Executive MBA student, Karl Baz, developed an AI algorithm to track dozens of swimmers and identify swimmers in trouble.
Unidentified
Challenging the status quo, we take a different approach to using technology.
From using AI to revolutionise donor organ transplants to a one-hour PE test that diagnoses movement skills deficit in children, we use our research and expertise to identify and solve problems that will improve the health and wellbeing of people locally and globally.
Find out more about how we IDENTIFY the UNIDENTIFIED.

'Different is what we do' podcast
In this episode, Professor of Visual Computing, Hassan Ugail, explains how the University of Bradford has always been at the forefront of technology.
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We’re pioneering new AI methods to identify donor organs for transplants, potentially saving lives and tens of millions of pounds.
In 2020 we awarded an Honorary Doctorate to Nobel Prize winner Professor Ada Yonath.
We developed a ‘smart contact lens’ to detect and identify bacterial or fungal eye infections in a way that is safer and less invasive.
Our research is helping teachers to identify and support children with movement skills deficits.
Supporting the NHS by identifying workforce requirements
Professor Liz Breen, Director of our Digital Health Enterprise Zone, spoke at Digital Health rewired in March 2025 about work to identify and examine the digital skills needed by the NHS workforce.
I-diagnose is a start-up we supported which aims to save the NHS and universities time and money by automating clinical examinations and training.
Find out more about our Centre for Innovations in Health and Social Care.

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Interested in making a difference at the University of Bradford?
Search our Undergraduate, Postgraduate and Continued Professional Development courses. Find out more about our business and community partnerships and how you can collaborate with us. Learn about our academics and their expertise in our experts directory.
Find out more about how we’re using our different to make a difference.
Find out more about how we are DISCOVERING the UNDISCOVERED.
Find out how we make the UNACHIEVABLE ACHIEVABLE.
Find out how we take the UNIMAGINABLE and make it a reality.
Find out more about our work to make the UNEQUAL EQUAL.
Find out about our work to RESOLVE the UNRESOLVED.