Dr Oliver Canfell is a postdoctoral researcher at The University of Queensland, an Accredited Practising Dietitian (APD) and transdisciplinary leader dedicated to improving the health and wellbeing of children, young people and adults.

Oliver is working as a Research Fellow in Digital Health Transformation with UQ Business School, collaborating with the Centre for Health Services Research (CHSR) (Faculty of Medicine), Digital Health CRC and Queensland Health. Oliver also holds an Affiliate Research Fellow position with the CHSR.

Oliver is a member of the Queensland Digital Health Research Network and is currently Chair of the Digital Health HDR Cohort (>15 HDR candidates). His current program of research focuses on digital health transformation across two pillars: (1) Clinical informatics and (2) Precision public health.

About Real-time digital disruption of healthcare in a new digital hospital

Real-time digital disruption of healthcare in a new digital hospital

Digital transformation of healthcare rarely unfolds as predicted.

Insights will be shared from an observational study at STARS hospital soon after its Go-Live in 2021:

  • What is our understanding of clinical behaviour in a new digital hospital?
  • How has our understanding changed?
  • What does this mean for clinicians and patients?

Oliver Canfell is a Research Fellow in Digital Health at The University of Queensland (Faculty of Medicine and UQ Business School). Oliver is an Accredited Practising Dietitian and has held various clinical and research roles for Queensland Health and Health and Wellbeing Queensland. He is a member of the Digital Health Research Network (UQ) and Chair of the Digital Health PhD Cohort. Oliver’s research tackles society’s wicked health problems and he sees digital health as a potential ‘wicked solution’.

Date: Tuesday, 26 October 2021
Time: 12.30-1.30pm
Venue: Virtual presentation