Dr Elinor Laws MBBCh BSc

Dr Elinor Laws

Department of Inflammation and Ageing
Honorary Clinical Research Fellow
Clinical Research Fellow- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust

Contact details

Email
e.laws.1@bham.ac.uk
Address
Institute of Inflammation and Ageing
College of Medical and Dental Sciences
University of Birmingham
Edgbaston
Birmingham
B15 2TT
UK

Dr Elinor Laws is a clinical researcher with the AI and Digital Health Research and Policy group at University Hospitals Birmingham and the University of Birmingham.

The AI and Digital Health group conduct research that seeks to ensure AI technologies are safe, effective and equitable. The group works in collaboration with academic, industry and policy institutions around the world, bringing diverse and interdisciplinary teams together to build best practices that can be translated internationally. Dr Laws is co-lead for the STANDING Together project with Dr Joseph Alderman, Dr Jo Palmer, Dr Xiaoxuan Liu and Professor Alastair Denniston. The STANDING Together project has released recommendations to encourage transparent reporting of health data.

Dr Laws is interested in understanding how we can achieve digital health equity, looking to academic disciplines such as gender studies, politics and modern languages to see how they inform our practice as healthcare scientists.

Qualifications

  • MBBCh, Cardiff University, 2019
  • BSC (Hons) in Medical Education, Cardiff University, 2017

Biography

Whilst at medical school, Elinor achieved a first-class honours BSc in Medical Education. Elinor studied medicine at Cardiff University School of Medicine and graduated in 2019. She then completed foundation training at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust before becoming a full-time clinical research fellow with the Ophthalmology, AI and Digital Health team at University Hospitals Birmingham. She began her post-graduate research studying eye imaging in patients with traumatic brain injury and in 2022 became co-lead of the STANDING Together project.

Research

Dr Laws’ interests are in digital health equity, particularly focusing on disparate outcomes as a result of digital healthcare innovation. Dr Laws looks to understand how academic disciplines like gender studies, politics, modern languages and social science can inform our practice as healthcare scientists.

Publications

Laws E, Hepschke J, Bin Saliman N. H, Juncu S, Courtie S, Belli T, & Blanch R. J. (2023) Modifications in Macular Perfusion and Neuronal Loss After Acute Traumatic Brain Injury. Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science, 64(4), 35–35. Accessible at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37115535/

Samuriwo R, Laws E, Webb K, Bullock A. (2020) "I didn't realise they had such a key role." Impact of medical education curriculum change on medical student interactions with nurses: a qualitative exploratory study of student perceptions. Adv Health Sci Educ Theory Pract, 25(1):75-93. Accessible at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31392511/.

Laws E, Samuriwo R, Webb K, Bullock A. (2019) Emotional socialisation and burnout in medicine and the role of medical educators. Med Educ, 53(4):320–2. Accessible at: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30644119/.