Dr Julie Doyle

Senior Research Fellow
Research
PJ Carroll Building
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Biography

Julie is the director of the NetwellCASALA research centre. Her background is in Human Computer Interaction (HCI) and Digital Health technologies, with a focus on designing and evaluating health and wellbeing technologies for older adults and those who care for them. She has received approximately €5M in funding as principal or co-investigator. Julie leads the Horizon 2020 funded projects SEURO and ProACT, the INTERREG VA funded project ECME and the SFI funded Smart Dementia Care project. 

Qualifications & Awards

  • PhD in Computer Science (Human Computer Interaction), UCD, 2007
  • BSc (Hons) Computer Science, UCD, 2002

Research & Interests


  • HCI applied to the design of digital health and wellbeing technologies for older adults and related technology for carers and healthcare professionals. 
  • Digital health technologies and Internet of Things. 
  • Qualitative research methodologies including user requirements gathering, co-design, qualitative analysis methods e.g. thematic analysis, content analysis, grounded theory (using NVivo software). 
  • Quantitative research methodologies, including development of study designs for large-scale trials (e.g. proof of concept, pragmatic RCT, quasi-experimental); statistical analysis of research data. 
  • Organisation and management of large research datasets; data management plans; analysis plans. 
  • Design of digital health technologies, universal design, designing for older adults and vulnerable populations, design of collaborative technologies for the health service. 
  • Visualisation of sensor data sets. 
  • Large scale evaluation of technology, including usability analysis, satisfaction, effectiveness, impact assessment; process evaluation. 
  • Designing for and evaluating Health Behaviour Change. 

Publications

The publications listed below represent my 10 most recent works as recorded on ORCiD

26 June 2025
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI250676
Type: Book chapter

20 May 2025
DOI: 10.2196/preprints.77742
Type: Preprint

15 May 2025
DOI: 10.3233/SHTI250489
Type: Book chapter

26 April 2025
DOI: 10.1145/3706599.3720087
Type: Conference paper

JMIR Research Protocols
28 March 2025
DOI: 10.2196/74989
Type: Journal article

Journal of Healthcare Informatics Research
24 January 2025
DOI: 10.1007/s41666-024-00183-4
Type: Journal article

2025
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-85572-6_4
Type: Book chapter

Heart Rhythm O2
July 2024
DOI: 10.1016/j.hroo.2024.06.003
Type: Journal article

Journal of Medical Internet Research
28 March 2024
DOI: 10.2196/46287
Type: Journal article

DIGITAL HEALTH
January 2024
DOI: 10.1177/20552076231222427
Type: Journal article