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:
- UKRI AI4CI Research Hub – Health Ecosystems
- EPSRC TORUS - PPIE, Codesign, Ethics and Acceptability
- ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures – Care Domain
- EPSRC CDT Digital Health and Care
New HCI Masters Programme - online, live and interactive: bristol.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/taught/msc-human-computer-interaction-online
Collaborators
Doctoral Students
Faculty
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Paul Marshall
Associate Professor of Human Computer Interaction -
Jon Bird
Senior Lecturer in Computer Science -
Kirsten Cater
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction -
Kenton O'Hara
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction -
Kyle Keane
Senior Lecturer in Assistive Technologies
Researchers
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Elaine Czech
Research Associate -
Ewan Soubutts
Senior Research Associate -
Matthew Guy
Senior Research Associate in AI for Health Ecosystems
Visiting & Honorary
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Katarzyna Stawarz
Lecturer in the Department of Computer Science -
Jonah Aprioku
Associate Professor Pharmacology, University of Port Harcourt
Recent Publications
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Rethinking Lived Experience in Chronic Illness: Navigating Bodily Doubt with Consumer Technology in Atrial Fibrillation Self-Care
Rachel Keys, Paul Marshall, Graham Stuart & Aisling O'Kane
CHI Conference on Human Computer Interaction, 2025. -
Integrating Technology into Self-Management Ecosystems: Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes in the UK using Smartwatches
Sam James, Miranda Armstrong, Zahraa Abdallah, Harry Emerson & Aisling O'Kane
CHI Conference on Human Computer Interaction, 2025. -
Creatively Supporting Mental Wellbeing: A Tangible Toolkit to Scaffold Self-Tracking through Mindful Colouring
Jingxin Yu, Amid Ayobi, Paul Marshall & Aisling O'Kane
Proceedings of the Nineteenth International Conference on Tangible, Embedded, and Embodied Interaction, 2025. -
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. -
“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.