This month we profile Carolina Gassen Fritsch. Carolina is a PhD candidate researching if text message intervention improves function of people with lower back pain. Originally from Brazil, Carolina is also a physiotherapist. Please tell us a little about yourself I am a physiotherapist with a Master of Science degree in Rehabilitation Sciences. I am currently [...]
eHealth@Sydney 2020: EOIs open for Steering Committee Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are open for three positions within the eHealth@Sydney 2020 Steering Committee. EOIs are invited for eHealth/digital health researchers who fit any of the following criteria: Early Career Researcher within the Faculty of Medicine and Health, Faculty of Engineering and IT, or School of Design and [...]
This month we spent five minutes with Dr. Ashnil Kumar. Ashnil is a Lecturer in the School of Biomedical Engineering; we asked Ashnil about his work and what digital health means to him. Can you please tell us about a day in your life? I have just started a new role in the new School of [...]
Event update. On the 24th June Professor Tim Shaw presented on the future of Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare. During the 30 minute webinar Professor Shaw highlighted and discussed the major trends and the impact of Artificial Intelligence on health and healthcare. Professor Shaw also provided insights from his recent visit to the World Medical Innovation Forum, [...]
This month we profile PhD candidate Caitlin Hamilton. Caitlin is an occupational therapist who is currently completing her PhD on the topic of technology use in rehabilitation to improve physical function. We asked Caitlin a little bit about herself and her research. Please tell us a little about yourself Since graduating in 2008 as an occupational [...]
This month we spend five minutes with Dr Audrey P Wang. Audrey is a Senior Lecturer in Digital Health (Education), University of Sydney. Her role includes enabling digital health educational and research transformations within the University's Westmead Initiative, including new interdisciplinary models of care and education in our increasingly digitalised health ecosystem. Her PhD (Australian Pain [...]
The eHealth and Healthcare Delivery Theme (FHS) and the DHIN would like to invite you to the first in the webinar series supporting Higher Degree Research students. Please join us for the inaugural webinar presentation on raising your research profile. Professor Tim Shaw and Dr Melanie Keep will share strategies and ideas on how to make [...]
This month we profile Professor Heiko Spallek who was recently appointed Academic Lead Digital Health and Health Service Informatics for the Faculty of Medicine and Health (FMH). Heiko's new role is to provide leadership and guidance to ensure that digital health education and training is embedded in all FMH programs. Heiko is also the Head of [...]
Patients who discharge against medical advice (DAMA) from hospital carry a significant risk of readmission and have increased rates of morbidity and mortality. Using five years of admissions and diagnosis data, we sought to identify the demographic, clinical and administrative characteristics of DAMA patients in the Sydney Children’s Hospital Network. Using a Bayesian logistic regression framework, [...]
This month we talk to Odette Hannah Trigger. Odette is currently a physiotherapy honours student working on the project #Fitspo: Are Instagram fitspiration images and videos actually motivating? We asked Odette about herself and her research. Please tell us a little about yourself I am a physiotherapy honours student at the University of Sydney. I also [...]
