ADLIFE Q&A
Sarah N. Lim Choi Keung
Senior Research Fellow in Health Informatics at the University of Warwick
What is your background and your current role?
I am a computer scientist by background and my journey into digital health and biomedical informatics started when I took up a research position to work in the areas of clinical trials and translational research between clinical research and clinical care. Since then, I have worked on many projects investigating digital solutions for healthcare professionals, researchers and patients, with the aim to improve health and care.
Currently, I work as a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Digital Healthcare, WMG at the University of Warwick, UK. I am involved in a number of research projects, focusing on the interoperability of health data and systems, developing solutions for gathering, querying and analysing health data, and in the evaluation of those systems. Linked to this research work, I am involved in some of the research-led teaching in the Institute.
I am also interested in the areas of research ethics, research integrity and open science. I serve as a member on the University of Warwick’s Biomedical and Scientific Research Ethics Committee, and deliver workshops on research ethics and integrity to doctoral students in the department.
Why did you want to be involved in the ADLIFE project?
The ADLIFE project follows another EU H2020 project, C3-Cloud, that the Institute coordinated. As I was heavily involved in the C3-Cloud project, working on the ADLIFE project is a great opportunity to continue working on the digital solutions developed in C3-Cloud for integrated care and now see the scaling up to more sites and to other health conditions.
What does your role in ADLIFE involve?
As a Warwick co-investigator and researcher, I have a broad involvement in ADLIFE. I co-lead WP3 “Digital Tools to Create and Deliver Personalised Care Plan Management Platform” and involved in the interoperability work with health care systems. I am also working on the development of clinical decision support tools, and the evaluation of the ADLIFE toolkit, in particular, the usability and technology acceptance. I also support the protocol development, ethical and governance aspects, and the management of the research work within the Warwick team.
What most excites you about working on ADLIFE and with the Consortium?
It is really interesting to be working with a range of partners from multiple disciplines and regions, who bring their experience and expertise to collaboratively work on solutions for integrated care for advanced chronic conditions.
Finally, tell us something about you that people may not know.......?
I try to learn something new every year, or rediscover past interests. Over the past years, I have rediscovered painting, learnt new languages and taken up swimming and running. During the COVID-19 pandemic, I wanted to more closely support the healthcare professionals I work with, and I feel privileged to be supporting the mass vaccination programme in England with the St John Ambulance as a volunteer vaccinator, patient advocate and carer.