Dear CompSoc,
I'm writing to let you know about a meetup that I'm
organising for Digital Health Oxford, on Monday 2nd December
at 6pm in the University Club (on Mansfield Road, OX1 3SZ).
I'm a postdoc working in the Department of Population Health,
and have a background in bioinformatics and medical
informatics, and set this group up as I know there are a lot
of exciting projects in this field going on in and around
Oxford, and wanted to provide the opportunity for people to
find out what's going on, to learn from people with
complementary skills and experiences, and to develop new ideas
to make Oxford a hub of Digital Health. It is
cross-disciplinary, with developers, clinicians, researchers,
engineers, computer scientists, designers, entrepreneurs, and
is also cross sector, with people from academia, healthcare
and industry. There are a lot of great speakers lined up from
both academia and industry, spanning a wide range of subjects
from wearable devices, quantified
self, telehealth, digital-omics, through to workshops on
clinical-focused data systems and architecture.
At the first meetup we'll have talks from Dr Chris Paton
from the George Institute / University of Oxford, who will
talk about the Heart Failure telehealth project he's been
working on, and James Turnbull, co-founder and lead of the
dev-team at Incuna who will talk about their experiences
working as a digital healthcare agency with academia and the
healthcare sectors. Following this will be an opportunity to
chat with others over a few drinks either in the University
Club, or else at the Kings Arms just up the road. I'm also
working on sponsorship for some drinks at the event.
It would help with the organisation if people wanting to
attend could sign up at
http://www.meetup.com/Digital-Health-Oxford/,
else let me know by email/twitter, or just turn up on the day.
If you've any questions, please get in touch.
Richie