Aisling O'Kane

Aisling O'Kane

Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction for Health.

My work is associated with BIG::AI, BIG::Everyday & BIG::Health.

My research focuses on understanding how health and wellbeing technologies are used (and not used!) in the real world. I employ qualitative and participatory design approaches to studies of interactive technologies such devices, apps, websites and wearables, and am increasingly interested in how people interact with AI to support health, care and wellbeing. Check out my publications for past work, and these are things I am currently working on:

New HCI Masters Programme - online, live and interactive: bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/msc-human-computer-interaction-online

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Recent Publications

  • 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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  • The EmpathiCH Workshop: Unraveling Empathy-Centric Design

    Luce Drouet, Wo Meijer, Aisling O'Kane, Aneesha Singh, Thiemo Wambsganss, Andrea Mauri & Himanshu Verma
    Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023.

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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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  • Symposium: Workgroup on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH)

    Daniel Epstein, Aisling O'Kane & Andrew Miller
    Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023.

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  • Chronic Care in a Life Transition: Challenges and Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence to Support Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Moving to University

    Sam James, Miranda Armstrong, Zahraa Abdallah & Aisling O'Kane
    Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023.

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  • Independence for Whom? A Critical Discourse Analysis of Onboarding a Home Health Monitoring System for Older Adult Care

    Elaine Czech, Ewan Soubutts, Rachel Eardley & Aisling O'Kane
    Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023.

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  • The Shifting Sands of Labour: Changes in Shared Care Work with a Smart Home Health System

    Ewan Soubutts, Elaine Czech, Amid Ayobi, Rachel Eardley, Kirsten Cater & Aisling O'Kane
    Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023.

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