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A Strategic Research & Innovative Partnership.
MI Health coordinates and combines the collective excellence of 7 Midlands Innovation universities to deliver improved health and regional growth.
Midlands Innovation Health brings together the region’s best health expertise and facilities from academia, with the NHS and industry, to drive innovation in research and improve the health of our people.
The MI Health partnership coordinates and combines the collective research excellence of seven Midlands Innovation universities: Aston University, University of Birmingham, Keele University, University of Leicester, Loughborough University, University of Nottingham and University of Warwick.
Working closely with Midlands Health Alliance and the Midlands Engine, we collaborate with regional stakeholders to help tackle regional, national and global health challenges.
MedTech companies contribute £1.6bn to the UK economy
52 NHS Trusts, 41 Clinical Commissioning Groups and 17 Acute Trusts, including four of the largest Trusts in the UK
Our Medical Schools train 20% of the UK’s medical professionals
Midlands is UK’s top 3 for life sciences employment
The Midlands is home to an internationally recognised health and life science cluster. Our region has the largest number of MedTech companies in the UK and we train over 20% of the UK’s medical students. MI health plays a vital part in providing the foundation for one of the world’s most significant concentrations of life science research and application to patient care.
Professor Mark Lewis
Dean of School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences. Director of the National Centre for Sport and Exercise Medicine and Convenor for MI Health.
Midlands Innovation is uniquely placed as a pan-regional research and innovation partnership to deliver world-class research and activities that power growth in the region.
