Join us for a unique event experience and become part of a community advancing the use of smartphones and wearables in health research.

Due to unprecedented demand, our event has already sold out. However, we have created a waiting list and we will be releasing more tickets in December. Only those on the waiting list will be offered tickets.

Date: 7 February 2025

Location: Google HQ, 6 Pancras Square, Kings Cross, London (Google Maps)

About

• Cross-Sector Networking
• Co-Creation
• Inspirational Speakers
• Technology Showcase

Health Research from Home (HRfH) has been funded by the Medical Research Council (UKRI MRC) to build a cross-sector community and share know-how and skills.

Thanks to our MRC grant, the generosity of our partner Google and our Co-Design Workshop sponsor Haleon, you can register for this prestigious and exciting event for free.

Neither Google nor Haleon have influenced the scientific content of the event.

Who

If you work or participate in health research using smartphones and wearables then HRfH Connect will be beneficial to you.

Whether you work in academia, technology, pharmaceuticals, regulation or you’re a person living with a long-term health condition who’s interested or involved in this field, we’d love to see you at our event.

Are you working on exciting new research in this field?

We’d like to offer the opportunity to showcase your research at HRfH Connect and compete for a prize. There will be 15 three-minute showcase slots available. This is preferably completed research or work in progress, using smartphones or wearables. If you would like to apply, please complete our research showcase application form (Microsoft forms).

The showcase presentations will be judged by a panel of researchers and industry experts as well as an audience vote. The presentations will be judged on the following criteria: 

• Scientific/technical quality. 
• Alignment and relevance to HRfH’s purpose – “To improve the lives of those living with long-term health conditions”.
• Alignment and relevance to HRfH’s mission – “To make the UK a world-leader in large-scale, high quality health research using smartphones and wearables”. 
• Involvement and engagement of patients/service users, carers and the public at each appropriate stage of the research project life cycle. 
• Engaging presentation style. 

Show casers will have the use of a large presentation screen to present their slides. 

Applications for the Research Showcase will close at the end of December.

Agenda

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• 9am: Registration and breakfast
• 10am: Welcome, Introduction to Health Research from Home and Understanding Long Term Health Conditions and research opportunities – Will Dixon, Professor of Digital Epidemiology at the University of Manchester and Health Research from Home Lead
• 10:30am: State of the art / keynote lecture 1 by Aiden Doherty, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow and Professor of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Oxford.
• 11:30am: Technology showcase featuring presentations from Oura, Google, Fitbit, uMotif and RADAR-Base where these technology powerhouses show off emerging and existing technology that can support and power successful health research.
• 12:30pm: Lunch with networking opportunities for delegates.
• 1:40pm: Co-design workshop facilitated by thinkpublic and sponsored by Haleon in which delegates will work with people living with long-term health conditions to create solutions to real-world problems facing our community.

• 3:15pm: Research showcase, future leaders in our field will have the opportunity to showcase ground-breaking research of the future and win prizes for their efforts. Apply to showcase your research by filling out the form above.
• 4:40pm: State of the art / keynote lecture 2 by Claire Steves, Professor of Ageing and Health and the Clinical Director of TwinsUK, King’s College London.
• 5:30pm: Rooftop drinks reception at Google Headquarters.

More information

For more information about HRfH Connect please email hrfh@manchester.ac.uk.

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