Dr Audrey P. Wang
Dr. Audrey P Wang is Senior Lecturer in Digital Health, School of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney and Program Director (FMH), Graduate Studies in Digital Health and Data Science that include courses such as Digital Health Essentials micro-credential, Master in Digital Health and Data Science. She is Group Lead for Digital Health Innovation (Collaborative) Lab and is a Westmead Early Career Research Fellow and Emerging Technology Lead, Innovation, Research Education Network with Western Sydney Local Health District, Westmead Health Precinct. Audrey is co-located at the Westmead Health Precinct and Camperdown, collaborating with industry partners, Digital Health Co-operative Research Centre and LHDs.
Dr. Audrey P Wang is Group Lead of Digital Health Innovation (Collaborative) Lab – a team science approach for improving equity in health outcomes at the intersection of transdisciplinary emerging technologies and health informatics. The lab builds, develops, tests or translates new digital health and emerging technology tools for clinical benefit. The range of methodologies include implementation science, translational computational statistics and data science tools, apps, algorithms and internet of medical things. She has research interests in interdisciplinary practice, implementation science and technology in health to innovate healthcare at an individual and community level.
Audrey’s current research integrates how effective research and education strategy can improve health outcomes and systems.Implementation science is integrated to identify useful patterns in potential innovations in supporting diagnosis and to finally influence treatment outcomes in clinical conditions
Current research areas include clinical research and health informatics, translational transdisciplinary science, health informatics, implementation science, medical statistics, applied digital health transformation including Internet of Medical Things.
Prospective students for PhD/ MPhil are encourged to email
Audrey has expertise in application of digital technologies in healthcare education.
She is part of the leadership team within Biomedical Informatics and Digital Health theme, School of Medical Sciences.
She is Program Director (FMH), Graduate Studies in Digital Health and Data Science including Master in Digital Health and Data Science and Graduate Certificate in Digital Health and Data Science.
She curated and teaches on The University of Sydney's first microcredential, Digital Health Essentials micro-credential, an introductory continuning professional development course for health professionals and IT professionals. The latest dates for micro-credential offerings are found here.
Dr. Audrey P Wang has experience in supervising research students and mentoring clinician researchers interested in interdisciplinary research including physiotherapy and medicine.
The Lab welcome enquiries from prospective students for higher degree research and offers some capstone projects.
Higher Degree (PhD, MPhil) projects currently available to apply for 2025.
1)IoT Systems in healthcare
The project investigates the development of advanced Internet of Things systems to generate position detection and artificial intelligence techniques within the lab’s high performance computing environment at Westmead.
2) Understanding behavioural change in care complaince within digital health systems.
The PhD will focus on the underlying science behind psychophysical behavioural integration of spatiotemporal touch in a healthcare IoT system. The student will learn about clinical and experimental human trials and psychophysical experimentation techniques.
Please email me at audrey.wang1@sydney.edu.au or zihuai.lin@sydney.edu.au for further details of the advertistment
Current projects:
- Health informatics for hospital acquired complications including pressure injuries
- Clinical informatics: Chronic Pain Prevalence and Practice Patterns among Primary Care Providers
- Proactive sepsis management pilot project - Evaluation Chair
- Embedding digital health in workforce capacity and education
- Learning health systems for hospitals
- Virtual hospital wayfinding
Digital Health Innovation (Collaborative) Lab, Westmead Health Precicnt.
Dr. Zihuai Lin, Electrical Engineering Theme Lead
Dr. Soojeong Yoo, Design
Dr Callum Parker, Design
Dr. Philip Gough, Design
Dr. Gabriella Scandurra, Infectious Diseases
Fellow Australian Institute of Digital Health
Fellow Higher Education Academy
Health Award Winner, 2021 Australian IoT Awards– the awards of Australia's peak Internet of Things (IoT) industry body, IoT Alliance Australia.
Btest Health IT project finalist nomination for iTNews Benchmark Awards2022.
APA Pain Titled Physiotherapist, Australian College of Physiotherapists
Publications
Journals
- Yoo, S., Gulbransen-diaz, N., Parker, C., Wang, A. (2023). Designing Digital COVID-19 Screening: Insights and Deliberations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5). [More Information]
- Gulbransen-diaz, N., Yoo, S., Wang, A. (2023). Nurse, Give Me the News! Understanding Support for and Opposition to a COVID-19 Health Screening System. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2)(1164). [More Information]
- Butler, A., Robertson, L., Wang, A., Gandevia, S., Heroux, M. (2021). Do interoception and attending to the upper limbs affect body ownership and body representation in the grasp illusion. PloS One, 16(11), e0259988. [More Information]
Conferences
- Wang, A., Pryce, D., Gough, P. (2021). Getting to the right patient at the right time: An interoperable mobile app to track the ed journey in hospital. Digital Health Institute Summit 2020, Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]
2023
- Yoo, S., Gulbransen-diaz, N., Parker, C., Wang, A. (2023). Designing Digital COVID-19 Screening: Insights and Deliberations. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(5). [More Information]
- Gulbransen-diaz, N., Yoo, S., Wang, A. (2023). Nurse, Give Me the News! Understanding Support for and Opposition to a COVID-19 Health Screening System. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(2)(1164). [More Information]
2021
- Butler, A., Robertson, L., Wang, A., Gandevia, S., Heroux, M. (2021). Do interoception and attending to the upper limbs affect body ownership and body representation in the grasp illusion. PloS One, 16(11), e0259988. [More Information]
- Wang, A., Pryce, D., Gough, P. (2021). Getting to the right patient at the right time: An interoperable mobile app to track the ed journey in hospital. Digital Health Institute Summit 2020, Amsterdam: IOS Press. [More Information]
- Jaure, A., Sorrell, T., Black, A., Caillaud, C., Chrzanowski, W., Li, E., Martinez-Martin, D., McEwan, A., Wang, R., Motion, A., Casas Bedoya, A., Huang, J., Azizi, L., Eggleton, B., Andersen, T., Baillie, A., Barratt, A., Boehm, C., Britton, P., Chadban, S., Chow, C., Fleming, S., Fox, G., Gordon, L., Baillie, A., Howell, M., Hickie, I., Hunt, N., Iredell, J., Jin, C., Kairaitis, K., Kavehei, O., Kritharides, L., Leon-Saval, S., Lindley, R., Maguire, S., McCluskey, M., McKay, N., Mifsud, G., Palomba, S., Pettigrew, A., Postnova, S., Prinable, J., Rabeau, J., Rees, M., Richmond, K., Scholes-Robertson, N., Seppelt, I., Shaw, T., Sintchenko, V., Snelling, T., Teixeira-Pinto, A., Tovey, E., Tuniz, A., Varamini, P., Wang, A., Wang, K., Wise, S., Zoellner, H., et al (2021). Research priorities for COVID-19 sensor technology. Nature Biotechnology, 39(2), 144-153. [More Information]
2019
- Wang, A., Butler, A., Valentine, J., Rae, C., McAuley, J., Gandevia, S., Moseley, G. (2019). A novel finger illusion reveals reduced weighting of bimanual hand cortical representations in people with complex regional pain syndrome. The Journal of Pain, 20(2), 171-180. [More Information]
- Mancini, F., Wang, A., Schira, M., Isherwood, Z., McAuley, J., Iannetti, G., Sereno, M., Moseley, G., Rae, C. (2019). Fine-Grained Mapping of Cortical Somatotopies in Chronic Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. Journal of Neuroscience, 39(46), 9185-9196. [More Information]
2018
- Wang, A., Fisher, G., Hall, J. (2018). Pain education for clinicians in geriatrics: a study into changes in clinician attitudes and beliefs. Health Education in Practice: Journal of Research for Professional Learning, 1, 51-68.
Selected Grants
2022
- Predictive informatics for prevention of pressure injuries in hospital settings, Dunn A, Lin Z, Wang A, Western Sydney Local Health District/The Westmead Fellowship
2020
- Enabling personalised dietary recommendations to improve cardiometabolic health, Read M, Kumar A, Shanahan E, Luk A, Koay Y, Nguyen T, Wang A, Yoo S, University of Sydney/Cardiovascular Initiative Catalyst Award
- The COVID-2019 eGate health screening system- helping to protect health care workers and facilities from COVID-19, Wang A, Sydney Childrens Hospitals Network/Research Support
In the media
COVID-19 Smart IoT Screening System Pilot at Sydney Children’s Hospitals Network, with University of Sydney has been named winner of theHealth Award, 2021 Australian IoT Awards– the awards of Australia's peak Internet of Things (IoT) industry body, IoT Alliance Australia.
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