Centre for Digital Innovations in Health and Social Care

Employing theory-driven approaches for design and evaluation, the Centre’s research offers an understanding of the contextual factors that impact the success of an innovation, informing both future technology design and its implementation.

Research in the Centre is mixed method, combining qualitative data that delivers deep insight with the quantitative data that caters to the needs of policymakers.

Our current Research

• Computer Aided Risk Scoring (CARSs)
• National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC)
• The Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - EVEREST-HN

Our completed Projects

• Falls risk assessment and prevention in acute hospital settings (FRAMES)

Doctoral training

Through our doctoral students, we aim to create future leaders in digital health.   Our PhD projects focus on how technology can be used to improve the delivery of health and social care, and our advertised projects are typically developed in conjunction with our health and social care partners.

Apply for the PhD (Faculty of Health Studies)

Consultancy and knowledge transfer 

We regularly collaborate with health and care partners and with digital health companies, undertaking research to evaluate and inform the design of the technology. We can help you to: 

• Identify requirements for a new technology or technology-based service 

• Co-design a new technology with service users 

• Evaluate a new or existing technology, providing recommendations for improvement and/or for increasing uptake of the technology. Our evaluation expertise ranges from usability evaluation of prototype products to real-world evaluation. 

We use of a range of research methods to provide you with evidence-based recommendations.  

What is the cost? 

The cost of our consultancy packages are dependent on the needs of each organisation and so packages are costed on an individual basis. We can tailor our consultancy services to meet your financial requirements and budgets. 

The CDIHSC team

• Professor Rebecca Randell – Centre Director
• Dr Muhammad Faisal –  Associate Professor
• Dr Natasha Alvarado – Senior Research Fellow in Digital Health
• Dr Chinasa Odo – Research Fellow in Human Computer-Interaction 
• Olufisayo Olakotan - Senior Research Fellow in Digital Health
• Hadiza Ismaila - Translational Research Fellow in Digital Health
• Faye Cameron - Business & Partnerships Manager
• Veronica Parisi - Information Specialist
• Andrew Key – Centre Coordinator