Health Research from Home webinar: Assessing Body Composition, Fitness and Physical Activity using Smartphones and Wearables
| Dates: | 15 January 2025 |
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| Times: | 13:00 - 14:00 |
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| What is it: | Webinar |
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| Organiser: | The University of Manchester |
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| Who is it for: | University staff |
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| Speaker: | Soren Brage, Tomas Gonzalez |
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Join us for the sixth webinar in our series as we welcome Dr Soren Brage and Dr Tomas Gonzales from the MRC Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge.
Dr Soren Brage, who is the Group Leader of the Physical Activity Epidemiology group, and Dr Tomas Gonzales, a Research Associate in the Physical Activity Epidemiology programme, will share details of past, present and future research in which they have collected meaningful data from peoples’ consumer devices as well as research grade wearable devices.
They will discuss why, based on conversations with public and patient contributors, using at-home methods of collecting research data can be beneficial and the areas of concern for those they are hoping to engage.
They will discuss what can be measured using consumer devices, how to make sense of the diversity of consumer devices on the market, and if the data can ever be as scientifically meaningful as research grade models.
This webinar is vital viewing for anyone looking to create or participate in a research study that wants to make use of the huge potential of consumer devices, at home testing and passive data collection.
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Speakers
Soren Brage
Biography: Physical Activity Epidemiology Program Lead at MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge
Tomas Gonzalez
Biography: Research Associate in the Physical Activity Epidemiology, University of Cambridge
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