Wellbeing Technologies Lab
The Wellbeing Technologies Lab is a design and engineering research lab at the Dyson School of Design Engineering at Imperial College London. Our vision is of a future in which all digital experience contributes to the thriving of individuals, communities and our world.
We work with users and other stakeholders to advance ethical practice and evidence-based technology for health and wellbeing. This includes research on human autonomy, natural language processing, human computer interaction, digital health, mental health, and wellbeing supportive design to create mobile, conversational and multimodal technologies.
OUR DIRECTOR
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Professor Rafael Calvo
Chair of Design Engineering Dyson School of Design Engineering Imperial College London @rafael_a_calvo |
OUR TEAM
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Prof Luciana Benotti
International Collaborator Dr Dorian Peters Research Fellow Dr Alina-Irina Serban Research Associate Marco da Re Research Assistant Fernanda Espinoza Research Assistant Success Fabusoro Research Technician and Health Advisor |
Minseo Cho
PhD Candidate Julian Jeyasingh PhD Candidate Sijin Sun PhD Candidate Zheyuan Zhang PhD Candidate Guido Ivetta Visiting student Liu, Jiayan Visiting student Pablo Alejandro Fonseca Arollo Visiting student |
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We are also part of the Imperial spoke of the
Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. LCFI is a multidisciplinary research centre dedicated to exploring the nature, ethics and impact of Artificial Intelligence. |
CURRENT PROJECTS
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Conversational AI in Dementia Care
We're working with health professionals at the Dementia Research Institute to explore and test safe and effective uses of conversational AI to support health workers, carers and patients living with dementia. Funders: Dementia Research Institute - Care, Research and Technology Resources: Article in NPJ Digital Health |
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CALMS - Culturally Appropriate Language Model Systems We're working with researchers, community health workers and health care services users in Argentina and Peru to explore opportunities for conversational AI to improve health care delivery and access. Partners: Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina Resources: Article in NPJ Digital Health |
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IMPACT
Digital health for dementia in Peru This NIHR project is in collaboration with Dr Christopher Butler MA PhD FRCP and a team or researchers at Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia in Lima, Peru. We are co-designing with community health workers across the diverse regions of Peru including the Andes, Amazon, coast and Lima, to develop digital pathways to scalable support for people with dementia and their carers. Funders: NIHR | Partners: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia (UPCH) Resources: Article in the Lancet Neurology, Article in ACM Interactions |
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BRISA
A Conversational Agent for Asthma Support This project brings together specialist doctors, nurses and people with asthma to create a conversational agent (available online or via WhatsApp) that can help people better understand and manage their asthma, as well as more accurately assess their risk of an having an asthma attack within 3 months. Funders: EPSRC | Partners: Asthma+Lung UK; Healthily Resources: Website | Outcomes paper, Protocol paper |
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METUX MEASURES
Evaluating wellbeing support within technology experience An ongoing project working toward the development and refinement of validated measures for assessing the psychological impact of technologies and digital experience. This work, forms part of our work as the Imperial spoke of the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence. Funders: Leverhulme Trust Resources: Most recent measures paper | Foundational paper |