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Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently

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McGregor, I. (2025)
Stethoscope 2.0: How Everyday Devices Could Help Doctors Listen Differently
Traditional diagnostic tools like the stethoscope have long helped clinicians detect signs of illness through direct contact and active listening. In an era of ubiquitous sens...

Remote pulmonary rehab - what are the considerations for adapting PR to be delivered remotely

Presentation / Conference Contribution
Roberts, N. J., Tang, C., & Cox, N. (2025, March)
Remote pulmonary rehab - what are the considerations for adapting PR to be delivered remotely. Presented at Webinar: jointly with Monash University, Victoria University and Edinburgh Napier University, Melbourne
Delivery of remote rehab has increased significantly worldwide in the last few year, accelerated by COVID. Despite well recognised potential outcomes and similar costs, wides...

Virtual Rehabilitation: XR Design for Senior Users in Immersive Exergame Environments

Conference Proceeding
Charisis, V., Khan, S., AlTarteer, S., & Lagoo, R. (in press)
Virtual Rehabilitation: XR Design for Senior Users in Immersive Exergame Environments.
The global ageing population presents significant challenges, with healthcare systems strained to meet the needs of an increasingly elderly demographic. Societies face issues ...

Online information for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) survivors and their families: a systematic appraisal of content and quality of websites

Journal Article
Weddell, J., Jawad, D., Buckley, T., Redfern, J., Mansur, Z., Elliott, N., …Gallagher, R. (2024)
Online information for Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection (SCAD) survivors and their families: a systematic appraisal of content and quality of websites. International Journal of Medical Informatics, 184, Article 105372
Background Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) survivors often seek information online. However, the quality and content of websites for SCAD survivors is uncertain....

Advancing sepsis clinical research: harnessing transcriptomics for an omics-based strategy - a comprehensive scoping review

Journal Article
Rashid, A., Al-Obeidat, F., Kanthimathinathan, H. K., Benakatti, G., Hafez, W., Ramaiah, R., …Hussain, A. (2024)
Advancing sepsis clinical research: harnessing transcriptomics for an omics-based strategy - a comprehensive scoping review. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 44, Article 101419. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2023.101419
Sepsis continues to be recognized as a significant global health challenge across all ages and is characterized by a complex pathophysiology. In this scoping review, PRISMA-Sc...

Using simulation-based education to foster competency and confidence in advanced practitioners

Journal Article
Samuriwo, R. (2023)
Using simulation-based education to foster competency and confidence in advanced practitioners. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 21(7), 1351-1352. https://doi.org/10.11124/jbies-23-00264

Application of Deep Learning in Generating Structured Radiology Reports: A Transformer-Based Technique

Journal Article
Moezzi, S. A. R., Ghaedi, A., Rahmanian, M., Mousavi, S. Z., & Sami, A. (in press)
Application of Deep Learning in Generating Structured Radiology Reports: A Transformer-Based Technique. Journal of Digital Imaging, https://doi.org/10.1007/s10278-022-00692-x
Since radiology reports needed for clinical practice and research are written and stored in free-text narrations, extraction of relative information for further analysis is di...

A process evaluation of 'We Can Quit': a community-based smoking cessation intervention targeting women from areas of socio-disadvantage in Ireland

Journal Article
Darker, C. D., Burke, E., Castello, S., O'Sullivan, K., O'Connell, N., Vance, J., …Hayes, C. B. (in press)
A process evaluation of 'We Can Quit': a community-based smoking cessation intervention targeting women from areas of socio-disadvantage in Ireland. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 1528. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-13957-5
Background: Smoking poses a serious risk of early preventable death and disease especially for women living with socio-economic disadvantage (SED). A smoking cessation program...

Feasible approaches and implementation challenges to atrial fibrillation screening: A qualitative study of stakeholder views in eleven European countries

Journal Article
Engler, D., Hanson, C., Desteghe, L., Boriani, G., Diederichsen, S. Z., Freedman, B., …Schnabel, R. (2022)
Feasible approaches and implementation challenges to atrial fibrillation screening: A qualitative study of stakeholder views in eleven European countries. BMJ Open, 12(6), Article e059156. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059156
Objectives: Atrial fibrillation (AF) screening may increase early detection and reduce complications of AF. European, Australian and World Heart Federation guidelines recommen...

Event-Triggered Distributed Data-Driven Iterative Learning Bipartite Formation Control for Unknown Nonlinear Multiagent Systems

Journal Article
Zhao, H., Yu, H., & Peng, L. (2024)
Event-Triggered Distributed Data-Driven Iterative Learning Bipartite Formation Control for Unknown Nonlinear Multiagent Systems. IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 35(1), 417-427. https://doi.org/10.1109/tnnls.2022.3174885
In this study, we investigate the event-triggering time-varying trajectory bipartite formation tracking problem for a class of unknown nonaffine nonlinear discrete-time multia...

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The use of AI agents for lifestyle behaviour change in individuals with coronary heart disease (CHD)

2025 - 2025
Heart disease is a major health issue in the UK and worldwide. Coronary heart disease (CHD), caused by cholesterol buildup in the arteries, is one of the leading causes of death. Many people in the UK...
Funder: Burdett Trust for Nursing | Value: £19,283

Transformative Technologies for Enhancing Healthcare

2024 - 2026
The project is to host international cohorts of early-career researchers, which will them to conduct research into the following areas: •AI-Enabled Falls Prevention Device for Elderly Populations: Thi...
Funder: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology | Value: £539,610

Are nurses ready for robots? Understanding the digital technologies needs of nursing students

2024 - 2026
We are witnessing an increased interest in digital health: from AI to robotics, technology is entering the healthcare environment and is proving to be an asset. During Covid-19, robots were used in ho...
Funder: Royal Society of Edinburgh | Value: £9,999

AI-Enabled Healthcare Research and Innovation using Wearable Technologies (AIWT4Care)

2024 - 2026
DHRi will address the grand challenge, Transforming Community Health and Care in partnership with digital technology and service users with the aim of building a new community between DAC countries an...
Funder: The Academy of Medical Science | Value: £25,000

An Evaluation Of HeARtbeat augmented reality smartphone application for 12 lead ECG electrode placement teaching to health and social care pre-registration students.

2023 - 2024
This study focuses on developing a set of digital tools integrated into an smartphone application (heARtbeat App) that will assist in the accurate acquisition of ECG recordings. This study will take a...
Funder: The Physiological Society | Value: £9,054

Take Ten Scoping Study

2023 - 2023
This is an external inward investment by the Scottish Catalyst Fund to conduct a programme of scoping work with a company new to Scotland and the University. We will be working with the company to tes...
Funder: Scottish Government | Value: £9,998

Recovery from Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection

2023 - 2025
Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) is increasingly recognised as an important cause of myocardial infarction (MI). Despite this, there are no recovery programmes tailored for SCAD survivors...
Funder: Burdett Trust for Nursing | Value: £184,716

Developing Airglove V2 Technology for Peripheral Arterial Disease Healthcare

2022 - 2023
This project was funded by IUK Fast Start grant to develop a new generation of internationally-compatible mobile Airglove power efficient device. The mobile Airglove will improve patient outcomes and ...
Funder: Innovate UK | Value: £30,340

Electronics and Control Panels design for Airglove Arm and Leg medical products for Difficult Intravenous Access (DIVA)

2022 - 2023
Green Cross Medico would like to continue the collaboration with Edinburgh Napier University as not only do they understand the project, but they have the skills and knowledge to develop the Airglove ...
Funder: Scottish Funding Council | Value: £15,000

Qualitative study to explore the acceptability of an accelerated syncope strategy to patients and staff involved in the ASPIRED trial

2022 - 2024
The BHF funded ASPIRED study aims to determine whether immediate, enhanced (14-day) ambulatory ECG monitoring decreases the number of episodes of syncope at one year compared to standard care monitori...
Funder: British Heart Foundation | Value: £17,189
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