📢 New collaborations at CHT! Prof Aled Jones & Dr John Downey are partnering with @NHSEngland to explore how education providers are equipping a “modernised” workforce with the competencies needed for NHS priorities to ensure a “modernised” and future-ready workforce. #CHT #DigitalHealth #UoP

👏 Congrats to Dr Oliver Beer & colleagues from Western Kentucky & University of Kentucky! Their article on child welfare worker stress during COVID-19 received an Honorable Mention for Article of the Year from the Journal of Public Child Welfare. 🔗 buff.ly/lCHzYkl #CHT #UoP

🎉 Congrats to Dr John Downey and Dr Nicole Thomas on their new publication scoping how coproduction is used in practice by non-academic organisations! The work highlights how coproduction work is still superficial and may not be representative of true participatory approaches. 🔗

🎉Our #CHTResearcheroftheMonth for September is Dr John Downey! 📢John is advancing digital transformation research across healthcare. His work on the methods needed to evaluate complex issues like digital transformation is driving real life impact. Stay tuned for more updates on John's research!

📅 August Wrap-Up | Centre for Health Technology It’s been another impactful month at the Centre for Health Technology (CHT), filled with podcasts, publications, and exciting research! Check out CHT's August Wrap-up on LinkedIn! buff.ly/24FDKdj 👉 Follow #CHT for news and announcements!

🎉 The abstract “A Digital App to Support Occupational Therapists in Making Discharge Decisions for cognitive impairments in people with stroke (PwS): Co-creation study”, phas been accepted for an In-Person Poster Presentation at UK Stroke Forum Conference 2025, from 25-27 November 2025 in Aberdeen.

📢 Congratulations to Professor Sheena Asthana, Dr John Downey, Dr Kieran Green, and colleagues from the ICB and Plymouth Community Homes on their recent publication in the BMJ, responding to the Darzi report. 🔗 Read the full article here: buff.ly/4mu091O #CHT #CentreforHealthTechnology #UoP

🎙️New Podcast Episode Dr John Downey and Martha Lee from Devon ICB recently joined the BMJ Podcast Wellness industry lies, and preventative AI evaluation to discuss determinants of health, The Plymouth Living Lab and how AI could support preventive care in communities. 🎧Listen here:

📢The paper “Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Potential of Virtual Reality for Supporting Autistic Individuals in Interview and Recruitment Processes through a Realist Review” by researchers from the CHT BRIDGING project has been accepted in the journal Research in Autism! 🔗Read here: buff.ly/sUwZGuh

🎉 Sheela Agarwal is August #CHTResearcheroftheMonth! 📢Sheela is Co-Director of the Centre of Coastal Communities and a researcher with a longstanding focus on socio-economic disparities of UK coastal communities. Read more about Sheela's projects here: 🔗https://buff.ly/OBiNnst 🔗 buff.ly/yIbhaeA

📅 July Wrap-Up | Centre for Health Technology It’s been another impactful month at CHT, filled with new appointments, publications, and exciting funding wins. Check out CHT's July Wrap-up on LinkedIn! buff.ly/24FDKdj 👉 Follow #CHT for news and announcements!

📢 Congratulations to Professor Sarah Neil and Dr John Downey, who have secured £30,000 from R&I to host an entrepreneur in residence! These funds will allow industry support from Orcha and Cisco to progress the ipoorly app for acutely ill children. #CHT #CentreforHealthTechnology #UoP

📚#CHT is thrilled to share that the book Interactive Media for Cultural Heritage has just been published! The chapter "From Headsets to Mindsets" is co-authored by Dr Michael Loizou, Associate Professor in Digital Health and Deputy Director of the Centre for Health Technology. 👉

📢 Exciting Announcement from the Centre for Health Technology We’re proud to share that Dr John Downey and Professor Sheena Asthana have been appointed as chairs of a new Digital & Data working group for Falls and Frailty Prevention across Devon Integrated Care Board (ICB). #CHT #DevonICB #UoP

📢 Study Reveals Emotional Burden of Children with Multiple Health Conditions. Led by Professor Shang-Ming Zhou at CHT, and researchers Mr Temidayo I. Oluwalade, Dr Hossein Ahmadi, Professor Lin Huo from Guangxi University, China, and Dr Richard Sharpe from Cornwall City Council. 🔗 buff.ly/68I8z6G

📢 Announcing Community Connections! A project from The Plymouth Living Lab, a community-based digital health intervention tackling social isolation for frail community members. The free app provides activities, health and wellbeing chats to people 60+ at home. 👉 Contact [email protected]

🎉Congratulations Leonie Cooper, our July #CHTResearcheroftheMonth! 🔬 Leonie is currently working on the ASKDIPaC Project and previously worked as a researcher on the GOALD project. Leonie also recently defended her PhD, which explored how social robots can deliver behaviour change interventions.

💡 It’s been a busy month filled with innovation and partnership! We’re proud of our researchers, collaborators, and community partners who are driving impactful change across health and care. 📢 Check out CHT's June Wrap-up on LinkedIn! buff.ly/24FDKdj 👉 Follow #CHT for news and announcements!

📢 Exciting News from CHT! 🎤 On 11 June at NHS ConfedExpo 2025 in Manchester, CHT Director Professor Sheena Asthana joined the panel on Reimagining Care: Cross-Sector Innovation in Rural and Coastal Communities. 👉 Read more: buff.ly/VjgWLcN #CHT #UoP

📣 Dr Oliver Beer represents CHT & UoP in collaboration with Dr Rebecca Phillips (WOU) at #APSAC2025 looking at the 'Impacts of Work-Related Stress and Subsequent Coping Responses Among Forensic Interviewers in Children’s Advocacy Centers'. 👉 Read more in the comments! 🔗 shorturl.at/g3fix #CHT #UoP

📢 Exciting updates from CHT! 🌐 Today, the Centre for Health Technology team presented to the Cornwall Chamber of Commerce, demonstrating the value of health technologies to both supporting local tech industries and providing cost-savings to the health and care sector. #CHT #UoP

🌐 Loneliness Awareness Week 🌐 🔎 For this week, we’re highlighting Community Connections, a Plymouth Living Lab project, and digital health intervention tackling social isolation for frail community members. Want to get involved? Contact: [email protected] #UoP #CHT #DigitalHealth

📢 We are happy to announce Dr Rory Baxter as our June #CHTResearcheroftheMonth! 🔬 As a Digital Health Research Fellow, Rory works on the ICONIC project tackling digital exclusion in coastal communities. Dr Baxter also played a key role in the GOALD and EPIC digital health projects! #CHT #UoP

🎉 CHT Researchers Win Best Paper Award at AIVR 2025 Their paper "Intergenerational Codesign of Immersive Technology for a Heritage Site and Underwater VR Experience" has won Best Paper at the AIVR 2025 conference in Valencia! See details in the comments below! Congratulations to all involved! 👏

📢 We are thrilled to announce Dr Hossein Ahmadi as our May #CHTResearcheroftheMonth! 🔬Hossein’s research explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward virtual communication, making online platforms a primary space for learning, interaction & support. @plymuni.bsky.social #CHT

🎉 BRIDGING Project Featured on BBC Spotlight on the 9th of April 2025! Led by Professor Michael Loizou at CHT. 🔗 Learn more about the project here: lnkd.in/eDgMjVSH #UoP #UniversityofPlymouth #BBC #DigitalInclusion #CentreForHealthTechnology #BBCSpotlight #DigitalHealth #BRIDGING #NIHR #LifeInAI

📢 Great to see Professor Sheena Asthana, Director of the Centre for Health Technology, on BBC Radio 4’s Moral Maze! Sheena joined the discussion on 'What is the ethical purpose of the NHS?' 🎧 Listen to the episode on BBC Sounds: lnkd.in/eNzYqASp #BBC #CHT #CentreforHealthTechnology #UOP

📣Join us tomorrow at The National and International Perspectives of Dementia Conference! 🗓Friday 11 April 2025, 08.45 – 16.00 📍Online via Zoom 🔗Register here: lnkd.in/eHMj_3du @iconic-uop.bsky.social @plymuni.bsky.social #ICONICProject #DementiaCare #HealthTech #CentreForHealthTechnology

Big news! Dr. Loizou has also secured NIHR i4i funding for a 12-month project on the "Codesign of AI algorithms for personalised exercise videos to enhance community-based rehabilitation for people with stroke." Congrats on another win, Michael! 🎉 #HealthTech #AI #StrokeRehabilitation #Innovation

🚀 Exciting News! CHT is thrilled to welcome Alexander Legant from Nanoscribe for a talk to @plymuni.bsky.social staff & students on the Quantum X bio printer, this Thurs 🖨️ This state-of-the-art 3D micro-printer has t/ highest resolution in the world To register: www.plymouth.ac.uk/whats-on/hig...

📢 We are thrilled to announce Dr Michael Loizou has recently been appointed Deputy Director of CHT. His work has a transformative impact, from projects on autism employment initiatives to stroke rehabilitation. Dr Loizou is also our #CHTResearcheroftheMonth this April! 🎉👏 @plymuni.bsky.social #CHT

Great brainstorming from today’s ’The Future of Applied Healthcare Research in the Digital Age’ - a #CHT & #CPCRH joint event. Thanks to all for attending and sharing their ideas for future bids. @plymuni.bsky.social #DigitalHealthcare

(2/2) markedly disadvantaged compared to their inland counterparts in terms of educational attainment, health outcomes, digital connectedness & poverty. 👉 bit.ly/4bW02T5 @plymuni.bsky.social #CoastalDeprivation #CoastalCommunities #TechnologicalSolutions #Inequality #HealthInequality #TechDivide

📢 🌊 (1/2) On Monday, our Director & Co-Director of the #CfCC, Prof Sheena Asthana along with her Co-Director Prof Sheela Agarawal, spoke in Parliament on the Key Cities Innovation Network report 'On the Waterfront.' Their analysis shows that Britain’s traditional coastal communities remain...

In the latest edition of #InTouch, Plymouth Community Homes talk about #PlymouthLivingLab, an initiative we lead in partnership w/ @livewellsouthwest.bsky.social, the #NHS & The Lister Alliance 💡 The project aims to explore different assistive health technologies Find out more 👉 bit.ly/3XRTkaX

(3/3) I leave you with this video from Dr. Elinor Cleghorn, author of Unwell Women, on how the #GenderPainGap & #GenderHealthGap were shaped over 2,000+ years of medical history—and why this legacy of neglect & mistreatment still affects women's health today bit.ly/4ko5UIC #InternationalWomensDay

(2/3) More about Nicole's great work can be found here: researchportal.plymouth.ac.uk/en/persons/n... It was a pleasure to work with you Nicole. Good luck in your future endeavours 🤞👏

(1/3) It's #InternationalWomensDay tomorrow 👩 In recognition of this, #CHT would like to wish all the women working alongside us, advocating for us & innovating with us, a happy day tomorrow. We would also like to thank Dr Nicole Thomas, whose final day it is today....

🎮 #CHTResearcheroftheMonth for March is Dr Marius Varga. Marius' projects on XR, VR & gaming for heritage & health are below: 🪂 Glider project for patients suffering w/ frailty 💡 Using XR to train autistic interviewees 🏛 A digital Cotehele Hall 🌱 Seagrass game for conservation @plymuni.bsky.social

🩺 Check out Dr Om Prakash Singh's latest publication on the benefits of flexible microneedle electrodes! 🔬 Used in physiological monitoring, they simplify health assessments & may result in earlier disease detection. bit.ly/41f9Wu5 @plymuni.bsky.social #Microneedles #CHT #HealthTech #DHTs

⭐🤖🐟 Say hello to Feb's #CHTResearcheroftheMonth Oksana Hagen! With her background in AI & robotics, as a Research Fellow on ICONIC, she improves wellbeing & access for older adults by leading co-design & building prototypes for 2 technologies: social prescribing voiceAI & VR underwater telepresence.

The sun is out so it's time to show off our campus looking crisp in the clear, blue skies. Our city centre location means if you're nearby you can stroll through our Drake's Place Gardens or enjoy the tranquility of our reservoir.

For more information on the #PlymouthLivingLab project please go to 👇 www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/cen...

🏡 What is the Plymouth Community Homes Living Lab? This is a @ciscocommunity.bsky.social funded, innovative project, which will co-design digital technologies with residents & explore ways to make patient data useful to healthcare services. 👉 bit.ly/4jmmEzt (a blog written by Prof Sheena Asthana)

📘 Launch event of new #WHO book on #HealthInequality monitoring: harnessing data to advance #HealthEquity 🗓️ 11 December 2024 13:00 – 14:15 CET www.who.int/news-room/ev...

www.linkedin.com/pulse/uk-hea... UK Health Department Invests £86M in Integrated Digital Medical Records Across NHS and Social Care kstrategyand.com/digital-heal... #NHSInnovation #DigitalHealthcare #HealthTechnology #Humanteconomy #Humantec #KStrategyand

🎉 Big congratulations to Dr Yinghui Wei for winning the @plymuni.bsky.social's 2024 Vice Chancellor’s Award in the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion category! 🏆 The award was presented at the ceremony on 18 December 2024, and we couldn’t be prouder. 👏 #CHT #EqualityDiversityInclusion #VCAwards