We focus on the interdisciplinary study of designing, developing and using information technology solutions in healthcare. Leadership and peopleThe Centre for Medical Informatics (CMI) is led by Heads of Centre Professor Ewen Harrison and Professor Julie Jacko.Full list of Centre for Medical Informatics staffUsher PhD and MD students listed by programmeResearch and methodology groupsCurrent key groups led by members of the Centre for Medical Informatics include:Expand allCollapse allBehavioural AI lab (lead: Luciana D'Adderio)Our research aims to identify and map the effects of Al/ML technologies on healthcare practice, practitioners and organisations. It draws on validated Organizational Management & related sociotechnical methodologies to undertake studies of healthcare Al/ML in context.Our core areas of interest include:Responsible and dependable healthcare AI in context Biographical approaches to the study of algorithms (covering their lifecycle from design to long term audit and monitoring)Real world qualitative and mixed method evaluation of healthcare AI and ML technologies Implementation Science theories, tools and methods for AI adoption and scale upRoutine dynamics methodologies for mapping AI-enabled healthcare practices (e.g., clinical workflows and patient pathways )AI/ML applications we are currently studying include:radiology (stroke, cardio, neuro, triage)Post-operative deterioration monitoring Robotic surgery Laparoscopic skills simulation Serious games for surgery skillsRead more on Luciana's profileComputational Medicine (lead: Miguel O Bernabeu)Our research concerns the development of computational approaches capable of answering open questions in biomedicine and healthcare. We work closely with biologists, clinicians, and industry in problems of high relevance in both basic and clinical research, including: a) the development of automated methods for eye and systemic disease diagnosis in retinal scans, b) the evaluation of AI systems supporting healthcare delivery in real clinical settings, c) the study of how the structural properties of tumour vasculature affect oxygen/drug transport, and d) the investigation of vascular remodelling during angiogenesis.Read more about the team's work on Miguel's profileData Analytics Research and Technology in Healthcare (DARTH group) (lead: Thanasis Tsanas)A dynamic research group working at the interface of engineering, mathematics, informatics, and medicine. We passionately believe we can design and provide effective solutions which will revolutionize contemporary healthcare delivery through capitalizing technology and harnessing data.DARTH Group websiteEdinburgh Pregnancy Research Team (co-lead: Sarah Stock)A group of health/science professionals, working across the University of Edinburgh and NHS, the Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team is committed to promoting and supporting perinatal research in order to improve pregnancy outcomes and experiences for pregnant women and families.Edinburgh Pregnancy Research Team websiteICU HEART (lead: Annemarie Docherty)Our vision is to use routine healthcare data to improve outcomes for critically ill patients with co-existing cardiovascular disease.ICU HEART websiteSurgical and Critical Care Informatics (lead: Ewen Harrison)Better surgical and critical care through data and technologySurgical and Critical Care Informatics group websiteProjects and programmesExamples of on-going activities and larger project/programme grants led by members of the Centre for Medical Informatics.Expand allCollapse all A4Sys: The Advanced Asthma Attack Alert System (lead: Holly Tibble)A project inviting all health professionals who have been involved in the treatment of asthma patients to co-design an asthma clinical decision support tool.The Advanced Asthma Attack Alert System (A4Sys)Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research (Director: Sir Aziz Sheikh)An exciting venture between Asthma and Lung UK, leading asthma researchers from universities across the UK, people affected by asthma, NHS partners and other organisations. The Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research launched in 2014 with the aim of improving care and treatment for people with asthma.Directors: Professor Aziz Sheikh (University of Edinburgh) and Professor Chris Griffiths (QMUL)Asthma UK Centre for Applied Research websiteBREATHE - Health Data Research Hub for Respiratory Health (Director: Sir Aziz Sheikh)BREATHE is a Health Data Research Hub, part of a wider programme coordinated by Health Data Research UK (HDR UK). The Hubs were set up as part of a four-year £37.5million investment from UK Research and Innovation's Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund, to enable the safe and responsible use of health-related data at scale for research and innovation.BREATHE websiteCo-OPT: Consortium for the study of Pregnancy Treatments (lead: Sarah Stock)A collaborative consortium for the study of pregnancy treatments.Co-OPTCOVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) (lead: Sarah Stock)The COVID-19 in Pregnancy in Scotland (COPS) study aims to find out how COVID-19 infection during pregnancy affects mothers and babies.COPSEAVE II (lead: Sir Aziz Sheikh)Tracking the COVID-19 pandemic as it happens across Scotland.EAVE IIConnected projects include:National Core Studies - Data and Connectivity: COVID-19 Vaccines PharmacovigilanceDaC-VaPThe impact of COVID-19 vaccines in pregnancy, children and young people, and vulnerable groups (DaC-VaP-2)DaC-VaP-2Developing and validating a risk prediction model for Long COVIDLong COVID risk prediction modelRapid Outcomes of COVID therapeutics in Eave II (ROCOVE)ROCOVEVaccine breakthrough projectVaccine breakthroughePAMS+ (lead: Sir Aziz Sheikh)Development and evaluation of a complex ePrescribing-based Antimicrobial Stewardship (ePAMS+) intervention for hospitals.ePrescribing Optimisation in Hospitals (lead: Sir Aziz Sheikh)This project aims to develop policy relevant insights into how best to achieve systems optimisation of NHS hospital electronic prescribing (ePrescribing ) systems in order to improve the safety, quality and efficiency of medicines management processes.Generation Scotland (lead: Cathie Sudlow)Generation Scotland is a population and family based study of genetic and environmental health determinants, richly annotated with personal, genetic and e-HR data, all available for collaborative research. Generation Scotland websiteGlobalSurg (University of Edinburgh lead: Ewen Harrison)GlobalSurg and the NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery are working together to improve surgical outcomes for patients around the world. The NIHR Global Health Research Unit on Global Surgery is a consortium between UK Universities of Birmingham, Edinburgh & Warwick together with international partners at hubs and centres around the world.GlobalSurg websiteSurgical Informatics Research Group websiteHDR UK Scotland (Director: Dave Robertson (College of Science and Engineering))Health Data Research UK is a collaboration of 22 universities and research institutes, clustered into six regions, or sites. Each research sites brings world-class expertise and a track record in using health data securely to derive new knowledge and scientific discovery. They bring together world-leading health data scientists to deliver our mission of uniting the UK’s health data to make discoveries that improve people’s lives.Health Data Research UK websiteImpact of artificial intelligence on hyperacute stroke diagnostic and treatment pathways – implications for clinicians and the Scottish healthcare system (lead: Luciana D'Adderio)The project tracks the deployment of stroke AI across Scotland over two years with the aim to establish the effects of AI on practices (e.g., stroke diagnosis and triage), stroke practitioners (e.g., clinicians’ roles and skills), and the Scottish healthcare system (e.g., stroke care pathways).Impact of artificial intelligence on hyperacute stroke diagnostic and treatment pathways - project pageInnovative Healthcare Delivery Programme (IHDP)IHDP seeks to fundamentally change the way data and analytics are used to drive improvement in health outcomes, by fostering new relationships between the NHS, industry, academia, and the third sector.IHDP - project pageMyDiabetesMyWay (lead: Debbie Wake)The NHS Scotland interactive diabetes website to help support people who have diabetes and their family and friends.MyDiabetesMyWay websiteNHS AI Lab Evaluation (lead: Kathrin Cresswell)Independent mixed-methods evaluation of the NHS AI Lab.The aim of this evaluation is to understand and assess the processes, impact, and value for money of the programme as a whole, now and in the future, capture key learning and demonstrate value for money and accountability to its stakeholders, and establish specific and generalisable learning to inform future AI Lab activity and other similar programmes.NHS AI Lab EvaluationNHS Global Digital Exemplar Programme Evaluation Programme (lead: Kathrin Cresswell) [Now Complete]Formative and summative evaluations of the Global Digital Exemplar (GDE) Programme.NHS GDE Programme Evaluation ProgrammeParkinson's Voice Initiative (lead: Thanasis Tsanas)A project which collected the largest speech-Parkinson’s voice database, having 19,000+ phonations from 7 countries in the worldTelescot ProgrammeA programme of academic research investigating telemetric supported self monitoring of long term health conditions. Telescot is a collaboration between a number of public, private and voluntary sector organisations supporting the development of innovative healthcare in Scotland, UK.Telescot Programme website Edinburgh Research Explorer Find details of research activities across the Centre for Medical Informatics in the Edinburgh Research Explorer This article was published on 2024-09-24
