Digital Health Research Group Seminars
Led by Dr Marta Chmielowska, the Digital Health Research Group Seminar Series is a fortnightly research forum held on Tuesdays, 9:15–10:00am.
Our team hosts a vibrant programme of events exploring the latests research, policy, an innovation across digital health.
From cutting-edge AI and data science to inclusive design, ethics, and lived experience, our events bring together researchers, clinicians, policymakers, industry representatives, and people with lived experience to share ideas, challenge assumptions, and shape the future of digital health.
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Coming up
10th February 2026
Guest Speaker: Pittet Océane, PhD candidate at the University of Geneva
Topic: Improving symptom management in endometriosis: Development and Evaluation of an AI-Driven Interactive (Chatbot) Patient Decision Aid and Care Team Interface (1/2)
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24th February & 3rd March 2026
Guest Speaker: Claire Dellar, Founder of Wheelchair Tango Foxtrot Consulting
Claire advises on accessibility, inclusion strategy, and inclusive technology design. As a disabled and neurodivergent woman, she draws on lived experience to champion accessible, inclusive, and trauma-informed approaches in research and digital innovation. Her work spans primary and secondary datasets using both quantitative and qualitative methods. She has led benefits realisation, accessibility, and product management across major UK health technology programmes, including the NHS App, NHS, UK, and national screening and referral services.
This is a two-part seminar series exploring how accessibility and trauma-informed principles can improve the design, evaluation, and implementation of digital health technologies and research practices.
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24th February 2026
Topic: A Day in the Life: Understanding Accessibility in Health Technology Design
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3rd March 2026
Topic: Beyond Accessibility: Trauma-Informed and Inclusive Research Practices
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17th March 2026
Guest Speaker: Dr Nayan Kalnad, Co-founder and CEO of Avegen Health
A clinician by training, Dr Kalnad has over 14 years’ experience working in digital healthcare and pharmaceutical research and development. He founded Avegen in 2015, a digital health company that designs and delivers technology platforms used by healthcare providers and life sciences organisations in the UK and internationally.
Topic: To be confirmed
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31st March 2026
Guest Speaker: Prof Ralph McKinnon
McKinnon is a Consultant Paediatric Anaesthetist at Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital and a recognised leader in simulation-based education and paediatric trauma care. He founded the North-West Simulation Education Network and co-founded INSPIRE, helping to shape simulation practice regionally and globally. He has authored over 50 publications spanning paediatric trauma, resuscitation, and technology-enabled simulation. At RMCH, Ralph leads both the Resuscitation and Paediatric Major Trauma Services. He is also co-founder of Out-There Health Tech, supporting the translation of digital health innovation into meaningful NHS impact.
Topic: To be confirmed
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14th April 2026
Guest Speaker: Garth Williams, an actor, producer, writer, Creative Technologist, and the founding director of Safety Catch Ltd.
Topic: To be confirmed
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2nd June 2026
Guest Speaker: Pittet Océane, PhD candidate at the University of Geneva Topic: Living with Endometriosis: Insights from a Photovoice Study (2/2)