
Professor Kenton O'Hara
PhD, BSc
Current positions
Professor of Human-Computer Interaction
School of Computer Science
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Biography
Research interests
I have a broad interest in understanding interactions between humans and digital technologies, and using this to develop new technologies that usefully transform social and work practices.
Most recently, the focus of the research has been in the application of AI and digital technolpogies in healthcare settings to help reduce clinical burden and improve patient outcomes. This has included AI applications in computational pathology, medical image analysis in surgery, radiotherapy planning, personal health monitoring in chronic care sysyems and predictive analytics in hospital care. The research adopts a socio-technical perspective and considers the interaction of ML based systems, clinical stakeholders and patients to achieve effective outcomes in a responsible and ethical manner.
Beyond healthcare settings, I have broader interests in the future of hybrid work and how AI and digital technology are transforming the landscape of work across a variety of industries. In particular the research seeks to explore these shifts and their implications by developing new systems that can be evaluated in real world contexts.
Projects and supervisions
Research projects
LEAP Flex Fund - Prioritising Allocation of Scarce Perinatal Pathology Resource with ML-Assisted Placenta Pathology Screening
Principal Investigator
Managing organisational unit
School of Computer ScienceDates
01/12/2024 to 30/11/2025
Thesis supervisions
This is a Drill
Supervisors
Publications
Recent publications
15/01/2026Design Opportunities at the Intersection of Sexual and Reproductive Health, Cystic Fibrosis, and Technology
CHI ’26: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
"A little bit of a life raft" - Exploring the Use and Experiences of ChatGPT as a Support Tool among Adults with ADHD
OZCHI 2025 - Proceedings of the 37th Australian Conference on Human-Computer Interaction
Personalised Stroke Rehabilitation
19th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2026
Towards LLM-Agents that Play Dungeons Dragons Using Iterative Prompting
Proceedings of the 1st Workshop on Artificial Intelligence for Human-Game Interaction (AI4HGI@ECAI)
Intersectional dynamics and care disparities in intrapartum electronic fetal monitoring
BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

