{"id":4106,"date":"2018-02-19T12:39:21","date_gmt":"2018-02-19T12:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/?p=4106"},"modified":"2018-05-29T10:35:35","modified_gmt":"2018-05-29T09:35:35","slug":"monthly-update-institute-global-health-innovation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/2018\/02\/19\/monthly-update-institute-global-health-innovation\/","title":{"rendered":"Monthly update from the Institute of Global Health Innovation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>News<\/h1>\n<h2>Global project to reduce health inequalities in cities around the world<\/h2>\n<p>A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"http:\/\/www3.imperial.ac.uk\/newsandeventspggrp\/imperialcollege\/newssummary\/news_5-2-2018-13-38-26\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> to read more.<\/p>\n<h2>Food monitoring system being developed could help vulnerable, say researchers<\/h2>\n<p>A new project to research the underlying technology &#8211; funded by a $US 1.5 million grant the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation &#8211; will see researchers from the Hamlyn Centre at Imperial College London developing wearable and wall mounted sensors and AI technology to monitor how households consume food.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"\/\/www.imperial.ac.uk\/news\/184390\/food-monitoring-system-being-developed-could\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>\u00a0to read more.<\/p>\n<h1>Events<\/h1>\n<h2>IGHI Student Challenges Competition: Enter the Dragon&#8217;s Den<\/h2>\n<p>Join us on Monday 19th March for our interactive Dragon\u2019s Den style event to find the winner of our annual\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ighistudentchallenges.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Student Challenges Competition.<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-4107\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/files\/2018\/02\/130317-IGHI-VentureCompetition-152-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" \/><br \/>\nThe competition provides a platform for students based in the UK to showcase their global health research idea and win up to \u00a35000 to develop it further. Runners-up and audience choice prizes will also be awarded.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www3.imperial.ac.uk\/newsandeventspggrp\/imperialcollege\/centres\/globalhealth\/eventssummary\/event_9-1-2018-15-27-23\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a> to register.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h1>Blogs<\/h1>\n<h2>The IGHI Big Data Analytical Unit 2017 \u2013 year in review<\/h2>\n<p>Joshua Symons\u00a0takes a look a back at the work of the\u00a0Big Data Analytical Unit over the last year.<\/p>\n<p>Visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/2018\/01\/26\/the-ighi-big-data-analytical-unit-2017-year-in-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a> to find out more.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4108\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/files\/2018\/02\/BDAU.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>We can, I can, this World Cancer Day<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4109\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/fom\/files\/2018\/02\/WorldCancerDay.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"auto\" height=\"auto\" \/><\/p>\n<p>4 February marked\u00a0<b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cancerresearchuk.org\/support-us\/donate\/world-cancer-day?ds_kids=p29068256777&amp;adc=cpc&amp;gclid=CjwKCAiAtdDTBRArEiwAPT4y-3RvLof9MAmaL2465kad9lJY9Ns-1DfIZ79beQ1nXLlBlmyBNEg_jBoCVRwQAvD_BwE&amp;dclid=CLWP4d-Ah9kCFawi0wodTG0N8g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World Cancer Day<\/a><\/b>. This is a day to remember and celebrate. Sadly cancer affects us all whether it\u2019s personally or through our friends and family or work colleagues. In fact, it\u2019s estimated that 1 in 2 of us will be affected by cancer at some point in our lifetime. But in the face of this depressing statistic there is cause to celebrate<\/p>\n<p>Visit our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs-staging.imperial.ac.uk\/ighi\/2018\/02\/02\/we-can-i-can-this-world-cancer-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">blog<\/a>\u00a0to find out more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Global project to reduce health inequalities in cities around the world A major new research partnership has been launched to explore ways of reducing health inequalities in cities around the world. Visit our website to read more. 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