Research / SYNTERA Health
AI for Health
Why it matters
Health systems generate more data than clinicians can read. AI can turn images, signals and records into earlier, fairer and more personal care, provided it is trustworthy and fits clinical practice.
Key challenges
- Data quality, bias and missing context in health records
- Explaining model output to clinicians and patients
- Privacy, consent and ethical use of sensitive data
- Moving from prototype to everyday clinical workflow
Our approach
We combine machine learning, medical image and signal analysis, digital health and bibliometric methods, working with clinicians and health information researchers.
Publications
Selected publications
Beyond Coding: Balancing Interpretive Depth and Rigour in Ethnographic Data Analysis
Nguyen, T. N. M.; Dermody, G.; Saunders, R.; Whitehead, L.
Journal of Advanced Nursing
Beyond innovation: Reimagining inclusive and ethical technologies for ageing populations
Gough, C.; Dermody, G.; Palmeira, A.
Digital Health 12, 20552076261418907
Bridging the digital divide: A multi-method evaluation of nursing readiness for digital health technology
Dermody, G.; Wadsworth, D.; El Haddad, M.; Prichard, R.; Benson, A.; Benson, T.; …
Journal of Advanced Nursing, 82(4), 3752–3766
Electronic assistive technology use in the home (EAT-H) by people with spinal cord injury in Australia
Verdonck, M.; Craven, D.; Kean, B.; Fowler, J.; Merollini, K.; Dermody, G.; Ripat, J.
Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive Technology, 1-17
Intrusion detection for the Internet of Medical Things: A cost-aware comparative benchmark of machine learning approaches
Ahmed, H.; Dermody, G.; Mateen, A.; Saremi, S.; Shibl, R.
Under review
Mapping artificial intelligence and machine learning research in sports injury prediction: A bibliometric analysis
Kamalpour, M.; Saremi, S.; Shibl, R.; Mirzaei, M.; Bedford, A.; Mealy, E.
18th Australasian Conference on Mathematics and Computers in Sport
Team
Who works on this

Dr. Shahrzad Saremi
Founder · Director
School of Science, Technology and Engineering, University of the Sunshine Coast
Professor Dr. Rania Shibl
Co-Director · Cofounder
Faculty of Science and Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Dana Dermody
Cofounder · Senior Researcher
Institute of Health and Wellbeing, Federation University
Hassan Ahmed
Team Lead · Senior Researcher
Department of Computer Science, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES), Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus
Dr. Mostafa Kamalpour, PhD
Senior Researcher · Sessional Academic
School of Information Systems, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology
Samia Mujahid
Researcher
Department of Computer Science, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES), Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus
Svetlana Kolos
Master's Student
Torrens University Australia
Shiva Jahanaray
Researcher
Tafakor Pishro Asredade Parsian, Babol
Sepehr Amooeinejad
Researcher
School of Information Systems, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, QLD
Bisma Ali
Researcher
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (SEECS), NUST Islamabad
Malahat Mardani
Researcher
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
Mounes Mardani
Researcher
Babol Noshirvani University of Technology
Abdul Mateen
Researcher
Department of Computer Science, National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences (FAST-NUCES), Chiniot-Faisalabad Campus
Bilal Aslam
Researcher