BIG::Health is for Everyday Health and Care

We thrive to understand how health, care and wellbeing technologies are used and not used in everyday contexts through user studies and participatory approaches to design research.

Members

Doctoral Students

Faculty

Aisling O'Kane
Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction for Health
Paul Marshall
Associate Professor of Human Computer Interaction
Jon Bird
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science
Kenton O'Hara
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
Dan Bennett
Lecturer in Computer Science

Researchers

Elaine Czech
Research Associate
Matt Wragg
Research Associate

Visiting & Honorary

Rachel Eardley
Amid Ayobi
Honorary Lecturer of Human-Computer Interaction
Jonah Aprioku
Associate Professor Pharmacology, University of Port Harcourt
Matthew Guy
Honorary Lecturer of Interaction Design for Health

Recent Publications

Challenges and Opportunities for the Design of Inclusive Digital Mental Health Tools: Understanding Culturally Diverse Young People's Experiences

Ewan Soubutts, Pranita Shrestha, Brittany Davidson, Chengcheng Qu, Charlotte Mindel, Aaron Sefi, Paul Marshall & Roisin Mcnaney
Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024.

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Autoethnography of Living with a Sleep Robot

Immi Biswas, Erin Dooley, Elizabeth Coulthard & Anne Roudaut
Multimodal Technologies and Interaction, 2024.

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CounterSludge in Alcohol Purchasing on Online Grocery Shopping Platforms

Eszter Vigh, Angela Attwood & Anne Roudaut
Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, 2024.

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The perspective of soft-robotics for people with neurodegenerative diseases: Can we develop robotic solutions using soft material?

Immi Biswas, Elizabeth Coulthard & Anne Roudaut
Alzheimer's Association International Conference, 2024.

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Alcohol Interventions on Online Grocery Shopping Platforms

Eszter Vigh, Angela Attwood & Anne Roudaut
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2024.

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Exploring the nexus of Social Media Networks and Instant Messengers in Collaborative Type 2 Diabetes care: A Case Study of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

Timeyin Arueyingho, Aisling O'Kane, Jonah Aprioku & Paul Marshall
Proceedings of the 4th African Human Computer Interaction Conference, 2024.

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“I think it saved me. I think it saved my heart”: The Complex Journey From Self-Tracking With Wearables To Diagnosis

Rachel Keys, Paul Marshall, Graham Stuart & Aisling O'Kane
Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024.

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Using and Appropriating Technology to Support The Menopause Journey in the UK

Emily Lopez, Marianela Ciolfi & Aisling O'Kane
Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2024.

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Explanation before Adoption: Supporting Informed Consent for Complex Machine Learning and IoT Health Platforms

Rachel Eardley, Emma Tonkin, Ewan Soubutts, Amid Ayobi, Gregory Tourte, Rachael Gooberman-Hill, Ian Craddock & Aisling O'Kane
Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact., 2023.

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Social Virtual Reality as a Mental Health Tool: How People Use VRChat to Support Social Connectedness and Wellbeing

Mairi Deighan, Amid Ayobi & Aisling O'Kane
Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023.

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BIG::Health is for Everyday Health and Care

Members

Doctoral Students

Faculty

Researchers

Visiting & Honorary

Recent Publications

Challenges and Opportunities for the Design of Inclusive Digital Mental Health Tools: Understanding Culturally Diverse Young People's Experiences

Autoethnography of Living with a Sleep Robot

CounterSludge in Alcohol Purchasing on Online Grocery Shopping Platforms

The perspective of soft-robotics for people with neurodegenerative diseases: Can we develop robotic solutions using soft material?

Alcohol Interventions on Online Grocery Shopping Platforms

Exploring the nexus of Social Media Networks and Instant Messengers in Collaborative Type 2 Diabetes care: A Case Study of Port Harcourt, Nigeria

“I think it saved me. I think it saved my heart”: The Complex Journey From Self-Tracking With Wearables To Diagnosis

Using and Appropriating Technology to Support The Menopause Journey in the UK

Explanation before Adoption: Supporting Informed Consent for Complex Machine Learning and IoT Health Platforms

Social Virtual Reality as a Mental Health Tool: How People Use VRChat to Support Social Connectedness and Wellbeing