14 August 2026
Field trial begins in three rural clinic networks
Our lateral-flow assay moves into its first multi-site field evaluation.
Centre for Development and Implementation of Point-of-Care Diagnostics
Point-of-care diagnostics research, built for the places that need it most.
We study how affordable, accurate testing can reach clinics and communities with the least access to laboratories — from assay design through to field deployment.
Explore the Centre
Researchers
Meet the scientists leading our diagnostic studies — from assay chemistry to health-systems delivery.
Meet the teamEarly Career Research Fellows
Training the next generation of diagnostics researchers.
Post-doctoral Fellows
Advanced research positions in point-of-care testing.
Research Operations
How we run trials, labs, and field studies.
Postgraduate Students
Masters and PhD opportunities in diagnostics research.
Publications
Peer-reviewed papers and preprints from our team, spanning assay validation to field-implementation studies.
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Recent milestones, awards, and findings.
Collaborators
Partner institutions and funding bodies.
Latest news
2 July 2026
New postgraduate cohort welcomed
Six Masters and PhD candidates join the Centre for the coming academic year.
19 June 2026
Paper accepted in Lancet Global Health
Our review of REASSURED-criteria diagnostics in low-resource settings is now in press.
3 May 2026
New funding partnership announced
A three-year grant will expand our point-of-care testing programme.
21 March 2026
Fellow receives international diversity award
Recognition for work advancing equity in diagnostics research.
2 February 2026
Centre launches new assay validation lab
A dedicated space for testing diagnostic prototypes under field conditions.