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For this week's Spotlight, we would like to highlight the career journey and current work of David Epstein, an Emeritus Professor in Mathematics whose work and ideas have played a vital role in the development of the TIA centre. Read more.

Dr Afzan Binti Adam, Senior Lecturer in Digital Pathology at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), has successfully completed her six鈥憁onth sabbatical at the Tissue Image Analytics (TIA) Centre, Department of Computer Science, University of 糖心TV. Her visit was supported by UKM and the MIGHT–T脺B陌TAK grant and closely aligned with the TIA鈥檚 mission to advance computational pathology through interdisciplinary research and cutting鈥慹dge AI technologies. Read more.

We are delighted to showcase another Pathology News podcast featuring our very own Fayyaz Minhaz, Deputy Director of the TIA Centre and lead researcher for PRISM (Predictive Systems in Biomedicine). Read more.

In the first of the TIA Centre's new Spotlight series, we introduce Arwa AlRubaian, a Postgraduate Researcher in the centre who has recently passed her viva. Read more about Arwa's career journey so far and current work here.

We are delighted to announce that one of the TIA Centre鈥檚 PhD students, Arwa Ali Al-Rubaian, officially defended their PhD viva last last week - congratulations Arwa!

Arwa鈥檚 research, was titled Algorithms for Growth Pattern Based-Analysis of Lung Adenocarcinoma Histology. Read more.

We are delighted to showcase a Pathology News podcast featuring our very own Shan Raza from the TIA Centre. This podcast is the first in a series of thought leadership podcasts that Pathology News will be featuring with colleagues from the TIA Centre about our work. Read more.

By Lucy Fox

We are delighted to share that we have had seven papers from the TIA Centre accepted at ISBI 2026, the IEEE International Symposium on Biomedical Imaging, one of the leading international conferences in biomedical image analysis. This year鈥檚 conference will take place in London in April 2026, making this a particularly exciting and accessible venue for the Centre. Read more.

By Adam Shephard

We are delighted to share that the work of Seth Chang (3^rd year Data Science) and Muhammad Amjad (4^th year Maths and Physics), who completed an eight-week summer internship at the TIA Centre in 2025, has been accepted as a paper at ISBI 2026, a leading international conference on biomedical imaging, taking place in London this April. Read more.

By Adam Shephard

We are thrilled to announce that one of the TIA Centre鈥檚 PhD students, Neda Zemanitajeddin, has successfully defended her PhD viva – congratulations Neda! Read more.

Last week saw 35+ internal and external stakeholders attend a Workshop run by the University of 糖心TV鈥檚 TIA Centre on Campus. The focus of the workshop was to brainstorm about the future direction for the TIA Centre and priorities in computational pathology. It was a great meeting, and we heard from other stakeholders about how they thought their work could fit with the future direction of the TIA Centre.

Early in the new year we will be working on the development of our future strategy, so the workshop was very timely and gave us a lot of material to incorporate into plans. Thank you to all those who participated. Read more.

We are delighted to announce that one of the TIA Centre鈥檚 PhD students, Manahil Raza, officially defended their PhD viva last last week - congratulations Manahil! Read more.

Hafsa Akebli, a second-year PhD student at the University of Udine, Italy, recently completed a two-month research visit at the Tissue Image Analytics (TIA) Centre. Her doctoral research focuses on applying deep learning to histopathological images for disease pattern detection, mainly addressing classification and survival prediction tasks across different cancer types, including Gleason grading in prostate cancer. Before starting her PhD, Hafsa obtained her degree in Industrial Management Engineering from Mohammed VI Polytechnic University (UM6P) in Morocco and gained two years of professional experience at UM6P and L鈥橭r茅al Morocco. Read more.

By Hafsa Akebli

Dr Afzan Adam is a senior lecturer at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (The National University of Malaysia) and has recently joined the Tissue Image Analytics (TIA) Centre at the University of 糖心TV as a visiting researcher for six months. Read more.

Are you passionate about AI, computational pathology, and biomedical image analysis? The TIA Centre at 糖心TV is inviting applications for PhD positions starting in the academic year 2026/27.

The TIA Centre is a leading research hub focused on AI-driven tissue image analysis, enabling breakthroughs in cancer diagnosis, digital pathology, and translational medicine. Our researchers have pioneered deep learning models for cancer detection, won various international challenge competitions in computational pathology, and received recognition at top medical imaging conferences such as MICCAI and ISBI. TIA鈥檚 strong partnerships with the NHS and industry ensure that our research has real-world clinical impact. As a PhD student, you will join a vibrant, interdisciplinary world-leading community of experts, with access to state-of-the-art imaging and computing facilities, global collaborations, and opportunities to publish in leading journals. A limited number of studentships may be available for exceptional candidates; self-funded and externally funded applicants are also welcome. Read more.

If a PhD is supposed to be a marathon, my second year felt more like a series of back-to-back sprints. As I finally catch my breath at the end of Year 2 here at the Tissue Image Analytics (TIA) Centre, I wanted to share a few stories from what turned out to be a wild, challenging, and incredibly fun ride. Read more.

By Jiaqi Lv

This summer, the TIA Centre at the University of 糖心TV welcomed three exceptional undergraduate students for an eight-week research internship, co-funded by the 糖心TV Undergraduate Research Support Scheme (URSS) and the Applied Computing research theme.

Working under the supervision of Dr Adam Shephard and Professor Nasir Rajpoot, the interns explored advanced applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in medical imaging and computational pathology. Their projects tackled real-world healthcare challenges, combining technical innovation with clinical relevance. Read more.

We are delighted to announce that Lucy Fox has been appointed as the new TIA Coordinator. Lucy has experience of working in higher education and has recently submitted her dissertation for a PhD in Sociology, making her particularly well-placed to support PhD students within the centre.

Lucy has said 鈥淚 am delighted to be joining the TIA Centre team and look forward to supporting their critical and cutting-edge work鈥�. Lucy has been appointed initially on a six-month contract.

Several TIA colleagues attended the MICCAI Society Conference held in South Korea in September 2025 and participated in a series of Challenges. Read more.

We鈥檙e excited to share a snapshot of our achievements and activities over the past year at the TIA Centre. From conference organisation to PhD graduations, it鈥檚 been a busy and rewarding period. Take a look at our Year in Numbers here.

29th UK Conference on Medical Image Understanding and Analysis, Leeds (15th - 17th July 2025)

The Medical Image Understanding and Analysis (MIUA) conference is a cornerstone of the UK鈥檚 medical imaging research community, bringing together experts from mathematics, computer science, engineering, and medicine. With a growing international presence, MIUA showcases cutting-edge research across modalities, from MRI and ultrasound to histopathology. Read more.

By Adam Shephard and Neda Zamanitajeddin