Improving patient care with rapid point of care tests
Dr Elisabeth Adams, Managing Director of Aquarius Population Health, presented on opportunities for rapid tests in influenza and HPV at international conferences in June. This has been a busy week for the Aquarius Population Health team. We had two posters at the Society for Medical Decision Making in London (12-15th June), which Elisabeth presented. The Read More >
Rapid tests central in combatting resistant infections: Aquarius PH contributes to the O’Neill Review on antimicrobial resistance
Research by Dr Elisabeth Adams, Managing Director of Aquarius Population Health, contributed to the O’Neill Review on antimicrobial resistance published today. The Review, titled “Tackling Drug-Resistant Infections Globally: final report and recommendations” discusses areas crucial in the global strategy against antimicrobial resistance. The review mentions rapid tests as one of the most important diagnostic tools in Read More >
New point-of-care Flu and RSV assay shows promising results
Three of the Aquarius team have recently co-authored an article on the rapid detection of respiratory viruses in a hospital paediatric ward. The article, entitled “Performance of a novel point-of-care molecular assay for the detection of Influenza A, B, and Respiratory Syncytial Virus”, can be found in the Journal of Clinical Microbiology, online first. Read More >
Guinea combats Ebola epidemic in its third year: basic epidemiology sheds light on the challenge ahead
On 7 November, the WHO announced that Sierra Leone was officially ‘Ebola-free’. Guinea will not be so lucky. As of today, it is now a certainty that Guinea’s fight against Ebola will continue into its third year. This is because of the way the WHO decides that a country is Ebola-free. The international health body’s Read More >
An intern’s perspective of working at Aquarius Population Health
I’m Catherine, a former summer intern – now junior researcher at Aquarius. At the beginning of the summer, I was awarded a UCL Advances internship placement, which allowed me to work at Aquarius for 8 weeks and was fully funded to cover living expenses. I am delighted to have been offered a continuing post with the company as I had an amazing experience over the summer. I want to share what it was like to have an internship, particularly with those who have an interest in health economics, enterprise, and consulting, and are considering applying for an internship opportunity. Read More >
Aquarius Population Health presents the breast cancer diagnostic pathway at ISPOR Milan
Dr Elisabeth Adams, will present “Mapping the diagnostic pathway for breast cancer in England and comparison to Europe” at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Milan 7 – 11 November, 2015. Read More >
Does more data equal better fitness results? Our team is testing fitness trackers
A new area of research is allowing patients to have access to their own data. So we thought it would be a great idea to trial fitness commitment devices to see what it is like to use them on a daily basis. Read More >
Rapid on-demand testing of HPV and cervical cancer prevention: IPV Conference in Lisbon
Aquarius Population Health will be presenting European screening programmes outcomes and opportunities for rapid HPV testing in the UK at the 2015 HPV conference in Lisbon. http://www.hpv2015.org Read More >