Professor Marilyn Lennon
Computer and Information Sciences
Personal statement
I am a Professor in Digital Health and Care in the Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS) at University of Strathclyde. I am founder and one of the directors of the Digital Health and Wellness Group (DHaWG) at Strathclyde. We are leading multidisciplinary researchers in the area of user centered design, evaluation and implementation of a range of digial technologies and services for supoprting health and wellbeing of individuals and the population. My background is in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), usability, user centred design, and evaluation. The current focus of my work is novel wearable and mobile technologies for care at home from remote monitoring (e.g. precdictve falls monitoring), to remote diagnosis and screening technoloigies (e.g. colon capsule technology evaluations), to smart home and tech for social care more generally (including for example medicine management, and self management of diabetes). I have a strong background in working with external clients and stakeholders including NHS, charities and health and social care practitioners to generate requirements for and evaluate the impact of large health tech projects. I am really interested in the social and technical barriers and facilitators to getting health technologies to work in practice in the real world and how we can evaluate them robustly but more quickly so that innovative ideas can have real impact.
Area of Expertise
Marilyn has a strong background in mixed methods for (i) capturing, prioritising, and translating user requirements and needs for technology design, (ii) project managing implementation of digital health technologies and (iii) evaluating the impact and effectiveness of digtial health both in the lab and at scale.
Prize And Awards
- Images of Research 2025 Shortlist
- Recipient
- 13/5/2025
- MyCity: Glasgow - Gamechanger Award (Gold Medal)
- Recipient
- 23/4/2014
- Emerald Outstanding Paper Award
- Recipient
- 29/6/2013
- Best Paper Award (most replicable scientific paper)
- Recipient
- 7/4/2013
Qualifications
Marilyn has a first class BSc degree in Psychology (Glasgow 1998), a PhD in Computing Science (Glasgow 2002) and a post graduate diploma in academic practice meaning she is a fellow of the Higher Education Academy (HEA). She is also an active member of the Asscociation for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Publications
- Prescribing for older people with sensory impairment
- Morrison Brenda, Watson Margaret, Lennon Marilyn
- Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy Vol 21, pp. e45-e46 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.06.012
- Co-design of a medicine management needs assessment tool for older adults with visual impairment
- Asante Eugene, Morrison Brenda, Watson Margaret, Lennon Marilyn
- Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy Vol 21, pp. e45 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.06.011
- StrathLAB : using living labs ecosystems to co-create sustainable and socially inclusive health tech solutions in pharmacy
- Kernaghan David, Lennon Marilyn, Egan Kieren
- Research in Social and Administrative Pharmacy Vol 21, pp. e69 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sapharm.2025.06.093
- Patient and public perceptions of 3D technologies (models and images) to facilitate healthcare consultations : an exploratory, mixed-methods study
- Rai Harleen Kaur, Miller Morven, Leung Steve, Macleod Euan, Lennon Marilyn
- JMIR Formative Research Vol 9 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.2196/65235
- Co-designing a searchable online resource of assistive technologies to support the safe and effective use of medicines by older people with sensory impairment
- Kernaghan David, Attakora Jesse, Dunlop Mark, Lennon Marilyn, Meiklem Ramsay, Macaden Leah, Nicol Emma, Welsh Tomas J, Watson Mags
- 11th Nordic Social Pharmacy Conference (2025)
- Exploring the use of activity trackers to support physical activity and reduce sedentary behavior in adults diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes : qualitative interview study using the RE-AIM Framework
- Hodgson William, Kirk Alison, Lennon Marilyn, Janssen Xanne
- JMIR Diabetes Vol 9 (2024)
- https://doi.org/10.2196/60066
Teaching
Marilyn is currently course director for a taught Masters in Digital Health Systems. She has taught at all levels but specialises in level 1 UG and level 5 PG teaching including Information Management and Database Fundamentals, Human Computer Interaction, and Design of Usable Systems. She has supervised 5 PhDs (2 completed so far) and over 100 level 4 and level 5 final year projects.
Research Interests
Marilyn has over 20 years experience in the user centered design and evaluation of interactive technologies. She has been involved in various projects involving smart home technology, mobile lifestyle app design and development and the implementation and evaluation of telecare, telehealth and assisted living technologies both in the lab and 'in the wild'.
Professional Activities
- University of Waterloo
- Visiting researcher
- 8/7/2025
- University of Waterloo
- Visiting researcher
- 7/7/2025
- Accelerate Schools Programme Computer Science Challenge
- Contributor
- 16/6/2025
- 11th Nordic Social Pharmacy Conference
- Participant
- 4/6/2025
- Living Labs for Co-creating Socially Inclusive Health & Care Tech Solutions
- Organiser
- 28/5/2025
- Facility Showcase Event
- Participant
- 20/5/2025
Projects
- No Need to Fall (Health Foundation) Phase 3
- Lennon, Marilyn (Principal Investigator)
- Project codesigning a digital tool to allow people to tell their story once and be directed to community based support for falls prevention - Health Foundation £400,000)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2025
- Knowledge Exchange Event: Joint Missions Statements for Living Labs - University of Strathclyde and University of Adger
- Lennon, Marilyn (Principal Investigator)
- I chaired a knowledge exchange event on Living Lab methods and approaches between University of Strathclyde and our strategic partners at University of Waterloo
- 03-Jan-2024 - 29-Jan-2025
- No Need to Fall Phase 3
- Lennon, Marilyn (Principal Investigator)
- Health Foundation funded project (£69,000)
- 05-Jan-2024 - 26-Jan-2024
- Personalised response monitoring in oncology: co-creating clincal trials in advanced breast cancer (PREMIO) (HORIZON-MISS-2023_CANCER)
- Maguire, Roma (Principal Investigator) Lennon, Marilyn (Co-investigator) Miller, Morven (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2024 - 31-Jan-2029
- Causal Counterfactual visualisation for human causal decision making – A case study in healthcare
- Dong, Feng (Principal Investigator) Lennon, Marilyn (Co-investigator) Maguire, Roma (Co-investigator)
- This project aims at a robust, fast paced proof-of-concept to unlock the potential of AI in biomedical and health research. It will apply the newly emerging generative AI technology to transform biomedical and health research by enabling virtual clinical trial emulation with synthetic data. The research outcome will address key limitations in both Randomised Controlled Trials (RCTs) and observational studies.
- 01-Jan-2023 - 31-Jan-2025
- Co-lead for StrathLab: A living lab ecosystem at University of Strathclyde
- Lennon, Marilyn (Principal Investigator)
- 02-Jan-2023
Contact
Professor
Marilyn
Lennon
Computer and Information Sciences
Email: marilyn.lennon@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted