Co-design at the core

Our Co-Design workshop was one of the highlights of HRfH Connect. We identified a real problem facing our community and then asked thinkpublic to create a collaborative workshop so delegates could help us find answers.

We brought academics, industry and members of the public together, as only through combining their individual insights can we create life-changing research. A huge thank you to Haleon for sponsoring this workshop.

The Ken Rothman Award

We invited 14 talented researchers to share their work in front of some of the biggest names in health research using smartphones and wearables.

Congratulations to Michele Orini from Kings College London who won our audience vote for his presentation and received an Oura Ring for his efforts.

It was the hugely impressive Humphrey Curtis and Timothy Neate, also from Kings College London, who took home The Ken Rothman Award. Their presentation on ‘Co-designed Wearable and Discreet Communication Technologies For People with Aphasia’ was a brilliant demonstration of how research using smartphones and wearables has the power to transform lives.

Inspirational speakers

The diversity of the HRfH Connect speakers reflected the diversity of people needed to create world-leading research. Thank you to Professor Aiden Doherty and Professor Claire Steves, it was so inspirational for our delegates to hear about the huge impact their work has made in the UK and around the world.

Thank you also to Dr Mary De Silva, her unique perspective on health research from the government’s point of view demonstrated the potential and impact research can have on our daily lives.

A final, and very special thank you, to Max Carlish and Seb Tucknott who spoke so eloquently about living with their long-term health conditions. Hearing about the challenges they face, and how technology could help them manage their conditions, put the whole event into perspective.

Latest technology

Industry is the third pillar in a collaborative approach to health research using smartphones and wearables. We were thrilled that Fitbit/Google, Oura, uMotif and RADAR-Base agreed to participate in a technology showcase.

Through their presentations they showed what their technology is capable of and how it can be applied to research. They shared examples of successful collaboration with researchers and the public. They also offered the room a glimpse into the future and the possibilities that technology currently in development may bring.

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