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
- 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
- Final Report of the Evaluation of Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Services
- Maguire Roma, van der Meer Robert, Egan Kieren, Thompson Nathan, Connaghan John
- (2024)
- Results of co-designing a digital solution using patient reported outcome measures for people with dementia
- Kernaghan David, Maguire Roma, Egan Kieren
- 2023 Digital Heath & Care Fest (2023)
- Enabling people with dementia to self-report data using digital technologies and methods
- Kernaghan David, Maguire Roma, Egan Kieren
- College of Mental Health Pharmacy Annual Conference (2023)
- Systematic, comprehensive, evidence-based approach to identify neuroprotective interventions for motor neuron disease : using systematic reviews to inform expert consensus
- Wong Charis, Gregory Jenna M, Liao Jing, Egan Kieren, Vesterinen Hanna M, Ahmad Khan Aimal, Anwar Maarij, Beagan Caitlin, Brown Fraser S, Cafferkey John, Cardinali Alessandra, Chiam Jane Yi, Chiang Claire, Collins Victoria, Dormido Joyce, Elliott Elizabeth, Foley Peter, Foo Yu Cheng, Fulton-Humble Lily, Gane Angus B, Glasmacher Stella A, Heffernan Áine, Jayaprakash Kiran, Jayasuriya Nimesh, Kaddouri Amina, Kiernan Jamie, Langlands Gavin, Leighton D, Liu Jiaming, Lyon James, Mehta Arpan R, Meng Alyssa, Nguyen Vivienne, Park Na Hyun, Quigley Suzanne, Rashid Yousuf, Salzinger Andrea, Shiell Bethany, Singh Ankur, Soane Tim, Thompson Alexandra, Tomala Olaf, Waldron Fergal M, Selvaraj Bhuvaneish T, Chataway Jeremy, Swingler Robert, Connick Peter, Pal Suvankar, Chandran Siddharthan, Macleod Malcolm
- BMJ open Vol 13 (2023)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-064169
- iSupport for young carers : an adaptation of an e-Health intervention for young dementia carers
- Masterson-Algar Patricia, Egan Kieren, Flynn Greg, Hughes Gwenllian, Spector Aimee, Stott Joshua, Windle Gill
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health Vol 20 (2022)
- https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20010127
- Interim Report of the Evaluation of Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Services
- Maguire Roma, van der Meer Robert, Egan Kieren, Nixon Ioanna, Thompson Nathan A, Connaghan John, Innes Ryan
- (2022)
Professional Activities
- Rapid Cancer Diagnostic Services (RCDS) in Scotland
- Contributor
- 10/10/2023
- Engage with Strathclyde - Caregiver Innovations at Strathclyde
- Organiser
- 3/3/2022
Projects
- Carers Scotland & employment
- Rai, Harleen (Principal Investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2024
- Community driven co-creation of multimedia content to embed in the CareFit app, an app to support physical activity in informal carers
- Kirk, Alison (Principal Investigator) Dunlop, Mark (Co-investigator) Egan, Kieren (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2022 - 28-Jan-2023
- 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
- Preparatory research to explore multicentre recruitment feasibility and adaptation of a physical activity mobile application for informal carers of people with dementia
- Egan, Kieren (Principal Investigator) Kirk, Alison (Co-investigator) Dunlop, Mark (Co-investigator) Maguire, Roma (Co-investigator) Fawcett, Barbara (Co-investigator)
- Funded by NIHR linked to WHO iCONNECT
- 01-Jan-2022 - 31-Jan-2023
- 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