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Asked by 947mede29 to Greg, Jen, Laura, Mobeen, Paul on 7 Mar 2016.
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Greg Melia answered on 7 Mar 2016:
This is exactly what I do! My university invented some techniques that they use for non-medical scientific experiments, then they employed me to work with a company to adapt the technology into a medical imaging system. The university have some of the knowledge required to make it work but the company know how to build it into a product, so the partnership works really well. The nice thing is that the university and the company are now working together on lots of other projects as well.
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Laura Haworth answered on 7 Mar 2016:
I work with the NHS so don’t often work with other companies but during the management/treatment of a patient we work with other departments and professions within the hospital to give the patient the best possible care by being able to share our different expertise.
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Paul O'Mahoney answered on 8 Mar 2016:
We do a lot of work with other people at different hospitals. It is a great way to share resources and help each other out
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Mobeen Ali answered on 9 Mar 2016:
Depending on what PhD project you are do, there are some opportunities to work with companies or other universities.
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Jen Lowe answered on 11 Mar 2016:
Not me directly, but companies who make equipment to treat cancer, or to measure radiation often get help from staff in hospitals who try out their equipment or give feedback on what we want to be able to do. Companies also team up with university researchers to help invent or improve the products that they want to sell. Also someone who has trained and worked in the NHS can then get a job with a private company and share their expertise, and vice versa. Physicists have a lot of what is called ‘transferable skills’.
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