Digital Innovations in Health & Social Care

The Centre for Digital Innovations in Health & Social Care is multidisciplinary, undertaking high quality co-created applied research that (i) informs the design and implementation of new technologies in national and international health and care systems; and (ii) explores the impact of such technologies on patients, service users, carers, and health and social care professionals. 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.

Research - Current

CARSs https://www.bradford.ac.uk/health/research/computer-aided-risk-scoring/

NPIC https://npic.ac.uk/

EVEREST-HN https://www.royalmarsden.nhs.uk/everest-hn

Completed Projects

FRAMES https://www.bradford.ac.uk/health/research/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.

Visit the Faculty of Health Studies PhD course page to apply https://www.bradford.ac.uk/courses/pg/phd-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.

Meet the Team

Professor Rebecca Randell – Centre Director https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/rrandell/
Dr Muhammad Faisal – Associate Professor https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/mfaisal1/
Dr Natasha Alvarado – Senior Research Fellow in Digital Health https://www.bradford.ac.uk/staff/nalvarado/
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

Contact Us

Email – CDIHSC@bradford.ac.uk