Growth Platform talks to Dr Phil Carvil who heads up the HealthTec Cluster in the North of England based at Sci-Tech Daresbury Campus.

Before taking up his role for STFC, Phil worked for 4 years at King’s Health Partners in London working across their 22 clinical-academic groups to support alignment with the partnerships tripartite mission through strategic analytical support.

A researcher, his PhD research was funded by the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Networking Partnership at King’s College London. The research supported the technical evaluation of the SkinSuit for ESA by conducting numerous studies and R&D on the suit which was designed to provide axial loading to support astronauts in space and reduce the risk of spinal issues post flight. This has subsequently been used in space on two occasions so far.

His passions for research and collaboration both nationally and internationally, led him to be elected to the management committee of the European Low Gravity Research association as Vice President. And for the last five years has supported the co-running of a gravity related summer school with ESA.

He is also the head of the executive committee of the UK Space Life and Biomedical Science Association.

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Growth Platform talks By Growth PlatformNov 02, 2020