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Personal Statement
Kieren is a Senior Research Fellow within the Digital Health and Wellness team at the University of Strathclyde. He also holds roles with the Future Hospital initiative at the University and is a co-lead for the Strathclyde Living lab. Kieren is looking to build both national and international networks that can create inclusive ‘future hospitals’, where digital, people and systems work together optimsing health and wellness for all. More specifically, Kieren has a long standing interest in the areas of informal (unpaid) carers and those facing cognitive decline and neurodegenerative conditions.
He is an experienced researcher having worked across many related fields such as: clinical study designs, epidemiology, digital health and the development and implementation of innovations to impact upon healthcare. He has worked with, and alongside the World Health Organization in Geneva, where his role was focused on the design of an Internet-based intervention to educate and empower informal carers of people with dementia (https://www.isupportfordementia.org/en). He has published 40 peer review articles (including those in press) to date and currently supervises 5 PhD students. He holds a facilitating group member role within the Royal Society of Edinburgh ‘Young Academy of Scotland’ alongside an Honorary Research Fellowship with NHS Lanarkshire.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Keywords
- Dementia
- Technology
- Alzheimer's disease
- person-centred
- public health
- Mental health
- systematic reviews
- meta analyses
- Digital health
- Co-design
- Citizen science
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Early-stage maintenance of physical activity in caregivers at home using digital devices and/or motion sensors. Stretch Alumni PhD funding.
Kirk, A. (Co-investigator), Dunlop, M. (Co-investigator) & Egan, K. (Principal Investigator)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research Studentship - Internally Allocated
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£42,000K - Stage gate 1, 2 & 3 funding - A novel physical activity application designed for carers by carers (and care support professionals)
Kirk, A. (Co-investigator), Egan, K. (Principal Investigator), Dunlop, M. (Co-investigator) & Maguire, R. (Co-investigator)
1/04/20 → 31/12/25
Project: Internally funded project
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Cost-consequence analysis of an e-health intervention to reduce distress in dementia carers: results from the iSupport randomised controlled trial
Anthony, B., Doungsong, K., MacLeod, C., Flynn, G., Masterson-Algar, P., Goulden, N., Egan, K., Jackson, K., Kurana, S., Hughes, G., Innes, R., Connaghan, J., Proctor, D., Ismail, F. A., Hoare, Z., Spector, A., Stott, J., Windle, G. & Edwards, R. T., 16 May 2025, In: BMJ open. 15, 5, e095611.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Results of a feasibility and adaptation study of a mobile application “CareFit”: supporting physical activity for informal carers of people with dementia
Egan, K. J., Hodgson, W., Macdonald, B., Meiklem, R., Innes, R., Kirk, A., Fawcett, B., Dunlop, M. D., Maguire, R., Flynn, G., Stott, J. & Windle, G., 15 May 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Medical Internet Research.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Prizes
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Best Poster Prize: Scottish Government Digital Health and Care Festival
Egan, K. (Recipient), Dec 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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DigiFest Best Poster Prize
Egan, K. (Recipient), 14 Dec 2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Activities
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Living Labs for Co-creating Socially Inclusive Health & Care Tech Solutions
Egan, K. (Organiser), Lennon, M. (Organiser), McCullagh, L. (Organiser), Bardid, F. (Organiser), Kernaghan, D. (Organiser), CORNELIUS, G. (Organiser) & Hughes, J. (Organiser)
28 May 2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Organiser of major conference
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European Network of Living Labs Health and Wellbeing Living Lab Symposium 2025
Egan, K. (Speaker), Harkis, M. (Participant), Lennon, M. (Speaker) & Hughes, J. (Speaker)
2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference