Dr Mae Mansoubi

About me:

Dr Maedeh Mansoubi is the Entrepreneurial lead of DigiTherapix: Precision Rehabilitation Solutions at the Innovate UK iCURE Explore program, Co-lead of the Rehabilitation science module, and Senior Research Fellow in Digital Health Innovation and Public Health at the Medical School.

She holds a PhD in Physical Activity, Public Health and Behavioural Medicine from Loughborough University, specialising in using technology and objective measurement. She is currently working in the field of health innovation and the healthcare system by applying digital technology to promote public health.

Mae is developing an Innovative Digital Health and rehabilitation enterprise to improve primary care and Remote healthcare systems in the UK in Collaboration with International Industry partners. She has built unique expertise and capabilities in Digital Health Innovation by working with and learning from world-renowned scholars in this area.

Her novel, innovative research projects bring together multidisciplinary research collaborations and have promising applications for healthcare. She is collaborating with an international industry partner to set up the system in the UK to realise her research ambition for digital rehabilitation, telehealth, and performance improvement. She has additional capabilities and skill sets in app development, artificial intelligence (AI), and a variety of extended reality systems, which she uses in her software and apps for digital rehabilitation.

Mae is a steering group panel member within the University of Exeter's health technology network. She fosters collaboration among researchers, professionals, and stakeholders, creating a vibrant environment for innovation and cutting-edge advancements in Digital Health technology.

Mae is an EDI advisor at EPSRC Bionic+ and a frequent guest lecturer at different national and international Universities. She also teaches in international workshops and webinars and is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences.

Interests:

Dr Mansoubi previously led several projects that include but are not limited to the Internet of Things (IoT), Application of Virtual Reality (VR) in Rehabilitation, Smart Patient Monitoring and Computer Vision. Dr Mansoubi is an expert in using technology in behavioural change interventions to improve quality of life and well-being across different age groups.

Before joining the University of Exeter, she successfully developed and led the Health Innovation and Technology Trials group in collaboration with national and international Digital Health and Public Health experts at the MOReS Centre, Oxford Brookes University.

Recent Research Summary:

• DigiTherapix: Precision Rehabilitation Solutions at Innovate UK iCURE Explore (Entrepreneurial lead)
• Knee4life project NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (Principal Investigator): This study aims to create a cost-effective remote patient monitoring method through computer vision. The method will be used to monitor patients who have undergone total knee replacement surgery to diagnose and predict the risk of knee stiffness. This system will help patients and clinicians intervene promptly, reducing the risk of second knee surgery and other complications.
• Digital PhysioOT(sub-study) project NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre (Principal Investigator): This project is part of a larger project, PTOT, which has been funded by NIHR and aims to find and examine a feasible and acceptable method to assist people with frailty.

• Move Well Virtual Platform For Stroke Survivors Rapid Rehabilitation Through Fun Exergaming-based Learning Of Accurate Body Movements (co-Investigator) funded by SBRI: This collaborative industrial-led project provides virtual prescribed rehabilitation to stroke survivors in the comfort of their homes.

• Seed-corn Award University of Exeter (Principal Investigator): Working and developing an Innovative Digital Health and rehabilitation enterprise to improve primary care and Remote healthcare system in the UK in Collaboration with International Industry collaborators.
• Health-Related Quality of Life in Older Adults: Measuring What Matters to Older People: The project is an international collaboration with Universities in Canada, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, and the Netherlands.
• Transforming Older Adult Disability Through Virtual, Peer-Led Community Rehabilitation: Led by MSK Charities: funded by Innovate UK
• Locomotion (Long Covid Trial), Home monitoring of Long Covid symptoms and gathering patient feedback using lightweight, electronic equipment worn by people with Long Covid - in collaboration with 11 NHS sites. Funded by NIHR
• HappierFeet-Disrupting the vicious cycle of healthcare decline in Diabetic Foot Ulceration through active prevention: The future of self-managed care project funded by EPSRC in collaboration with the University of Manchester, Leeds, Southampton and Loughborough University.
• Computer-vision-aided community back pain Physiotherapy services funded by Innovate UK.
• Relationship between lifestyle and health factors with the environment in young people: An IoT project
• Movement and mood in school children (As a part of Epic 3) project
• An investigation into sedentary behaviour compensation: Do desk-based office workers using a sit-to-stand workstation compensate by increasing their sedentary time and reducing their physical activity at other times of the day?
• Energy expenditure during common sitting and standing tasks: examining the 1.5 MET definition of sedentary behaviour
• Validity of the ActiGraph Inclinometer Algorithm for Detecting Sitting and Standing Postures

Qualifications:

• PhD in (Behavioural medicine) physical activity, public health, and behaviour change at Loughborough University.
• M.Sc (Distinction) in Physical Activity and Health Science.
• B.Sc (Hons) in Cellular & Molecular Biology.