Siemens Healthineers: partners in precision diagnostics

A strategic partnership focusing on developing advanced medical technologies, ten years and counting.

Our Healthineers alliance builds on a ten-year collaboration between the global healthcare solutions company and the University, supporting innovation in imaging research and precision diagnostics.

CUBRIC at the core

Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC), led by Professor Derek Jones, is at the heart of the partnership, bringing together magnetic resonance (MR) technology from Siemens Healthineers with Cardiff’s expertise in brain mapping and clinical innovation. This unique strategic collaboration will significantly accelerate innovative advancements transforming how we understand and treat neurological diseases, making CUBRIC an epicentre for European Neuroimaging.

Providing better patient outcomes

The partnership supports the aims of Siemens Healthineers across research and development, talent, skills, diversity, and civic and social responsibility. Convening other Cardiff partners, including the NHS, we aim to empower healthcare providers to achieve better patient outcomes at a lower cost by expanding precision medicine, improving patient experience, and digitising healthcare.

Our partners work together to harness innovations in MR hardware, biophysical modelling and MR acquisition strategies. Artificial Intelligence is used to develop highly efficient acquisition protocols to capture intricate ‘fingerprints’ of tissue microstructure in health, developmental processes, ageing, and various disease states. This will transform the understanding of complex biological systems and enable earlier diagnosis and treatment of neurological and psychiatric conditions, such as epilepsy.

Integration of imaging and biochemical analysis modalities will provide innovative approaches to diagnosing and treating other conditions, including cancer and diseases associated with infection and immunity.

Building a future for diagnostic healthcare

CUBRIC’s research facilities include the 3 Tesla MAGNETOM Skyra Connectom MRI system from Siemens Healthineers, a specially adapted MRI scanner with unparalleled gradient strength, of which there are only four in the world.

Our partnership builds on existing collaborations in the field of clinical laboratory diagnostics, including hosting an onsite scientist from Siemens Healthineers at CUBRIC, developing collaborative projects with CUBRIC researchers to create a step-change in imaging technology.

CUBRIC has already leveraged the power of Siemens Healthineers imaging technology to secure grant income of over £54.5 million and a future for diagnostic healthcare.

Together, we can improve lives

Playing a pivotal role in the global effort to better understand the causes of neurological conditions – such as dementia, schizophrenia, and multiple sclerosis – the partnership is committed to delivering real-world impact that will positively change the lives and experiences of those in the healthcare system.