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Faculty of Medicine and Health
Digital Health and Informatics Network
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DHIN Newsletter | Issue 36, August 2021
Dear Test,
Hello to all members of the DHIN and welcome to all the new members who have recently joined the community. This is my second time writing to you as the new Convener of the DHIN and my next job is to talk to a newly formed Leadership Group for the DHIN, who will help to guide our strategy including how we engage with you - our members, and how we organise Digital Health Week into the future.
I am happy to announce that Abstracts are now open for Digital Health Week 2022. Next year we will again be partnering with the University of Melbourne to bring you this great week of digital health activities from the 14th - 17th February 2022. The theme for the conference is 'Reality check: How do we make technology work in real life?' An important and exciting question. You can find all the details, and regular updates, in the DHIN newsletter.
In other important news, we are wishing Jacqueline Wells farewell as she embarks on new adventures with another university. I would like to thank Jac for all her help in looking after the DHIN and note that we wouldn't be the community we are today without the excellent work that Jac has done. Please feel free to send Jac your best wishes by email.
As I do each newsletter, I would also encourage you to log in to the DHIN website and update your profile. This is the best way for people to find you, and for you to find them.
Best wishes,
Adam
Associate Professor Adam Dunn
Director of Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health
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Member profileThis month we are very pleased to profile Associate Professor Jinman Kim. Jinman is from the School of Computer Science and his work has a strong link to healthcare. The DHIN is delighted that Jinman is a member of the new Leadership Group.
Please tell us a little bit about yourself. Hi DHIN members! My name is Jinman and I am an academic at the School of Computer Science, the University of Sydney. My research focuses on the use of machine learning (a subset of artificial intelligence - AI) in smart ways for health applications. I am very much involved in the healthcare setting, both as the Research Director, Telehealth and Technology Centre, Nepean Hospital and as the Academic Director, Healthcare Engineering (Westmead Academic Initiative). Continue reading
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Useful, usable, and used: the role of Human Centred Design in the delivery of digital health products.
Please join us for the September DHIN Seminar. We are thrilled to have Dr Thomas Loveday, Director of Design at eHealth NSW, talk to us about the role of Human Centred Design in the delivery of digital health products.
In 2019, eHealth NSW established the Design division as part of Clinical Engagement and Patient Safety. This unit provides Human Centred Design, Health Informatics, and Human Factors services to eHealth projects to ensure delivered solutions are useful, usable, and used. This seminar will talk about approaches and services provided by the unit to support the design of eHealth NSW projects, with case studies.
Dr Thom Loveday is the Director of Design at eHealth NSW. In this role, he has established a range of design services to ensure digital health products are useful, usable, and used. Thom has more than a decade of experience in human factors and usability in safety critical domains. Thom was awarded his PhD in 2013 from Macquarie University, where he researched expert decision-making in high-risk high-consequence environments. In 2014, he established the Clinical Human Factors program with the Clinical Excellence Commission, the first of its kind in Australia. In 2018 he prepared the Human Factors Integration Plan for WestConnex Stage 3A.
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Research Student ProfileThis month we are pleased to feature PhD Candidate Rik Dawson. Rik is a gerontological physiotherapist, with over 25 years working in aged care, who is passionate about exercise for older people. We asked Rik to tell us about himself and his research.
Please tell us a little about yourself. I am currently enrolled in the PhD program at the Institute for Musculoskeletal Health (IMH) under the supervision of Professor Cathie Sherrington and Dr Marina Pinheiro. The Institute for Musculoskeletal Health brings together over 60 research staff, research students, and professional staff from the University of Sydney with a growing group of Sydney Local Health District clinicians. Their research has influenced my practice and I really appreciate the opportunity to expand the knowledge base about digital health and exercise interventions for older people. Continue reading
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Call for AbstractsIn 2022, we will again be bringing you a joint event between the University of Sydney and the University of Melbourne! Abstracts for oral presentations and ePosters are invited for Digital Health Week 2022. The conference theme is: “Reality check: how do we make technology work in real life?” The theme will explore how we can make technology truly work as a support tool for people in life and across health care systems. We want to explore the mismatch between real life and the potential of technology to support health and wellbeing.
Abstracts are invited from researchers in the field of digital health, including (but not limited to) the following research topics:
- Codesign and consumer-centred technologies
- Data science
- eHealth education
- Equity, equality, and the digital divide
- Ethics and law in digital health
- Games and gamification for health
- Learning health systems
- Mobile applications and wearable technologies
- Optimisation and implementation of technological systems
- Social media and social networking sites
- Technology and the health workforce
- Telehealth and telepractice
- Virtual and augmented reality
Presenters can nominate their preference for an ePoster or presentation format, with both formats providing presenters a speaking opportunity to share their work. Abstracts are due at 11:59pm Sunday 3rd October 2021
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Keeping the kids in mindThe Brain and Mind Centre has created a webinar series about juggling families, healthcare and pandemics. The webinar series about children's development and mental health during COVID, will be streamed twice weekly over six weeks from Monday 30th August, presented by Professor Adam Guastella, Michael Crouch Chair in Child and Youth Mental Health at the University of Sydney Brain and Mind Centre and Children's Hospital, Westmead.
The half hour live and pre-recorded conversations ask guests including teachers, hospital staff, technology and pharmacy experts, and psychologists to offer their insights gained over the past year of COVID lockdowns, home-schooling and hospital stays. Topics fall in two streams, with discussions on health and medical related topics on Monday and parenting discussions on Wednesdays.
Wednesday 1st September | Stuck together in lockdown. Again? How to have fun conversations with your family, with Professor Leanne Togher, speech pathologist and professor of communication disorders.
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Digital Health ECR Community Virtual Journal Club - September
The September event will be Chaired By Dr. Naseem Ahmadpour. Dr. Ahmadpour is a Senior Lecturer in Design. within the Sydney School of Architecture, Design and Planning. Her research focuses on interactive technologies that support wellbeing in ethical and responsible ways. She investigates how emerging technologies such as virtual reality can enhance wellbeing, motivation for wellbeing supportive behaviors, reflection on daily experiences and self-regulation of affective experiences. The journal club will introduce attendees to Virtual Reality in Digital Health. This will be followed by a guided discussion of one of three journal articles Naseem has authored on the use of Virtual Reality to support patient health and wellbeing.
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Digital Health ECR Community - Recordings now available.The Digital Health ECR Community is an informal group to bring together emerging researchers in digital health. The community is open to all researchers who identify as early in their career (ECR) who have an interest in digital health, including honours, masters and doctoral research students.
The Working Group meets regularly to create a series of events, talks, and a journal club that provide an opportunity to meet others and learn. You can access the recordings of the May and July webinars below and join the community here.
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Discover Research NetworksDriving collaborative, multidisciplinary research. Formed to ensure FMH remains at the forefront of innovative research and education, the multidisciplinary networks are a vital element in the research ecosystem.
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New Clinical Academic Group Scheme LaunchedClinicians and translational researchers are now invited to apply to establish a Sydney Health Partners Clinical Academic Group.
Sydney Health Partners believes that improving the translation of research evidence into sustained clinical practice requires more support to build effective collaborations between researchers and clinicians.
That’s why they’re transitioning from the current structure of streams and themes to new Clinical Academic Groups (CAGs) - and supporting them with additional financial and other resources. Applications are now open and close 4 October, with an information session at 2pm, 2 September.
Learn more: sydneyhealthpartners.org.au/become-a-clinical-academic-group/
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Read, Watch, Follow...- Save the date: The next DHIN Seminar will be held Tuesday 12th October, with Juliette O'Brien, digital and data journalist https://www.covid19data.com.au/
- Listen: Prof Heiko Spallek talks Health conditions neglected by pandemic focus
- Introducing Waranara: Join the celebrations as the Sydney Health Professions Education Research Network (SHERN) relaunches under the new name Waranara
- Submit an abstract: Implementation Science Health Conference Australia 2021 to be held 28th and 29th October.
- Update: Don't forget you can update your member profile at any time by logging into the dhin website.
- Join: Digital Health and Informatics Network has a LinkedIn Group.
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