About us
The London Institute for Healthcare Engineering (LIHE) is a new, building embedded within St Thomas’ campus dedicated to bringing together King’s research excellence, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust’s leading clinical practice and the medtech sector’s commercial innovation power and talent, engaging multinationals, SMEs and start-ups simultaneously.
The close collaboration will ensure that research in healthcare engineering is translated rapidly into new products and technologies that will benefit patients.
In 2019, King’s College London, in partnership with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, was awarded £16m UKRPIF funding to establish LIHE.
This opportunity was generated through major co-investment of over £32m from Wellcome and industry partners including Siemens Healthineers, Medtronic, NVIDIA and IBM, as well as £15m contribution from King’s towards the construction of the new building.
King's MedTech Accelerator
The King’s MedTech Accelerator, led by BMEIS in collaboration with King's Entrepreneurship Institute and Innovation @ King’s, provides an acceleration stream with specialist support for aspiring entrepreneurs in medical devices, including medical software and AI.
We are now open for applications.
Closing date: May 19 2024 23:59 BST
Find out more: King's MedTech Accelerator
To learn more about LIHE and the way it is transforming the commercial translation of healthcare technology innovations, visit the dedicated LIHE website.