Emerging Technologies and Entrepreneurship

Emerging technologies are shaping health futures and enabling new models and systems of care, ranging from personalised and precision medicine through to care delivered in the home and community.

Co-designing the inputs to technology development ensures that the needs of multiple stakeholder groups are harmonised with innovation drivers. Our research is focused on understanding the mechanisms that drive the development of emerging technologies to ensure that these innovations are better suited to the diverse needs of people and the planet. Our work includes: leading the human-centred design of wearable and nearable devices; co-design of user experience inputs for digital health and web-based platforms to support equity and access; and, development of future-focused capability development for technologists working at the coalface of technology development (e.g. in biosensors, medtech, nanotechnology, quantum).

“The process Leah took us through was fantastic for identifying the limits of what we know and don’t know. At the same time, it was a really effective way of making our thinking visible so that we were really able to see, test and challenge our unstated assumptions.”

Alex Lubansky, CTO Haemograph