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SUMMARY:Developing technologies for health\, mental health and wellbeing -
  Rafael A. Calvo\, Imperial College London
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CONTACT:Qianchu Liu
DESCRIPTION:Engineers and computer scientists are increasingly faced with 
 philosophical questions asked during the first industrial revolution. Such
  questions come to the fore when we build health technologies\, or use NLP
  in different contexts. Taking them into account is becoming an essential 
 part of our work.  Among the challenges to success is achieving the deep i
 nterdisciplinarity involved\, which often requires continuous collaboratio
 n among medical professionals\, psychologists\, HCI researchers\, user exp
 erience designers\, software developers and end-users.  While some project
 s lack theoretical grounding or an evidence-base\, others fail to involve 
 users effectively in order to understand their needs\, perceptions and con
 texts\, resulting in technologies that go unused. \nWorking together\, res
 earchers in HCI\, health and the social sciences can improve the processes
  by which digital technologies are developed and distributed for the benef
 it of population-wide health and wellbeing.  In this presentation\, I will
  share some of the multidisciplinary evidence-based approaches to the deve
 lopment of health technologies formerly taken at the Wellbeing Technologie
 s Lab in Sydney\, Australia\, and now starting at Imperial college London.
   I will describe some ideas on the contributions HCI can make to this fie
 ld\, and share a number of case studies in the domains of chronic illness\
 , sleep\, mental health and doctor-patient communication.
LOCATION:GR04\, Faculty of English\, 9 West Rd (Sidgwick Site)
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