#CHTResearcheroftheMonth
📢 We are happy to announce Dr Rory Baxter as our June #CHTResearcheroftheMonth!

🔬 As a Digital Health Research Fellow, Rory works on the ICONIC project tackling digital exclusion in coastal communities. Dr Baxter also played a key role in the GOALD and EPIC
digital health projects!

#CHT #UoP
June 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
🎉Congratulations Leonie Cooper, our July #CHTResearcheroftheMonth!

🔬 Leonie is currently working on the ASKDIPaC Project and previously worked as a researcher on the GOALD project. Leonie also recently defended her PhD, which explored how social robots can deliver behaviour change interventions.
July 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
📢 We are thrilled to announce Dr Hossein Ahmadi as our May #CHTResearcheroftheMonth!

🔬Hossein’s research explores how the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated the shift toward virtual communication, making online platforms a primary space for learning, interaction & support.

@plymuni.bsky.social #CHT
May 1, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🌟 October Researcher of the Month Professor Sheena Asthana 🌟

Congratulations to Prof Sheena Asthana, Director of the Centre for Health Technology and Co-Director of the Centre for Coastal Communities, as our #CHTResearcheroftheMonth! 🎉

👏 We’re proud to celebrate her leadership and vision!
#CHT
October 1, 2025 at 9:00 AM
🎉Our #CHTResearcheroftheMonth for September is Dr John Downey!

📢John is advancing digital transformation research across healthcare. His work on the methods needed to evaluate complex issues like digital transformation is driving real life impact. Stay tuned for more updates on John's research!
September 1, 2025 at 8:00 AM
📢 We are thrilled to announce Dr Michael Loizou has recently been appointed Deputy Director of CHT. His work has a transformative impact, from projects on autism employment initiatives to stroke rehabilitation.

Dr Loizou is also our #CHTResearcheroftheMonth this April! 🎉👏 @plymuni.bsky.social #CHT
April 1, 2025 at 7:47 AM
⭐🤖🐟 Say hello to Feb's #CHTResearcheroftheMonth Oksana Hagen! With her background in AI & robotics, as a Research Fellow on ICONIC, she improves wellbeing & access for older adults by leading co-design & building prototypes for 2 technologies: social prescribing voiceAI & VR underwater telepresence.
February 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🎮 #CHTResearcheroftheMonth for March is Dr Marius Varga.
Marius' projects on XR, VR & gaming for heritage & health are below:
🪂 Glider project for patients suffering w/ frailty
💡 Using XR to train autistic interviewees
🏛 A digital Cotehele Hall
🌱 Seagrass game for conservation
@plymuni.bsky.social
March 3, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🎉 Sheela Agarwal is August #CHTResearcheroftheMonth!

📢Sheela is Co-Director of the Centre of Coastal Communities and a researcher with a longstanding focus on socio-economic disparities of UK coastal communities.

Read more about Sheela's projects here:
🔗https://buff.ly/OBiNnst
🔗 buff.ly/yIbhaeA
August 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM