MRM & MAC - MARCS Research Meeting and MARCS Afternoon Colloquium 7th December 2021
Event Name | MRM & MAC - MARCS Research Meeting and MARCS Afternoon Colloquium 7th December 2021 | |
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Start Date | 7th Dec 2021 11:00 am | |
End Date | 7th Dec 2021 1:00 pm | |
Duration | 2 hours | |
Description | Join us at the next MARCS Meeting as we host an eventful MRM and MAC program with talks from Professor Anthony Harris and invited guest Doctor David Silvera.NOTE: We have been hosting hybrid sessions (zoom + in-person) MRMs as we return to the campus. You can now attend MRMs in person at Bankstown Campus or Werrington South Campus. Password marcs PROGRAM 11am-12pm - MARCS Research MeetingTopic: unWIRED - integrating mHealth devices into clinical care Most clinical work still operates retrospectively with small amounts of information becoming available to the clinician on an irregular basis when contact is made by the patient telling them about past events. Recent innovations in digital health make a more dynamic interchange of clinically important information possible, however systems to access and understand this information are lacking in public mental health services. The unWIRED project seeks to develop experience and capacity in digital health in a study of young people with severe mental illness in Sydney. This presentation will describe the development of the scientific goals and infrastructure developed for this project. 12pm-1pm – MARCS Afternoon ColloquiumTopic: Towards Socially-Assistive Robotics in Health and Education A recent trend in robotics is the development of social robots to support healthcare service delivery. Social robots have been shown to be valuable teaching and therapy aids, encouraging positive behaviours, social communication and sensory processing in children and adolescents. Research has also shown positive impacts on psychological functioning in older adults, including a decrease in depressive symptoms and loneliness scores. This presentation will discuss some of the work we have done to increase our understanding on how social robots impact social interactions, and specifically how robots can be used to support healthcare service delivery.
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