Charmaine Childs

Charmaine is Professor of Clinical Science, at Sheffield Hallam University, UK. As lead for the Applied Imaging research programme her strategic research objective is research translation, developing new concepts, approaches and novel MedTech initiatives and solutions to advance technology at the bedside. Charmaine completed her undergraduate nursing degree in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manchester, an M.Phil. in Child Health and Physiology at the University of Nottingham and PhD in trauma research at the University of Manchester. Charmaine has enjoyed a wide research collaboration with networks across diverse clinical specialties and academic endeavours ranging from molecular biology, microbiology, nutrition and biochemistry as well as the aligned disciplines of mechanical engineering, computer science, design and architecture. Her work has received national and international recognition with scientific awards in paediatric trauma, adult brain injury, surgical site infection and innovation. In 2009, invited to the National University of Singapore, Charmaine explored new invasive and non-invasive imaging modalities for sepsis, brain-injury monitoring and diagnosis and wound infection. Back in the UK, her research programme combines her interests of non-invasive imaging in trauma and surgery. Most recently her research path has reached another fork in her scientific journey, applying imaging skills in the field of vascular disease. Here, her research group are developing novel machine learning (ML) and AI-based approaches for real-time perfusion imaging in patients with critical limb-threatening ischaemia undergoing endovascular treatment by angioplasty and stenting. https://www.shu.ac.uk/about-us/our-people/staff-profiles/charmaine-childs