Mark Davies, Trustee, The Hospital Saturday Fund, presenting a grant of £9,250 to Dr Ross Head, Associate Professor and Product Design Manager, Cerebra.
About Cerebra
Cerebra is committed to helping every family with a child experiencing a brain condition achieve a better life together. By engaging directly with these families, Cerebra gains invaluable insights that drive innovative research. Collaborating with university partners, they fund critical studies aimed at improving the lives of children with brain conditions.
They provide research-driven, high-quality health and social care advice and support for the families of children with brain conditions from birth to the age of 16, along with supporting the Cerebra Innovation Centre which designs and builds innovative, bespoke products to help disabled children discover the world around them.
The CIC
The Cerebra Innovation Centre (CIC) designs and builds bespoke products created with a mission to improve the lives of children disabled by a brain condition. Cerebra have been developing Oxy-Gem Strollers that give freedom to youngsters to transport their oxygen canisters, ventilators or food pumps. Advancements in engineering technology and materials mean that CIC is at the point of developing its next iterations of Strollers.
Research Ethics
Cerebra supports research at universities in line with our charitable research priorities. Cerebra funds research for the public benefit that will improve human health and wellbeing, they do not seek to own the intellectual property arising from the research. Cerebra also fund major items of capital expenditure such as buildings and equipment.
Cerebra covers the direct costs of the research only; it will not meet the full economic costs of the research nor pay towards overheads that support general university infrastructure. All future research funding opportunities will be advertised through an open tender and peer review process in line with the charity’s research strategy.
The Grant
The Hospital Saturday Fund presented a grant of £9250 to Cerebra. The grant will go towards materials and engineering to develop five brand new prototypes for Oxy-Gem Strollers for children to independently transport their own oxygen cylinders, ventilators or food pumps.
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