If left unsolved, a perfect storm of health and social care challenges will define what tomorrow’s society looks like. Computer science innovation has the potential to make sweeping improvements across the field – and the University of Portsmouth is at the forefront.

Our wide-ranging research into health and wellbeing tech is driven by advances in medical informatics, machine learning, wearables, smart environments and data science. People of all ages, around the world, are feeling the benefit. 

Pioneering new uses of data to save vulnerable patients

As a coastal university on the UK’s only island city, we’re more aware than most of the vital importance of healthy waters – from safe and stable food chains, to a thriving marine economy. Our researchers strive to understand, influence and improve aquatic environments here and globally. Their expertise is essential to the future of our beautiful blue planet.

Supporting the safe discharge of Fukushima wastewater

At Portsmouth, researchers across a range of disciplines are determined to play a part in ending violence against women and girls. Across a varied portfolio of projects around the world, they’re revealing the latest threats and challenges, exploring practical solutions, and engaging with governments and services to make real change happen.

Giving a voice to women around the world

In this episode of the THE Connect podcast, academics from Queen’s University Belfast explain how they are pursuing the development of more resilient food systems and supporting other sustainable initiatives

After a few years working as a young doctor in Bangladesh, Masud Salehin knew he wanted to take a different approach to health care. Drawn instead to big-picture healthcare projects, he started a “long, long journey” to build the career he wanted. 

Modern power grids are undergoing a revolution. Coal, oil and gas technologies are being phased out in favour of renewable energy sources and there’s an increasing uptake of large-scale battery storage and electric cars.

That’s good news for combatting the climate crisis. But with so many more energy variables to juggle, it can be tricky balancing supply and demand to prevent catastrophic blackouts.

The first bird Birgita Hansen held - a tiny red-capped plover - had a profound impact on her life. 

“It was the most magnificent creature in the hand,” she recalls. “And I thought, ‘This is amazing!’ From there, I developed a connection to shorebirds and found them fascinating.”

A Senior Research Fellow at Federation University’s Centre for eResearch and Digital Innovation, Dr Hansen’s childhood love of animals and study of zoology led to a passion for protecting shorebirds and their wetland habitat.

Researchers at Lingnan University are developing a Mosquito Risk Index to map and predict the spread of dengue-carrying mosquitoes in Hong Kong