Dr Kieren Egan
Senior Research Fellow
Computer and Information Sciences
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.
Prize And Awards
- Images of Research 2025 Shortlist
- Recipient
- 13/5/2025
- DigiFest Best Poster Prize
- Recipient
- 14/12/2023
- Strathcylde Inspire Award
- Recipient
- 16/11/2023
- Best Poster Prize: Scottish Government Digital Health and Care Festival
- Recipient
- 12/2021
Publications
- Cost-consequence analysis of an e-health intervention to reduce distress in dementia carers : results from the iSupport randomised controlled trial
- Anthony Bethany, Doungsong Kodchawan, MacLeod Catherine, Flynn Greg, Masterson-Algar Patricia, Goulden Nia, Egan Kieren, Jackson Kiara, Kurana Suman, Hughes Gwenllian, Innes Ryan, Connaghan John, Proctor Danielle, Ismail Fatene Abakar, Hoare Zoe, Spector Aimee, Stott Joshua, Windle Gill, Edwards Rhiannon Tudor
- BMJ open Vol 15 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2024-095611
- Results of a feasibility and adaptation study of a mobile application “CareFit” : supporting physical activity for informal carers of people with dementia
- Egan Kieren J, Hodgson William, Macdonald Bradley, Meiklem Ramsay, Innes Ryan, Kirk Alison, Fawcett Barbara, Dunlop Mark D, Maguire Roma, Flynn Greg, Stott Joshua, Windle Gill
- Journal of Medical Internet Research (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.2196/56739
- Digital physical activity and sedentary behavior interventions for community-living adults : umbrella review
- Russell Eilidh, Kirk Alison, Dunlop Mark D, Hodgson William, Patience Mhairi, Egan Kieren
- Journal of Medical Internet Research Vol 27 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.2196/66294
- Evaluating the effects of the World Health Organization's online intervention 'iSupport' to reduce depression and distress in dementia carers : a multi-centre six-month randomised controlled trial in the UK
- Windle Gill, Flynn Greg, Hoare Zoe, Goulden Nia, Tudor Edwards Rhiannon, Anthony Bethany, Algar Patricia Masterson, Kurana Suman, Spector Aimee, Hughes Gwenllian, Innes Ryan, Connaghan John, Proctor Danielle, Ismail Fatene Abakar, Jackson Kiara, Egan Kieren, Stott Joshua
- The Lancet Regional Health - Europe Vol 48 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanepe.2024.101125
- Physical activity mobile app (CareFit) for informal carers of people with dementia : protocol for a feasibility and adaptation study
- Egan Kieren, Macdonald Bradley, Hodgson William, Kirk Alison, Fawcett Barbara, Dunlop Mark D, Maguire Roma, Flynn Greg, Scott Joshua, Windle Gill
- JMIR Research Protocols Vol 13 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.2196/53727
- Final Report of the Evaluation of Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Services
- Maguire Roma, van der Meer Robert, Egan Kieren, Thompson Nathan, Connaghan John
- (2024)
Professional Activities
- Living Labs for Co-creating Socially Inclusive Health & Care Tech Solutions
- Organiser
- 28/5/2025
- European Network of Living Labs Health and Wellbeing Living Lab Symposium 2025
- Speaker
- 2025
- Health and Care Futures: thematic areas workshop
- Organiser
- 30/5/2024
- Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Services (RCDS) in Scotland
- Contributor
- 10/10/2023
- Engage with Strathclyde - Caregiver Innovations at Strathclyde
- Organiser
- 3/3/2022
Projects
- Mobilising Scotland’s assets in equitable ways for epidemic control (MOSAEC)
- Flowers, Paul (Principal Investigator) Clark, Ruaridh (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator) MacIntyre, Gillian (Co-investigator) Robertson, Chris (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2025
- Cultures of Collaborative Research in a Socially Progressive Technological University / R230557-209
- Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator)
- 16-Jan-2024 - 15-Jan-2025
- Carers Scotland & employment
- Rai, Harleen (Principal Investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- Early-stage maintenance of physical activity in caregivers at home using digital devices and/or motion sensors. Stretch Alumni PhD funding.
- Kirk, Alison (Co-investigator) Dunlop, Mark (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 30-Jan-2025
- EPSRC IAA: A multistakeholder ecosystem to foster Open Innovation and Citizen Science, to Co-create Better Lives
- Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2025
- Early Cancer Diagnostic Centres
- Maguire, Roma (Principal Investigator) Fragkandrea Nixon, Ioanna (Co-investigator) van der Meer, Robert (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Research Co-investigator)
- Tender Response through PCS
- 22-Jan-2021 - 21-Jan-2023
Contact
Dr
Kieren
Egan
Senior Research Fellow
Computer and Information Sciences
Email: kieren.egan@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted