Dr Caroline Roney
MMath, MRes, PhD

Research Group News

September 2024

Queen Mary research on Digital Twins featured in the Economist 17 September 2024 Queen Mary Biomedical Engineering researchers were recently featured in The Economist. Their work on developing Digital Twins - "a working model of your body that can be summoned onto a physician’s computer screen" - was featured in their Science and Technology and Leaders pages. The article … [more]

May 2024

SEMS researchers highly commended in Queen Mary Research and Innovation Awards 2024 10 May 2024 Queen Mary’s second annual Research and Innovation Awards highlights excellence across the University, from star early career researchers to impacts in policy, industry and climate action. Two SEMS research projects were highly commended in two categories. Runner-up for the Vice Principle’s Award for Research Excellence, Dr … [more]

March 2024

SEMS student and academics present successful AI webinar series 28 March 2024 Across two weeks, Queen Mary Faculties worked together to produce a series of events looking at breakthroughs in Artificial Intelligence. Topics explored Queen Mary breakthroughs in finance, business, healthcare and ethics. SEMS student Kameron Young presented three of the sessions: AI and Heathcare featuring SEMS expert Dr Caroline Roney, talking … [more]

Discussing Digital Twins: Dr Caroline Roney on CBC’s Spark radio show and podcast 13 March 2024 On an episode titled ‘Predicting problems before they happen’, Dr Caroline Roney spoke about her research into Digital Twins, in particular, how they can be used to help understand atrial fibrillation. “Essentially, [a digital twin is] a copy of a human organ, human tissue or cells or, … [more]

February 2024

New summer internships programme launched 14 February 2024 As part of a faculty-wide initiative to address systemic underrepresentation of UK BAME students at Postgraduate level, SEMS funded two BAME undergraduate student summer internships. The successful students took part in a variety of work, gaining a broad understanding of research skills and methods as well as academic and industry-based … [more]

International Day of Women and Girls in Science: Ten Engineers you should know 10 February 2024 1. Yewande Akinola “Engineering is about finding solutions that improve people’s lives” Yewande Akinola is Innovation Lead at Laing O’Rourke and a television presenter. Her work focusses on sustainable water supplies, finding solutions for water sanitation in under-developed countries. She founded Global Emit Project, mentoring … [more]

December 2023

The Future of Cardiac Digital Twins 5 December 2023 Dr Caroline Roney, Reader in Computational Medicine, recently featured in an episode of The Naked Scientists Podcast. In this insightful interview, she delved into the groundbreaking realm of digital twins and their pivotal role in revolutionizing the diagnosis and treatment of cardiac disorders. During the podcast, Dr Roney illuminated the … [more]

September 2023

School celebrates student achievements at IMechE awards 14 September 2023 This week, six BEng/MEng Biomedical Engineering students were selected to present their final year projects at the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) Healthcare Technologies Student and Early Career Awards. Queen Mary's representation included four poster presentations and two oral presentations, given by Saskia Hale, Lujain Musafir, Haipeng Liang, … [more]

July 2023

Queen Mary's Innovative Digital Health Collaboration Workshop: A Landmark Confluence of Minds in Healthcare AI 18 July 2023 Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), University College London and Imperial College London. hosted a successful Multi-scale & Multi-modality Digital Health Collaboration Workshop on Tuesday, 18th July. Supported by the local organising team of QMUL's Digital Environment Research Institute (DERI) and Centre for Bioengineering, this event brought together an … [more]

June 2023

Celebrating the Inspiring Women Engineers at QMUL 23 June 2023 On International Women in Engineering Day on 23 June 2023, we celebrate the remarkable accomplishments of Women In Engineering worldwide, who tirelessly contribute to improving and saving lives. This year, we turn our attention to the exceptional female engineers at the School of Engineering and Materials Science. These women embody the qualities … [more]

February 2023

Celebrating Science and Engineering at Queen Mary University of London 14 February 2023 On 8 February, Queen Mary’s Faculty of Science and Engineering was joined by a host of distinguished guests to celebrate A Night of Science and Engineering. Professor Wen Wang, Vice-Principal and Executive Dean for Science and Engineering welcomed all with a speech about the Faculty’s ambitions, and … [more]

October 2022

New group to advance digital twins in healthcare 19 October 2022 Researchers from Queen Mary University of London are part of a consortium of nineteen partners that will aid personalised healthcare by using virtual copies of objects. EDITH (Ecosystem for Digital Twins in Healthcare) Coordination and Support Action (CSA) – a group made up of numerous internationally renowned research institutions, professional … [more]

June 2022

Queen Mary Science and Engineering researchers awarded UKRI Future Leaders Fellowships to tackle heart irregular heart rhythms and explore turbulence in space plasma 15 June 2022 Dr Caroline Roney and Dr Christopher Chen are among 84 promising leaders awarded fellowships totalling £98 million.  The fellowships support the most promising science and research leaders to tackle major global issues and to commercialise their innovations in the UK. Professor Wen Wang, Queen Mary's … [more]

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