by Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, on November 29th, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have collected all the presentations in the same post to summarise the information. Thank you very much indeed to all the participants for these inspiring and wonderful days. I would like also to express my gratitude to Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3) for its support.
Workshop: Innovative health technologies: health systems in transition
Supported by: Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)
Organized by: Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva (Internet Interdisciplinary
Institute –UOC) and Michael Hardey (Hull/York Medical School – Science and
Technology Studies Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York)
Data: 26th and 27th November
Place: Meeting room -1A , UOC IN3 building. Av. Canal Olímpic, s/n. Edifici B3,
08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona)
26th November
27th November
Categories: Biomedicine, Citizens, Health, Health Communication, Health information, Healthcare Organizations, Healthcare Systems, Hospitals, ICT, Information Systems, Innovative Health Technology, Internet, Meetings, Patients, Pharmacist, Physicians, Policy and Legal aspects, Research, Telemedicine, Web 2.0, eHealth
by Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, on November 27th, 2009 | No Comments »
“Innovative health technologies: health systems in transition Workshop”
Supported by: Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)
Organized by: Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva (Internet Interdisciplinary Institute –UOC) and Michael Hardey (Hull/York Medical School – Science and Technology Studies Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York)
Data: 27th November
Place: UOC IN3 building. Av. Canal Olímpic, s/n. Edifici B3, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona)
Darren Reed - Performativity of (Bio)Data
In this talk I will introduce the Public Life of Data project application and outline some early thoughts on the SATSU contribution. The application is concerned with the public and ‘lived’ nature of new forms of data in various realms. The SATSU thread is concerned with the biomedical field and specifically the nature of data in areas such as assistive technology and public biomedical information. By drawing on an earlier case study of the installation of domestic assistive technology, I will start to sketch out notions of the “performativity” and “bio-graphy” of data in this environment with reference to an analytic schema built around the three elements of ‘public’/'life’/'data’
Darren Reed
Sociologist who has worked within Human Computer Interaction and Science and Technology Studies for nine years. He looks to combine sociological theory and methods to practical ends, and is currently developing the conceptual area of a ‘performativity of age and technology’ to provide a major underpinning for continued work on the meaning and practices surrounding older peoples use, or non-use of technology, so as to better understand the barriers to the application of technology to care and support situations. These endeavours also incorporate stakeholder relationships, social structures and the ‘social construction’ of technology.
Categories: Biomedicine, Health, Health information, ICT, Internet, Research, eHealth
by Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, on November 26th, 2009 | 4 Comments »
“Innovative health technologies: health systems in transition Workshop”
Supported by: Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)
Organized by: Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva (Internet Interdisciplinary Institute –UOC) and Michael Hardey (Hull/York Medical School – Science and Technology Studies Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York)
Data: 26th and 27th November
Place: UOC IN3 building. Av. Canal Olímpic, s/n. Edifici B3, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona)
Laura Machin’s presentation - Cord blood banking: initial observations
In recent years, the collection and storage of biological resources and data has commanded considerable attention in public policy debate and amongst social scientists interested in potentially new forms of regulatory, ethical and political economy. Much of this attention has focused upon public sector initiatives, such as UK Biobank and the UK Stem Cell Bank, but those less well researched are the emerging forms of commercial and private banking. In particular, are cord blood stem cell banks offering parents the possibility of paying to deposit cord blood stem cells taken at birth. Alongside commercial banks is the public sector banking, which emerged after the first cord blood stem cell transplant in 1988. Both instances raise questions around new forms of consumption, parental responsibility and the changing balances between public and commercial bioscience. In this presentation, I will introduce the aims and objectives of this 2-year project, titled ‘the political and moral economy of cord blood banking’, funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. I will also discuss cord blood banking in its current context and present some initial observations from the data collected during the past 10 months.
Laura Machin
Researcher at Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU), University of York. Currently working on the umbilical cord blood banking project and the social and ethical context of embryo donation (to other couples for fertility treatment or stem cell research). Generally, I am interested in the social, ethical, historical aspects of assisted conception techniques - specifically, the roles/notions of the patient/consumer/patient groups, the relationships between and within professions (sociology of professions / boundary-work) and the evolving notion of the family (sociology of the family). I am also keen to develop my policy interests in childbirth and maternity services, and infertility counselling.
Categories: Biomedicine, Health, ICT, Innovative Health Technology, Law & Rights, Meetings, Policy and Legal aspects, Research, eHealth
by Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva, on November 26th, 2009 | No Comments »
“Innovative health technologies: health systems in transition Workshop”
Supported by: Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)
Organized by: Francisco Lupiáñez-Villanueva (Internet Interdisciplinary Institute –UOC) and Michael Hardey (Hull/York Medical School – Science and Technology Studies Unit, Department of Sociology, University of York)
Data: 26th and 27th November
Place: UOC IN3 building. Av. Canal Olímpic, s/n. Edifici B3, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona)
Michael Morrison’s presentation - ‘Measuring Innovation - a brief introduction to the REMEDiE project’
In this presentation I will introduce my current work on the Regenerative Medicine in Europe (REMEDiE) project. I aim to describe how we have set about trying to measure and assess European commercial activity in regenerative medicine - including stem cells, gene therapy and tissue engineering. I will discuss some of the difficulties we faced in finding ways to appropriately measure this activity in line with the goals of the work package and provide some details of the different approaches we have employed so far. Much of what I discuss is work in progress so I hope to get some useful and stimulating feedback.
Michael Morrison
Currently working on the FP-7 funded REMEDiE project at the Science and Technology Studies Unit (SATSU) at York, investigating the networks of commercial innovation in regenerative medicine with a specific focus on European biotechnology. Other research interests include the emergence of new (bio)medical technologies and associated issues including, social shaping of technologies, history of medicine and medical technology, and
(sociology of) bioethics, especially with regards to human enhancement and the commercial application(s) of human tissue-derived products.
Categories: Biomedicine, Health, ICT, Innovative Health Technology, Policy and Legal aspects, Research, eHealth
