Prof. Young is a highly experienced Scientist and Research Director. He works at the interface of academia, industry and healthcare, developing innovations in diagnosis and treatment of acute and chronic illness. He develops accessible and medically-accurate information for patients and carers, and continuous professional development training for healthcare professionals.

Summary of Research Interests

Prof. Young’s research aims to improve the lives of patients living with chronic conditions and provide innovation across healthcare practice. Led by the challenges of these groups and with collaborators across academia, healthcare providers and industry, his research and innovation activities have three strands:

1. Diagnosis. Early detection of acute and chronic pathologies, and acute adverse events. The aim is to develop solutions which are accurate, inexpensive and accessible - to be used by healthcare providers, patients and carers, regardless of setting.
2. Therapeutics. The aim is to discover new targets for effective, early treatment, very early in disease development. This work has led to the development of new medicines.
3. Education. Change behaviours, remove barriers to patients seeking help and achieve patient-centred care.

The primary focus for these efforts has been in urological pathologies, due to the high prevalence of conditions and associated impact - to patients, carers and the NHS.

Working with medical technology and healthcare companies, ranging in size from small SMEs to large multinational enterprises, Prof. Young undertakes a range of activities that include consultancy, contract research, and collaborative and applied research. Examples of this work include:

• Consultancy, to ensure that information provided to patients and the public is medically accurate
• Contract research, to evaluate diagnostics and therapeutics; undertake co-creation and co-delivery with public and patient groups
• Collaborative and Applied Research, to expedite delivery of innovations that bring about societal benefit, including diagnostic tests and technology-enhanced remote monitoring (wearable) devices.

Prof. Young is currently accepting PhD applications in the fields of:

• diagnostics, for the point-of-care setting
• devices to monitor and inform the management of long-term conditions
• education of patients and the public in long-term conditions
• training of healthcare professionals in long-term conditions
• biomarker discovery and development.

He is particularly interested in supervising students from the NHS or industry.