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PhD Studentship: A citizen-orientated interaction model for data donation to medical research that increases public trust and participation in artificial intelligence

University of Southampton - Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering

Qualification Type: PhD
Location: Southampton
Funding for: UK Students, EU Students, International Students
Funding amount: From £17,668 For UK students, Tuition Fees and a stipend, tax-free, per annum, for up to 3.5 years.
Hours: Full Time
Placed On: 27th March 2023
Closes: 1st July 2023
 

Project title:

A citizen-orientated interaction model for data donation to medical research that increases public trust and participation in artificial intelligence  

Supervisory Team: Professor Dame Wendy Hall, Dr Haiming Liu, Prof Michael Boniface, Dr Hans Michael Haitchi

Project description

Welcome to join us to work on this exciting and cutting-edge research at The National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Southampton Biomedical Research Centre (BRC). You will be supervised by a team of domain experts and will have access to multidisciplinary knowledge and resources from NIHR Southampton BRC and the wider community. Most importantly you will be working with a group of PhD students at BRC, who will also work on research in Data Health and Society (DHS).

Artificial intelligence (AI) offers the potential to transform discovery medicine and patient care through novel data-driven approaches to disease diagnostics and treatment. The data required about humans and their environment is diverse and multimodal, and often research must consider relationships between datasets representing biological (genomics), clinical (healthcare systems), behavioural (activity tracking) and environmental (pollution) phenomena. Each dataset is likely to be collected and donated for a specific purpose and within a specific context by different organisations and individuals. And as the data relates to an individual’s human health, the data is considered sensitive personal data, requiring a lawful basis for processing, data protection measures and maintenance of public trust.

This research will build on the socio-technical approach to data stewardship outlined by the Social Data Foundation (SDF). The SDF brings together governance models with information systems to create data trust services that respect societal values and are endorsed by the community. For trustworthy data donation, individuals and communities require useful and effective tools, workflows, processes, and mechanisms that can provide meaningful insight and control over how donated person data are shared, reused, and governed in health-related research. The research aims to establish a citizen-orientated interaction model for data donation to medical research that increases public trust and participation in AI.

The goal is to promote data donation by understanding and codesigning the socio-technical mechanisms for 1) incentivising data participation in research 2) supporting citizens in safely exercising data-related rights (e.g., portability), and 3) transparently communicating data decisions, usage, and benefits of research. The research is to implement and evaluate the socio-technical mechanisms as a citizen data donation interface to secure research environments. The evaluation will be based on a representative use case from Asthma, a common and long-term respiratory condition, with diverse data requirements and many potential AI use cases.

Entry Requirements

A very good undergraduate degree (at least a UK 2:1 honour degree, or its international equivalent) in one of the following related subject areas:

  • Computer Science
  • Data and Information Science
  • Digital Health
  • Human-Computer Integration
  • Artificial Intelligence

Closing date: 31 August 2023

Funding: For UK students, Tuition Fees and a stipend of £17,668 tax-free per annum for up to 3.5 years.

How To Apply

Apply online: Search for a Postgraduate Programme of Study (soton.ac.uk). Select programme type (Research), 2023/24, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, next page select “PhD Computer Science (Full time)”. In Section 2 of the application form you should insert the name of the supervisor Haiming Liu

Applications should include:

  • Research Proposal
  • Curriculum Vitae
  • Two reference letters
  • Degree Transcripts/Certificates to date

For further information please contact: feps-pgr-apply@soton.ac.uk

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