
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
31/08/2026AI-Assisted Exercise Prescription in Community Stroke Rehabilitation: 19th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2026 - Communications in Computer and Information Science
Communications in Computer and Information Science
Design Opportunities at the Intersection of Sexual and Reproductive Health, Cystic Fibrosis, and Technology: ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems 2026 - Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems - Proceedings
CHI 2026 - Proceedings of the 2026 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Personalised Stroke Rehabilitation: 19th International Conference on Health Informatics, HEALTHINF 2026 - Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies
Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies
AI-assisted placenta pathology in clinical use: barriers and opportunities
Placenta
Conversational, Longitudinal, Ecological Assessment (CLEA): Exploring a new AI-driven method for qualitative data collection in a behavioural health context
PLOS Digital Health


