Dr Iman Naja

The movements towards the visions of “patient empowerment” (or “patient activation”), self-driven healthcare, and ‘personalised care’ are gaining momentum worldwide. The NHS in the UK is currently implementing supported self-management (SSM), a cornerstone of the overall strategy to alleviate the pressure of patients with long-term health conditions. We aim to develop a new model of AI required to support this vision of self-driven healthcare, ‘intelligent companion’, which would be capable of life-long support by alleviating the burden of self-management in a life-long setting. This entails implementing, expanding, and evolving solutions for preventions and interventions, both software related and those involving autonomous robotics agents.