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Northern Health Futures Hub (NortHFutures)
EPSRC Digital Health Hub Pilot Scheme

EPSRC Digital Health Hub Pilot Scheme
Funding Source: The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, UK
Reference Number: EP/X031012/1
Value: £4.17 million
2023 - 2026

About the Project

  • Founded a new digital health hub in North East England with world-leading research expertise in health, social care and digital technology design.
  • Aimed to co-create a health-tech research & innovation ecosystem addressing unmet health needs and inequalities.
  • Formed a consortium with 6 universities including Durham University, Newcastle University, Northumbria University, Teesside University, University of Cumbria and University of Sunderland.
  • Worked with 44 project partners, including the NHS, city councils, patient and public involvement groups, and industry partners such as Amazon, IBM and Microsoft.
  • Evaluated and awarded multiple sandpit projects worth over £800k in total.

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Organizations

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    Publications

    Adaptive Graph Learning from Spatial Information for Surgical Workflow Anticipation
    Adaptive Graph Learning from Spatial Information for Surgical Workflow Anticipation  Impact Factor: 3.4†    
    IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics (TMRB), 2025
    Francis Xiatian Zhang, Jingjing Deng, Robert Lieck and Hubert P. H. Shum
    Webpage Cite This Plain Text 
    Francis Xiatian Zhang, Jingjing Deng, Robert Lieck and Hubert P. H. Shum, "Adaptive Graph Learning from Spatial Information for Surgical Workflow Anticipation," IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 266-280, IEEE, 2025.
    Bibtex 
    @article{zhang25adaptive,
     author={Zhang, Francis Xiatian and Deng, Jingjing and Lieck, Robert and Shum, Hubert P. H.},
     journal={IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics},
     title={Adaptive Graph Learning from Spatial Information for Surgical Workflow Anticipation},
     year={2025},
     volume={7},
     number={1},
     pages={266--280},
     doi={10.1109/TMRB.2024.3517137},
     issn={2576-3202},
     publisher={IEEE},
    }
    RIS 
    TY  - JOUR
    AU  - Zhang, Francis Xiatian
    AU  - Deng, Jingjing
    AU  - Lieck, Robert
    AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
    T2  - IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics
    TI  - Adaptive Graph Learning from Spatial Information for Surgical Workflow Anticipation
    PY  - 2025
    VL  - 7
    IS  - 1
    SP  - 266
    EP  - 280
    DO  - 10.1109/TMRB.2024.3517137
    SN  - 2576-3202
    PB  - IEEE
    ER  - 
     Paper GitHub YouTube
    Depth-Aware Endoscopic Video Inpainting
    Depth-Aware Endoscopic Video Inpainting    H5-Index: 96# Core A Conference‡ 
    Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention (MICCAI), 2024
    Francis Xiatian Zhang, Shuang Chen, Xianghua Xie and Hubert P. H. Shum
    Webpage Cite This Plain Text 
    Francis Xiatian Zhang, Shuang Chen, Xianghua Xie and Hubert P. H. Shum, "Depth-Aware Endoscopic Video Inpainting," in MICCAI '24: Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention, pp. 143-153, Marrakesh, Morocco, Springer, 2024.
    Bibtex 
    @inproceedings{zhang24endoscopic,
     author={Zhang, Francis Xiatian and Chen, Shuang and Xie, Xianghua and Shum, Hubert P. H.},
     booktitle={Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention},
     series={MICCAI '24},
     title={Depth-Aware Endoscopic Video Inpainting},
     year={2024},
     pages={143--153},
     doi={10.1007/978-3-031-72089-5_14},
     isbn={978-3-031-72089-5},
     publisher={Springer},
     location={Marrakesh, Morocco},
    }
    RIS 
    TY  - CONF
    AU  - Zhang, Francis Xiatian
    AU  - Chen, Shuang
    AU  - Xie, Xianghua
    AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
    T2  - Proceedings of the 2024 International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention
    TI  - Depth-Aware Endoscopic Video Inpainting
    PY  - 2024
    SP  - 143
    EP  - 153
    DO  - 10.1007/978-3-031-72089-5_14
    SN  - 978-3-031-72089-5
    PB  - Springer
    ER  - 
     Paper Supplementary Material GitHub
    Pose-Based Tremor Type and Level Analysis for Parkinson’s Disease from Video
    Pose-Based Tremor Type and Level Analysis for Parkinson’s Disease from Video  Impact Factor: 2.3†    
    International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery (IJCARS), 2024
    Haozheng Zhang, Edmond S. L. Ho, Francis Xiatian Zhang, Silvia Del Din and Hubert P. H. Shum
    Webpage Cite This Plain Text 
    Haozheng Zhang, Edmond S. L. Ho, Francis Xiatian Zhang, Silvia Del Din and Hubert P. H. Shum, "Pose-Based Tremor Type and Level Analysis for Parkinson’s Disease from Video," International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, vol. 19, pp. 831-840, Springer, 2024.
    Bibtex 
    @article{zhang24pose,
     author={Zhang, Haozheng and Ho, Edmond S. L. and Zhang, Francis Xiatian and Din, Silvia Del and Shum, Hubert P. H.},
     journal={International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery},
     title={Pose-Based Tremor Type and Level Analysis for Parkinson’s Disease from Video},
     year={2024},
     volume={19},
     pages={831--840},
     numpages={10},
     doi={10.1007/s11548-023-03052-4},
     issn={1861-6429},
     publisher={Springer},
    }
    RIS 
    TY  - JOUR
    AU  - Zhang, Haozheng
    AU  - Ho, Edmond S. L.
    AU  - Zhang, Francis Xiatian
    AU  - Din, Silvia Del
    AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
    T2  - International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery
    TI  - Pose-Based Tremor Type and Level Analysis for Parkinson’s Disease from Video
    PY  - 2024
    VL  - 19
    SP  - 831
    EP  - 840
    DO  - 10.1007/s11548-023-03052-4
    SN  - 1861-6429
    PB  - Springer
    ER  - 
     Paper
    A Video-Based Augmented Reality System for Human-in-the-Loop Muscle Strength Assessment of Juvenile Dermatomyositis
    A Video-Based Augmented Reality System for Human-in-the-Loop Muscle Strength Assessment of Juvenile Dermatomyositis  Impact Factor: 4.7† Top 25% Journal in Computer Science, Software Engineering†   Citation: 17#
    IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) - Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR), 2023
    Kanglei Zhou, Ruizhi Cai, Yue Ma, Qingqing Tan, Xinning Wang, Jianguo Li, Hubert P. H. Shum, Frederick W. B. Li, Song Jin and Xiaohui Liang
    Webpage Cite This Plain Text 
    Kanglei Zhou, Ruizhi Cai, Yue Ma, Qingqing Tan, Xinning Wang, Jianguo Li, Hubert P. H. Shum, Frederick W. B. Li, Song Jin and Xiaohui Liang, "A Video-Based Augmented Reality System for Human-in-the-Loop Muscle Strength Assessment of Juvenile Dermatomyositis," IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 29, no. 5, pp. 2456-2466, Shanghai, China, IEEE, 2023.
    Bibtex 
    @article{zhou23video,
     author={Zhou, Kanglei and Cai, Ruizhi and Ma, Yue and Tan, Qingqing and Wang, Xinning and Li, Jianguo and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Li, Frederick W. B. and Jin, Song and Liang, Xiaohui},
     journal={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics},
     title={A Video-Based Augmented Reality System for Human-in-the-Loop Muscle Strength Assessment of Juvenile Dermatomyositis},
     year={2023},
     volume={29},
     number={5},
     pages={2456--2466},
     numpages={11},
     doi={10.1109/TVCG.2023.3247092},
     issn={1941-0506},
     publisher={IEEE},
     location={Shanghai, China},
    }
    RIS 
    TY  - JOUR
    AU  - Zhou, Kanglei
    AU  - Cai, Ruizhi
    AU  - Ma, Yue
    AU  - Tan, Qingqing
    AU  - Wang, Xinning
    AU  - Li, Jianguo
    AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
    AU  - Li, Frederick W. B.
    AU  - Jin, Song
    AU  - Liang, Xiaohui
    T2  - IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
    TI  - A Video-Based Augmented Reality System for Human-in-the-Loop Muscle Strength Assessment of Juvenile Dermatomyositis
    PY  - 2023
    VL  - 29
    IS  - 5
    SP  - 2456
    EP  - 2466
    DO  - 10.1109/TVCG.2023.3247092
    SN  - 1941-0506
    PB  - IEEE
    ER  - 
     Paper YouTube
    Unaligned 2D to 3D Translation with Conditional Vector-Quantized Code Diffusion using Transformers
    Unaligned 2D to 3D Translation with Conditional Vector-Quantized Code Diffusion using Transformers    H5-Index: 291# Core A* Conference‡ 
    Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2023
    Abril Corona-Figueroa, Sam Bond-Taylor, Neelanjan Bhowmik, Yona Falinie A. Gaus, Toby P. Breckon, Hubert P. H. Shum and Chris G. Willcocks
    Webpage Cite This Plain Text 
    Abril Corona-Figueroa, Sam Bond-Taylor, Neelanjan Bhowmik, Yona Falinie A. Gaus, Toby P. Breckon, Hubert P. H. Shum and Chris G. Willcocks, "Unaligned 2D to 3D Translation with Conditional Vector-Quantized Code Diffusion using Transformers," in ICCV '23: Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision, pp. 14539-14548, Paris, France, IEEE/CVF, Oct 2023.
    Bibtex 
    @inproceedings{coronafigueroaa23unaligned,
     author={Corona-Figueroa, Abril and Bond-Taylor, Sam and Bhowmik, Neelanjan and Gaus, Yona Falinie A. and Breckon, Toby P. and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Willcocks, Chris G.},
     booktitle={Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision},
     series={ICCV '23},
     title={Unaligned 2D to 3D Translation with Conditional Vector-Quantized Code Diffusion using Transformers},
     year={2023},
     month={10},
     pages={14539--14548},
     numpages={10},
     doi={10.1109/ICCV51070.2023.01341},
     publisher={IEEE/CVF},
     location={Paris, France},
    }
    RIS 
    TY  - CONF
    AU  - Corona-Figueroa, Abril
    AU  - Bond-Taylor, Sam
    AU  - Bhowmik, Neelanjan
    AU  - Gaus, Yona Falinie A.
    AU  - Breckon, Toby P.
    AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
    AU  - Willcocks, Chris G.
    T2  - Proceedings of the 2023 IEEE/CVF International Conference on Computer Vision
    TI  - Unaligned 2D to 3D Translation with Conditional Vector-Quantized Code Diffusion using Transformers
    PY  - 2023
    Y1  - 10 2023
    SP  - 14539
    EP  - 14548
    DO  - 10.1109/ICCV51070.2023.01341
    PB  - IEEE/CVF
    ER  - 
     Paper Supplementary Material YouTube
    Unraveling the Brain Dynamics of Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: A Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity Analysis
    Unraveling the Brain Dynamics of Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: A Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity Analysis  Impact Factor: 3.4†    
    BMC Psychiatry, 2024
    Sisi Zheng, Francis Xiatian Zhang, Hubert P. H. Shum, Haozheng Zhang, Nan Song, Mingkang Song and Hongxiao Jia
    Webpage Cite This Plain Text 
    Sisi Zheng, Francis Xiatian Zhang, Hubert P. H. Shum, Haozheng Zhang, Nan Song, Mingkang Song and Hongxiao Jia, "Unraveling the Brain Dynamics of Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: A Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity Analysis," BMC Psychiatry, vol. 24, pp. 685, BMC, 2024.
    Bibtex 
    @article{zheng24unraveling,
     author={Zheng, Sisi and Zhang, Francis Xiatian and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Zhang, Haozheng and Song, Nan and Song, Mingkang and Jia, Hongxiao},
     journal={BMC Psychiatry},
     title={Unraveling the Brain Dynamics of Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: A Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity Analysis},
     year={2024},
     volume={24},
     pages={685},
     numpages={15},
     doi={10.1186/s12888-024-06096-1},
     issn={1471-244X},
     publisher={BMC},
    }
    RIS 
    TY  - JOUR
    AU  - Zheng, Sisi
    AU  - Zhang, Francis Xiatian
    AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
    AU  - Zhang, Haozheng
    AU  - Song, Nan
    AU  - Song, Mingkang
    AU  - Jia, Hongxiao
    T2  - BMC Psychiatry
    TI  - Unraveling the Brain Dynamics of Depersonalization-Derealization Disorder: A Dynamic Functional Network Connectivity Analysis
    PY  - 2024
    VL  - 24
    SP  - 685
    EP  - 685
    DO  - 10.1186/s12888-024-06096-1
    SN  - 1471-244X
    PB  - BMC
    ER  - 
     Paper
    Correlation-Distance Graph Learning for Treatment Response Prediction from rs-fMRI
    Correlation-Distance Graph Learning for Treatment Response Prediction from rs-fMRI      
    Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP), 2023
    Francis Xiatian Zhang, Sisi Zheng, Hubert P. H. Shum, Haozheng Zhang, Nan Song, Mingkang Song and Hongxiao Jia
    Webpage Cite This Plain Text 
    Francis Xiatian Zhang, Sisi Zheng, Hubert P. H. Shum, Haozheng Zhang, Nan Song, Mingkang Song and Hongxiao Jia, "Correlation-Distance Graph Learning for Treatment Response Prediction from rs-fMRI," in ICONIP '23: Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Neural Information Processing, pp. 298-312, Changsha, China, Springer, Nov 2023.
    Bibtex 
    @inproceedings{zhang23correlation,
     author={Zhang, Francis Xiatian and Zheng, Sisi and Shum, Hubert P. H. and Zhang, Haozheng and Song, Nan and Song, Mingkang and Jia, Hongxiao},
     booktitle={Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Neural Information Processing},
     series={ICONIP '23},
     title={Correlation-Distance Graph Learning for Treatment Response Prediction from rs-fMRI},
     year={2023},
     month={11},
     pages={298--312},
     numpages={15},
     doi={10.1007/978-981-99-8138-0_24},
     isbn={978-981-99-8137-3},
     publisher={Springer},
     location={Changsha, China},
    }
    RIS 
    TY  - CONF
    AU  - Zhang, Francis Xiatian
    AU  - Zheng, Sisi
    AU  - Shum, Hubert P. H.
    AU  - Zhang, Haozheng
    AU  - Song, Nan
    AU  - Song, Mingkang
    AU  - Jia, Hongxiao
    T2  - Proceedings of the 2023 International Conference on Neural Information Processing
    TI  - Correlation-Distance Graph Learning for Treatment Response Prediction from rs-fMRI
    PY  - 2023
    Y1  - 11 2023
    SP  - 298
    EP  - 312
    DO  - 10.1007/978-981-99-8138-0_24
    SN  - 978-981-99-8137-3
    PB  - Springer
    ER  - 
     Paper GitHub

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