An international team of researchers led by Lancaster University have made a promising breakthrough in the development of drugs to treat Alzheimer’s Disease.

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