Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | Guildford |
Funding for: | UK Students |
Funding amount: | £18,622 for 2023-2024 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 22nd March 2024 |
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Closes: | 1st July 2024 |
Reference: | PGR-2324-083 |
High-quality clinical care and research relies on patients sharing their feelings, experiences, and symptoms. The medical community's growing emphasis on Patient-Reported Outcomes Measures (PROMs) reflects this, as PROMs provide essential insights into health, quality of life, and functional status, complementing biology-based health metrics.
This research aims to develop next-generation technology that integrates Artificial Intelligence (AI) with advanced digital survey methodology to enhance the collection of PROMs. Utilising an AI-driven patient survey bot capable of providing both text-based and conversational PROMs with real-time, personalized support. This approach seeks to improve patient satisfaction and accessibility for patients with personal needs, such as those with vision impairments and language barriers. This innovation aims to maintain the cost advantage of digital survey technologies while significantly enhancing real-time, personalised supports through human-like interactions.
The project is organised as a series of three studies, each of them will lead to a research publication. The three publications will constitute the PhD dissertation for the student.
Supervisors: Dr Haomiao Jin, Dr Jenny Harris and Professor Emma Ream
Entry requirements
Open to candidates who pay UK/home rate fees. See UKCISA for further information. Starting in October 2024. Later start dates may be possible, please contact Dr Haomiao Jin once deadline passes. You will need to meet the minimum entry requirements for our Health Sciences PhD programme.
How to apply
Applications should be submitted via the Health Sciences PhD programme page.
In place of a research proposal, you should upload a document stating the title of the project that you wish to apply for and the name of the relevant supervisor.
Funding
UKRI standard stipend (£18,622 for 2023-2024), tuition fee covered, research training supports up to £1,000 per year. Only candidates who pay UK/home rate fees are eligible for the studentship/scholarship. International students are welcome to apply but they will need to either self-fund or secure funding from other sources. Funding is for 3.5 years.
Application deadline
1 July 2024
Enquiries
Contact Dr Haomiao Jin
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