The technologies that improve and extend our lives.
Technology is evolving at an expansive rate. Rising healthcare costs and the shift in focus to prevention and self-care, is driving new models and systems of healthcare delivery.
The MDRI is proud to be a leader in this transformation, developing new solutions and driving healthy futures.
At the forefront of our research is the people we help. We are creating new assistive technologies to make rehabilitation more engaging and build independence for people living with impairments. Working closely with industry, we are developing personalised models and new medical devices to improve surgery successes. We are using big data to better understand Australian health. To achieve this, we are bringing great minds together; engineers and clinicians, health researchers and web developers, designers and users, industry and government to collaborate on creative solutions to address global healthcare challenges.
Our research stories
Using technology to even the playing field
Researchers: Associate Professor Pammi Raghavendra, Associate Professor Belinda Lange and Dr David Hobbs
Unearth new technologies
Breath testing for a deadly cancer
Researchers: Professor David Watson and Dr Roger Yazbek
Breath in new knowledge
Putting SA on the map for musculosketal research
Researchers: Professor Greg Bain and Associate Professor John Costi
Uncover new surgeries
Replacing ECG equipment with a t-shirt
Researcher: PhD student Meseret Teferra
Discover e-textile technology
Research that puts you to sleep in a good way
Researchers: Professor Peter Catcheside and PhD student Laura Gell
Explore sleep science
Remembering our elderly in the digital age
Researcher: Dr Lua Perimal-Lewis
Investigate digital health and assistive technologies
Bouncing back from devastating failure
Researchers: Emeritus Professor John Willoughby, Associate Professor Kenneth Pope and Professor Tarun Bastiampillai
Diagnosing schizophrenia and bipolar disorderMedical Device Partnering Program
Flinders University is home to the Medical Device Partnering Program (MDPP)—an award-winning industry and research engagement program that operates across South Australia and nationally. The MDPP is an ideas incubator supporting early stage innovation and technology development, from proof-of-concept and prototyping, to clinical evaluation and commercialisation planning. Our people are dedicated to connecting clever product ideas with world-class research, manufacturing and clinical expertise, to develop innovative solutions and improve lives. We foster collaborations between researchers, industry, end-users and government to develop health technologies with global market potential.
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