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Overview of my academic and professional background.
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Professor Alejandro Frangi FREng FIEEE holds the Bicentenary Turing Chair in Computational Medicine at the University of Manchester. In his role as Director of the Christabel Pankhurst Institute, he works to support health tech innovation translation in Greater Manchester.
He has the privilege of leading the UK CEiRSI Centre of Excellence on in-Silico Regulatory Science and Innovation, which seeks to advance in silico medicine across the UK. His research centres on AI and in silico technologies, and he endeavours to foster collaboration between academia, industry, and regulators to support healthcare innovation. He works at the intersection of computational modelling and medical science, with the goal of contributing to improved patient care through innovative technologies and interdisciplinary collaboration.
He is also committed to sharing the potential benefits of in silico technologies with broader audiences through his recently launched podcast, In Silico Trials, Real Impacts!
education
BSc/MSc Telecommunications Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, 1996, Barcelona, Spain.
PhD Imaging Sciences, Utrecht University, 2001, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
awards and honours
Distinguished Visiting Scholar Award, 2024, Chinese Academy of Science • ELLIS Fellow, 2024, European Laboratory for Learning and Intelligent Systems • RAEng Fellow, 2023, Royal Academy of Engineering • AAIA-AI Fellow, 2021, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence • MICCAI Fellow, 2021, Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Interventions Society • ATI Fellow, 2021, Alan Turing Institute • IEEE Technical Achievement Award, 2021, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society • SPIE Fellow, 2020, SPIE (International Society for Optics and Photonics) • President’s International Initiative Award as Visiting Scholar, 2019, Chinese Academy of Science • IEEE Fellow, 2014, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers • EAMBES Fellow, 2013, European Alliance for Medical and Biological Engineering & Science • Universitat Pompeu Fabra Medal, 2011, Universitat Pompeu Fabra • Teaching Excellence Prize, 2010, Social Council of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra • ICT Knowledge Transfer Prize, 2008, Social Council of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra • ICREA-Academia Prize, 2008, Institució Catalana de Recerca i Estudis Avançats • Teaching Excellence Prize, 2008, Social Council of the Universitat Pompeu Fabra • IEEE Early Career Award, 2006, IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society