The next Medical Technologies & Systems Special Interest Group (SIG) will take place online, join us as we discuss
Digital Health: Current Applications and Future Trends for Mental Healthcare.
Talks at this webinar will include:
– The impact of COVID-19 on Mental Health
– Evaluating new technologies for mental health
– Deriving Clinical Outcome Measures from Expression and Speech for use as Clinical Trial Endpoints: Results of a Proof of Concept Study
DURATION: 1.5 hours
This free to attend event is held as part of the INSTILS programme – a project part-funded by the European Regional Development Fund, click here to be re-directed to further information about the project. This event is classed as State Aid to participating businesses, the value of which is £190, but is delivered completely free of charge to participants.
Speaker Profiles:
Professor Philip Breedon, Professor of Smart Technologies, Nottingham Trent University
As well as his role at Nottingham Trent University, Philip is also a Chartered Engineer and a Chartered IT professional. He is a member of the Department of Health’s National Institute for Health Research invention for innovation funding panel and holds a number of journal editorial positions. His research interests and latest projects centre on new and emerging technologies and materials. This includes wearable technologies, 3D printing of pathological models, additive and subtractive manufacturing for medical applications, surgical robotics, cardiovascular devices, augmented /virtual/immersive technologies and environments, the surgical pathway and investigative research related to the utilisation of ‘smart materials’ for medical applications. Through promoting his work and research activities he now works with a number of surgeons and clinicians across Europe.
Dr Louise Thomson, Assistant Professor in Occupational Psychology and Practitioner Psychologist, The University of Nottingham
Louise is a Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol) and HCPC-registered Occupational Psychologist specialising in psychological, social and organisational issues in occupational health and job retention. She is currently the Course Director for the MSc in Occupational Psychology at the University of Nottingham, and Lead Academic for the Institute of Mental Health’s Research Support and Consultancy Service. Louise has extensive experience of working in the health and social care sector, but has also worked with other public and private sector clients, as well as the third sector. She has been an expert member of three NICE committees developing guidance on: return-to-work after long-term sickness absence; mental well-being at work; and workplace health quality standards. She currently leads the Well-being of the Workforce Study which is exploring the impact of COVID-19 on the mental health and well-being of the UK workforce.
Dr Michael Craven, Senior Research Fellow, The University of Nottingham, Institute of Mental Health
Mike is an academic researcher in the NIHR MindTech MedTech Co-operative, a national centre established in 2013 to focus on developing the evidence and methods needed to bring new technologies for mental health into the National Health Service. He is also a member of University of Nottingham Faculty of Engineering’s Bioengineering research group and the Institute of Mental Health’s Centre for Dementia, holds an honorary contract with Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and is Health Economist in the Nottingham University Hospitals’ Centre for Healthcare Equipment and Technology Adoption (CHEATA). In MindTech, Mike contributes expertise in design and evaluation of digital health and medical device related interventions and assistive technologies. He has conducted health technology assessments and reviews for NHS organisations and industry and contributes to policy on digital mental health. Currently, he is co-investigator on several of MindTech’s large collaborations and trials of technologies which include evaluation of cognitive training software, remote/mobile mental health and virtual reality therapy, and various co-design projects with patients and healthcare professionals.
Bill Byrom, Vice President of Product Strategy and Innovation, Signant Health
Bill leads product strategy and innovation, and the electronic patient-reported outcomes (ePRO) Science team, at Signant Health. He has worked in the Pharmaceutical industry for over 25 years and is the author of over 70 publications and two industry textbooks on ePRO. His recent scientific work includes the use of wearable technology and ePRO in clinical trials. Bill is an active member of the Critical Path Institute’s ePRO Consortium, is a member of the scientific leadership board of the Digital Medicine Society, and leads a cross-industry working group on wearable technology within the Drug Information Association’s Study Endpoints Community. Bill provides eClinical commentary on LinkedIn and Twitter (@billbyrom).
