Research output per year
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Dr
School of Engineering and Applied Science, Aston University
B4 7ET Birmingham
United Kingdom
Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
(1) A Novel, Ability-Reactive Health Technology for Older Adults with AMD.
(2) Engineering A Novel Mobile Assistive Technology to Improve Quality of Life, Independence and Medical Condition Management in Individuals with Healthcare-Related Needs.
My main research focus is in the area of human‐computer interaction (HCI) – that is, the study and subsequent improvement of human interaction with technology and the design, development and evaluation of interactive technologies. My Ph.D. research has been focused on the design, development and evaluation of mobile assistive technologies for special needs user such as older adults with visual impairments - an area to which I have contributed practically‐validated guidelines.
I have extensive experience of adopting user-centred, participatory design approaches for the design and development of mobile assistive healthcare technologies, and of both qualitative and quantitative approaches to technology design and evaluation (including the use of observational and experimental designs).
I am interested in applying gamified interventions to promote healthy eating behaviours and have co-developed the 'Vegetable Maths Masters' app for children and teachers to support healthy eating behaviour. The majority of my research is multi-disciplinary in nature, representing collaborations across many different domains including psychology, ophthalmology, and health informatics.
EPS Research Ethics Committee Chair
NSS/TEF Lead for CS Learning and Teaching Enhancer for CS (2016 – 2018) Associate Editor of the Journal of Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies (RATE)
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Grant Reviewer for the InZicht Programme: The Netherlands Organisation for Health Research and Development
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Member of the Editorial Review Board of the International Journal of Mobile Human Computer Interaction (IJMHCI)
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Workshop Organiser Workshop on Designing with Older Adults: Towards a Complete Methodology, MobileHCI’14 & MobileHCI’15
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If you are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in research area aligned with my interests, please contact me directly by email for further details of potential projects.
Email: [email protected]
Room number: MB560E
PG Cert, Postgraduate Certificate in Professional Practice (PGCPP)
Award Date: 1 Aug 2018
PhD, Ph.D. in Human-Computer Interaction
Award Date: 1 Aug 2016
BA, BA Joint Honors Business and Computer Science
Award Date: 1 Aug 2011
Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication
Research output: Contribution to specialist publication or newspaper › Article
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract › peer-review
Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Student thesis: Doctoral Thesis › Doctor of Philosophy