Digital Media for Healthcare
The Digital Media for Healthcare group conducts multidisciplinary digital healthcare research that addresses major problems and immediate healthcare challenges that are facing humanity today. To address these challenges, the Group collaborates with leading medical scientists, policy-makers, doctors, medical devices and sensors manufacturers, computing and mobile communication and technology specialists linking patients and communities directly into solutions that mobilise the innovative technologies for healthcare. The group also leads on strategic research projects that have an immediate global impact and affect healthcare in the developing world.
Research themes
- Emerging mobile communications for healthcare systems (5G, 6G health)
- mhealth-based internet of things (m-IoT)
- Next generation of personalised healthcare
- Connected healthcare
- Wearable sensors and cloud computing
- Bio-communication and genomic signal processing
- Medical imaging and biomedical signal processing
- Biologically inspired mobile computing systems
- AI and big data for healthcare
- Social robotics for healthcare
- Assisted living.
Collaborators
Research grants
- KTP – Salutem: Digital health technology to support personalised home care delivery for people with autism and learning difficulties. Dr Nada Philip and Dr Eckhard Pfluegel. £220,000. 2021–2023.
- KTP – Pangea: The project aims to deliver enriched video compression for effectively streaming video over 5G networks to deliver huge benefits to emergency services including CTTV, in-car video and healthcare. Professor Christos Politis and Dr Nada Philip. £266,628. 2019–2021.
- British Council UKIERI programme: ‘Study and development of non-invasive ambulatory respiratory and cardiac monitoring system for mobile health monitoring using photonic crystal fiber'. Professor Andy Augousti, Dr Nada Philip and Professor Barbara Pierscionek. Value: £39,959. 2015.
- EU H2020: AEGLE - An analytics framework for integrated and personalized healthcare services in Europe. Professor Barbara Pierscionek, Dr Nada Philip, Dr Reem Kayyali and Dr Shereen Nabhani. Value Euro 718,142. March 2015–18. http://www.aegle-uhealth.eu/
- EU FP7: WELCOME – Wearable Sensing and Smart Cloud Computing for Integrated Care to COPD Patients with Comorbidities – 2013–17. EU FP7. B. Pierscionek, S. Nabhani, R.Kayyali and N. Philip. Euro 631,351. 2013-2017.
- EU FP7 Marie Curie Actions Incoming International Fellowships (IIF) - "LTeHealth – Long-Term e-Health Evolution for Improving Diabetic Social and Behavioural Change Management". Dr Nada Philip. Euro 270,680. 2012–14. http://cordis.europa.eu/project/rcn/99729_en.html
- British Council DELPHI grant for "e-health inclusion in Medical Higher education in Developing countries". Professor Robert Istepanian and Dr Nada Philip. £72,000. 2010–12.
- Project objectives:The introduction of innovative and strategic e-Health plans for medical education policy and research for Iraq.
Identify and implement two pilot and proof of concept e-health projects and trials as identified and classified as most needed for immediate healthcare services in Iraq. Recommendations with lessons learned and future plans for Iraq healthcare policy adoptions, larger deployment and integration of e-health within the existing medical educational and healthcare system in the country.
- Project objectives:The introduction of innovative and strategic e-Health plans for medical education policy and research for Iraq.
- EU FP6 – E-Dispute Medical electronic Dispute (MeDispute) software platform for NHS UK.
- EU FP6 – OTELO EU Project - Mobile Tele-Echography System Using an Ultra-light Robot (OTELO), Robert Istepanian, EU (2001–04).
- The Qualcomm Tricorder XPRIZE (2014): Nada Philip is part of one of the 10th finalists teams (SCANURSE) of in developing an innovative and integrated diagnostic technologies, helping citizens make their own reliable health diagnoses anywhere and anytime.
- London Creative and Digital Fusion Collaborative Awards Application: Feasibility and acceptability of using a digital platform to deliver content of the Bridges stroke workbook and carers' booklet', Dr Nada Philip. £10,000. 2014.
- London Creative and Digital Fusion Collaborative Awards Application: Curated Mobile Health Application Store. Dr Nada Philip. £10,000. 2013.
- "International Travel Grant", Royal Academy of Engineering, International Travel Grant, IJB/KN/10-875, 2010, £600.
- "Feasibility study for Location Technologies within Healthcare Institutions", Industry, Contracted Research with Philips, 2009, £4,000.
Contact us
For more information, contact the group leader, Dr Nada Philip.
