GRaCE-Age ATHENS course for European university students

The GRaCE-AGE team delivered a five-day module at KU Leuven, titled ‘Health Informatics in the Community’.

Produced as part of the ATHENS Programme, an exchange programme held by a network of European universities, the module was attended by fourteen students from six institutions, receiving excellent feedback.

Four days of teaching was split into three subject areas, with a mix of practical and theoretical sessions: measuring health related data via sensors; filtering and interpreting the relevant information; and the visualisation to communicate these data to the end-user. The team drew upon their expertise from the GRaCE-AGE project, involving pioneering methods of data collection, analysis and use in health care and monitoring for older people.

Students gave a short presentation to summarise their learning on the final day, and their success was marked with a reception at the beautiful Arenburg Castle, on the KU Leuven Haverlee campus.