KTP success for diabetes project
Published 8 September 2010
The University of Brighton has been awarded a government Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) worth more than £140,000 to provide self-help to diabetics to reduce chronic illness.
The university will work with SSL International Plc, a Manchester-based consumer products company with leading global brands including Durex and Scholl.
SSL International, which has a portfolio of locally-owned brands, including a number of analgesic products in the UK, has operations in 35 countries across Europe, Asia Pacific and the Americas, and manufacturing operations in India, Thailand, China and the UK.
The KTP will employ one new associate and will run for two-and-a-half years. The aim will be to enable healthcare professionals to give evidence-based self-help advice to low-risk diabetes patients to reduce the incidence of progression to chronic status.
The total project is worth £140,587 and the lead academic supervisor will be Alistair McInnes, senior lecturer with the university's School of Health Professions. He will be supported by Dr Tim Katz, from the School of Computing, Engineering and Mathematics.
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