🌟 October Researcher of the Month Professor Sheena Asthana 🌟
Congratulations to Prof Sheena Asthana, Director of the Centre for Health Technology and Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities, as our #CHTResearcheroftheMonth! 🎉
👏 We’re proud to celebrate her leadership and vision!
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🎉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!
🎉 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:
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🎉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.
📢 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!
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📢 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.
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Image of Dr Michael Loizou as our 'Researcher of the Month'. MIchael is wearing a flat cap in the image and a shirt and jumper. In the background is the University of Plymouth's logo and branding for the Centre for Health Technology. Our branding includes a smart phone and lots of glowing technology icons which symbolise health tech.
📢 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
Image of Marius Varga with a digital representation of health technology in the background. The digital representation consists of a smart phone with lots of glowing digital symbols of health such as a heart, pulse, pill, stethoscope and icon of a doctor or health professional. Marius Title is given on the image = Research Fellow, School of Art, Design and Architecture
🎮 #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
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An image of researcher of the month for February, Oksana Hagen. In the background to the left of Oksana is an image of a smart phone with lots of digital health icons illuminated such as a red heart shape, shapes of pills and heart rates. The image created is of a digital future.
⭐🤖🐟 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.
