top of page
CATCH - Cancer: Activating Technology for Connected Health
MARIE SKŁODOWSKA-CURIE ACTIONS - European Industrial Doctorate (ITN)
Search
Impact, Implementation and Excellence in Innovation (Part I)
No matter how good an idea is, no matter how disruptive it is in the market, no matter the proven high interest of the market on your...
Juan Miguel Muñoz Peñas
Oct 3, 20183 min read
103 views
0 comments
Personalization in Physical Activity Coaching Apps: An Overview of my Research
In this blog post I will generally describe the main concepts related to my PhD work. European Project CATCH My project is part of the...
Francisco Guerra
Oct 2, 20184 min read
10 views
0 comments
Is the new Apple Watch 4 a medical device?
Last week, Apple released the new iPhone XS. At the annual iPhones launch event, an amazing show that rarely disappoints, a new version...
Gabriel Signorelli
Sep 19, 20184 min read
54 views
0 comments
Yoga and Breast Cancer: the Science behind the Sweat
I recently started practising yoga regularly again, and I'm loving it. Over the course of the summer, I’ve found it increasingly easier...
Louise Brennan
Aug 21, 20183 min read
13 views
0 comments
Oh, how time flies when you’re having fun!
I have recently returned to Dublin from Seville after 6 months on secondment at Oncoavanze, a private clinical facility which provides...
Dominic O'Connor
Aug 13, 20183 min read
14 views
0 comments
In a PhD Slump? 5 Tips to Help You Stay Motivated and Get Your Mojo Back
Doing a PhD provides the opportunity to work at the frontiers of scientific innovation by contributing to ground breaking research. As...
Gillian O'Neill
Jul 24, 20185 min read
473 views
0 comments
Supervising industrial PhD students: On the edge of practice and theory
Nothing is quite so practical as a good theory Kurt Lewin, psychologist and social scientist (1890-1947) Is research really of any...
Kristin B. Munksgaard
Jun 4, 20183 min read
11 views
0 comments
In the trenches with a PhD
In a nutshell, the life of a PhD researcher involves around: 1) learning your area, 2) learning how to carry out research 3) presenting...
Dominic O'Connor
May 29, 20182 min read
11 views
0 comments
Steps and tools to reach a well-researched early prototype of a patient-centred mobile health app
At Salumedia I’ve had the opportunity to enter in the world of digital health and, among many things, understand and participate in the...
Francisco Guerra
May 14, 20183 min read
19 views
0 comments
Literature Reviews: Valuable Tools
The importance of a good literature review Performing a good literature review is not an easy task, but it is a task that most of us,...
Majbritt Rostgaard Evald
May 3, 20183 min read
22 views
0 comments
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in medical imaging
In recent years, artificial intelligence (AI) has gained entry in various everyday life aspects, from simple Google searches and language...
Ornela Bardhi
May 2, 20183 min read
184 views
0 comments
Moving from Clinical Work to Academia: a Researcher Physiotherapist’s Experience
I hung up my uniform, put away my stethoscope, and said farewell to the on-call pager – the time had come for me to move from working as...
Louise Brennan
Apr 17, 20184 min read
94 views
0 comments
Catch up about CATCH
Nyhavn, the most famous canal in Copenhagen (Denmark) Many people in my professional and personal environment ask me with a real...
Mercè Bonjorn Dalmau
Apr 2, 20184 min read
26 views
0 comments
Do I have time for Innovation?
Time is a key factor in innovation, mainly for two reasons concerning success in commercialization: To be the first one into market gives...
Juan Miguel Muñoz Peñas
Mar 20, 20183 min read
23 views
0 comments
The Mobile Researcher - From merging disciplines to crossing professional sectors and geographical
It has now been a year since I packed up my car and moved to Dublin to start a PhD with CATCH. However this was only the start of the...
Gillian O'Neill
Mar 6, 20183 min read
18 views
0 comments
Health & Medical Scientific Ethics
Prior to any research with humans and especially with patients, research methods should be taken to a committee that will judge whether...
Gabriel Signorelli
Feb 28, 20183 min read
39 views
0 comments
Geriatric oncology – are we overlooking the underlying complications of ageing?
Cancer is the leading cause of death worldwide, only second to cardiovascular disease. It is a disease, which can affect anyone; it...
Dominic O'Connor
Feb 11, 20183 min read
7 views
0 comments
"What's the craic?" - Moving to Dublin
On my previous blog post I wrote about the start of my secondment at Oncoavanze – the oncologic clinic in Seville. I was there for 2...
Francisco Guerra
Jan 29, 20183 min read
23 views
0 comments
Chapter 2 - My PhD secondment in Ireland: the start of another adventure
I have relocated a lot, but none of my previous relocation has been as challenging as my relocation here in Dublin. I’ll come there in a...
Ornela Bardhi
Jan 25, 20183 min read
57 views
0 comments
PhD Secondment to Seville: Studies in Salumedia, Sunshine and Spain
What is an Irish physiotherapist doing working in an eHealth technology company in Spain? Yep, here I am, starting the second year of my...
Louise Brennan
Jan 16, 20183 min read
60 views
0 comments
bottom of page