Dr Julie Doyle
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 €8M in funding as principal or co-investigator. Julie leads the PeacePlus project Health Frontiers Technology Innovation Centre (HF-TIC), the Horizon 2020 funded projects SEURO and ProACT, the INTERREG VA funded project ECME and the Research Ireland funded Smart Dementia Care and Co-Design for Dementia projects.
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