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Professor Cheryl Metcalf is the Head of School of Healthcare Enterprise and Innovation in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Southampton, with a joint position in the School of Health Sciences (Faculty of Environmental & Life Sciences). She holds a prestigious Research Council’s Roberts’ Fellowship in Life Sciences Interface (2008–2011) and has led enterprise initiatives across multiple schools. Her research focuses on user-centered design of healthcare innovations, particularly in prosthetics, mobility systems, and global health technologies. She emphasizes sustainable health systems through value-driven design and stakeholder collaboration, with notable work in lower-middle-income countries (LMICs).
Key projects include the People Powered Prosthetics initiative (EPSRC-funded) and collaborations with Wessex Medical Research. She has founded two companies in the prosthetics sector and holds three patents. Awards include the Brian & Joyce Blatchford Award for Innovation (2019) and Senior Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (2019).
Her research spans biomechanical modeling (e.g., finger kinematics), clinical data analysis for prosthetic durability, and global health equity. She engages stakeholders across academia, industry, and clinical sectors to drive transformative healthcare solutions.
- Education: Not explicitly detailed in provided texts.
- Awards: Listed above include enterprise and innovation accolades.
- Grants & Projects: EPSRC, Wessex Medical Research, EU H2020, and Ascension Orthopedics Inc. sponsorships.
- Labs/Teams: Institute for Life Sciences, Interdisciplinary Musculoskeletal Health Group, Active Living & Child and Adolescent Research Group.
