Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology Research Group
Our vision is to transform the ways in which people are enabled to live well and age well through the application of ubiquitous and personalised technology.
Rehabilitation helps to maximise functioning and support independence.
World Health Organisation
Centre for Assistive Technology and Connected Healthcare (CATCH)
For more information about our multi-disciplinary research and evaluation of assistive technologies and connected healthcare, take a look at our external sites:
News and events
Our group hosts conferences, talks and public engagement events, to find out about these please follow the links below:
The Home Lab
We have a simulated home environment that can be used for research and PPI events.
Group staff
- Dr Steven Ariss
- Surinder Bangar
- Dr Jo Blackburn
- Professor Pamela Enderby
- Becky Field
- Dr James Fotheringham
- Dr Kate Fryer
- Professor Mark Hawley
- Dr Phil Joddrell
- Simon Judge
- Professor Sue Mawson
- Professor Gail Mountain
- Dr Rebecca Palmer
- Dr Stephen Potter
PhD students
| Name | Supervisor(s) | Project | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matt Bennion |
Abi Millings Roger Moore Stephen Kellet Gillian Hardy |
Affective computing to support good mental health in later life | M.Bennion@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Emma Broglia |
Michael Barkham Abi Millings |
A feasibility trial of the effectiveness and impact of counselling in universities and/or colleges of further education | elbroglia1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| David Clayton |
Alan Walker Peter Cudd |
Loneliness and social isolation of older people and the role of technological interventions to overcome this. | dcclayton1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Nicola Crook |
Rebecca Palmer Danny Hinde |
Intensive language action therapy: a pilot and feasibility trial of intervention delivery on the NHS | nkcrook1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Becky Field |
Gail Mountain Lizzy Coates |
Psychosocial interventions for people living with mild to moderate dementia and their family carers: can readiness to engage be recognised? | b.field@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Madeleine Harrison |
Rebecca Palmer Cindy Cooper |
Evaluating the implementation fidelity of self-managed computer therapy for aphasia post-stroke and exploring the factors associated with adherence | |
| Mark Jayes | Facilitating the inclusion of people with acquired communication disorders in decision-making: Development and evaluation of a tool to support mental capacity assessment and provision of accessible information. | mark.jayes@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Phil Joddrell | Sarah Smith | AcTo Dementia | pmjoddrell1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Bahman Mirheidari |
Heidi Christensen Phil Green Stuart Cunningham |
Automatic analysis of speech and language for detecting signs of dementia | bmirheidari2@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Louise Newbould |
Mark Hawley Gail Mountain Steve Ariss |
Videoconferencing for remote health care provision of older adults in care homes | lknewbould1@sheffield.ac.uk |
| Zahra Ommani |
Mark Hawley Heidi Christensen |
zommani1@sheffield.ac.uk | |
| Siddharth Sehgal |
Stuart Cunningham Roger Moore |
Optimal strategies and enhancing state-of-the-art modelling techniques for dysarthric speech recognition. | s.sehgal@sheffield.ac.uk |
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