
Dr Aisling O'Kane
BASc, MSc, PhD
Current positions
Associate Professor of Human-Computer Interaction for Health
Department of Computer Science
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Research interests
My research focuses on understanding how health and wellbeing technologies are used (and not used!) in the wild. I employ qualitative and participatory design approaches to studies of interactive technologies such as fitness apps, medical devices, and wearable technologies. Past and current studies include the examination of the use of Type 1 Diabetes devices, mobile phone apps for running, wearables in the gym, hearing aids, and high tech wearable baby monitors. I have also started to examine the practices and the trends of people designing, building and sharing do-it-yourself health and wellbeing technologies, particularly for Type 1 Diabetes.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
ESRC Centre for Sociodigital Futures
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Sociology, Politics and International StudiesDates
01/05/2022 to 30/04/2027
8030 EPSRC via Southampton TAS_PP_00034 - COdesigning Trustworthy Autonomous Diabetes Systems
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Computer ScienceDates
01/05/2021 to 30/06/2022
InnovateUK ML4D: Machine Learning for Enhanced Diabetes Self-Care
Principal Investigator
Description
Innovate UK: Digital health technology catalyst round 2, collaboration between Quin Technologies Ltd and University of BristolManaging organisational unit
Department of Computer ScienceDates
01/11/2018 to 30/04/2020
SPHERE2
Principal Investigator
Role
Co-Investigator
Managing organisational unit
Department of Electrical & Electronic EngineeringDates
01/10/2018 to 31/01/2023
Publications
Recent publications
01/03/2023Chronic Care in a Life Transition: Challenges and Opportunities for Artificial Intelligence to Support Young Adults With Type 1 Diabetes Moving to University
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Explanation before Adoption
Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction
Amazon Echo Show as a Multimodal Human-to-Human Care Support Tool within Self-Isolating Older UK Households
CSCW 22
Fathers, Young Children and Technology
CSCW 22
A case study investigating a user-centred and expert informed `companion guide' for a complex sensor-based platform
Proceedings of the ACM on Interactive, Mobile, Wearable and Ubiquitous Technologies (IMWUT)