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 : a qualitative interview study with independent prescribers in primary care
- Morrison Brenda Clark, Lennon Marilyn, Watson Margaret C
- BMJ Open Vol 16 (2026)
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-108063
- Assessment tools for medication self-management capacity in community-dwelling older adults with sensory impairment : a scoping review
- Asante Eugene, Morrison Brenda, Watson Margaret C, Lennon Marilyn
- BMC Geriatrics Vol 25 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-025-06768-x
- A scoping review of guidelines and resources to promote evidence based prescribing for older people with sensory impairment
- Morrison Brenda Clark, Asante Eugene, Lennon Marilyn R, Watson Margaret C
- Primary Health Care Research & Development Vol 26 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423625100613
- Impact of digital divide on students performance in computerised UTME in Nigeria
- Abdulkareem Zainab, Lennon Marilyn
- Information Development Vol 41, pp. 1265-1280 (2025)
- https://doi.org/10.1177/02666669231191734
- 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
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
- Living Lab CPD Session for Education Academy
- Contributor
- 21/11/2025
- Living Lab School Visit by St Mungo’s Academy
- Recipient
- 25/9/2025
- Co-creation for social good: Living lab in action
- Speaker
- 4/9/2025
- 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
Projects
- Cultures of Collaborative Research in a Socially Progressive Technological University / R230557-218
- Lennon, Marilyn (Co-investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 30-Jan-2026
- 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
- No Need to Fall: A participatory approach to a relational/proactive model
- Lennon, Marilyn (Principal Investigator)
- 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2026
- 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
Contact
Professor
Marilyn
Lennon
Computer and Information Sciences
Email: marilyn.lennon@strath.ac.uk
Tel: Unlisted