2019

2019 Honours Ballot information

Supervisor capability and Research Orientation

I am: 

1. A Mechanical Engineer, and 

2. Industrial Designer with a 

3. PhD in Social Science. 

I currently work on funded research projects focussed upon health innovation. At Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre my projects (2017-2020) focus upon improving the quality of life of people with Cancer. 

All my Research Projects

http://soumitri.com.au/health2019/

Current Research

1. PanSupport: is to design & develop a supportive care network for people with Pancreatic Cancer, and 

2. Older and Wiser: is to design and develop a support ecology for older people with Cancer. At Alfred Hospital my focus has been on solutions for Cystic Fibrosis patients.

1. I facilitate students to be embedded within organisations – such as being embedded within Alfred Hospital, to design technological solutions for Cystic Fibrosis Patients. 

2. I help students apply for and secure ethics approval for their research.

3. I help students to learn the Experience Based CoDesign framework as the key way to practice evidence based design. 

4. To then develop technologies, products and services in the health sector.

5. I have helped students to complete their written research report (BOOK) in the first half as a contribution to the host organisation, and then to build their solutions in the second part as a prototype they would like to realize. 

6. I have focussed upon supporting students to realise their project solutions as patents, ventures and startups.