News
The NHS trust, NorthMersey Health Informatics Service have signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CHaSCI, to promote greater collaboration on informatics project.
Full publicity will follow shortly.
Recent Article published in the Health Services journal
LJMU researcher doing ground-breaking research at Alder Hey
Dr Farath Arshad from LJMU's Centre for Health and Social care Informatics (CHaSCI) is working on an exciting, ground-breaking project taking place at Alder Hey Hospital.
Dr Arshad and Dr Lynda Brook from Alder Hey are exploring the potential of computer games technology as a communication tool for children with palliative care needs.
Health informatics event
16 January 2009
LJMU hosts joint research and development event with ASSIST North West and BCS Merseyside.
LJMU's Centre for Health and Social Care Informatics (CHaSCI) hosted a joint visit from ASSIST (Association for Informatics Professionals in Health) North West and BCS (British Computer Society) Merseyside branch at the end of December 2008. The aim of the event was to showcase health informatics research taking place across the University.
The formal presentation session was led by Dr Farath Arshad (Head of CHaSCI), who outlined the role of the Centre within LJMU and its links with the wider informatics agenda in the region. This was followed by presentations by Dr Gabor Barton (School of Sport and Exercise Sciences) on Virtual Rehabilitation in Cerebral Palsy, Dr Karen Tocque (Centre for Public Health) on the Health Profiler North West project and Professor Dave Burton detailing the EPSRC Meguruth and ECSON projects which are providing real time information for radiotherapy. Professor Godfrey Mazhindu, Dean of Health and Applied Social Sciences, concluded the session by summarising the benefits delivered by CHaSCI to the University's research and development programme.
The wide range of poster displays demonstrated the diversity of informatics-related research activity taking place across LJMU, with topics ranging from Diabetes Online, Partnerships for Older People Projects (POPPs), clinical decision support on breast cancer, e-learning for the Mental Health Act, Emergency Care Practitioners and virtual worlds in Health.
For further information on CHaSci, please contact Dr Farath Arshad (F.N.Arshad@ljmu.ac.uk) or visit: www.ljmu.ac.uk/chasci/
Picture (L-R): Phil Patterson (ASSIST), Dr Farath Arshad (CHaSCI), Professor David Burton (GERI), Dr Karen Tocque (Centre for Public Health), Professor Godfrey Mazhindu (Dean, Health and Applied Social Sciences), Dr Gabor Barton (School of Sport and Exercise Sciences), and Professor Diane Meehan (Dean, Faculty of Technology and Environment).
Photos and Posters from the Event
