DATA-Team

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DATA Lead: Dr Silvia Del Din

Reader (Associate Professor) in Digital Healthcare for Translational Applications

Email: silvia.del-din@newcastle.ac.uk

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Data that matters, Measures you can trust

The DATA team advances validated digital health solutions that use wearable technology and innovative analytics to support real-world monitoring and personalised care in ageing and age-related conditions.

The Digital Healthcare Applications for Translational Advancement (DATA) Team brings together expertise in biomedical engineering, data science, clinical research, and digital health innovation. 

We focus on developing validated, objective, and clinically meaningful digital health measures using wearable technology and advanced analytics, including advanced signal processing methods and AI. 

Our research centres on quantifying real-world functions (e.g., mobility, activity, sedentary behaviour, and fatigue) to better understand symptoms and disease progression in ageing, neurodegenerative, and long-term conditions such as Parkinson’s disease.

By working closely with clinicians, industry partners, and people with lived experience, the DATA team aims to translate validated digital outcomes into tools that support remote monitoring, inform personalised care, and ultimately improve quality of life.

DATA-Team

We value diversity and collaboration.

Our multidisciplinary team brings together researchers with different backgrounds in biomedical engineering, data science, clinical neuroscience, and digital health.

We combine varied perspectives and expertise to develop, validate, and translate digital health measures.

Postdoctoral Research Associates

PhD & MD Students

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    Mr Nana Aboagye

    NIHR Newcastle BRC PhD Student

    PhD Title: Digital Biomarkers of Fatigue

    Supervisors: Dr SIlvia Del-Din, Prof Mark Baker, Dr Kenneth Baker

    Email: n.y.aboagye2@newcastle.ac.uk

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    Miss Emma Packer

    NUAcT PhD Student

    PhD Title: Leveraging digital health technology and insights from people with Parkinson’s to explore medication effect on real-world mobility

    Supervisors: Dr Silvia Del Din, Dr Lisa Alcock, Prof Alison Yarnall, Prof Jaume Bacardit

    Email: e.packer@newcastle.ac.uk

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    Mr Mohammadreza Sedghi

    NIHR Newcastle BRC PhD Student

    PhD Title: Discovering digital biomarkers of activity and sleep in ageing and diverse neurological populations

    Supervisors: Dr Rachael Lawson, Dr Lisa Alock, Dr Silvia Del Din, Prof John-Paul Taylor

    Email: m.sedghi-gamchi2@newcastle.ac.uk

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    Miss Jenny Wales

    Newcastle NIHR BRC PhD Student

    PhD Title: Characterising Sedentary Behaviour Across the Spectrum of Cognitive Impairment Using Digital Technology (SedCog)

    Supervisors: Dr Ríona Mc Ardle, Dr Silvia Del Din, Dr Chloe Hinchcliffe, Prof Alison Yarnall

    Email: j.wales3@newcastle.ac.uk

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    Miss Claire Wilkinson

    NIHR Newcastle PhD Student

    PhD Title: Characterizing and validating turn strategies in the real-world in people with Parkinson’s disease

    Supervisors: Dr Lisa Alcock, Dr Silvia Del Din, Prof Lynn Rochester, Dr Kirsty Alcock

    Email: c.wilkinson8@necastle.ac.uk

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Visiting Researchers

DATA-TEAM Studies

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    CiC-PD

    Translating digital healthcare to enhance clinical management: evaluating the effect of medication on mobility in people with Parkinson’s disease

    Funder: MRC, EPSRC & NIHR

    Principal Investigator: Dr Silvia Del Din

    Team members: Emma Packer, Dr Kirsty Scott

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    MRC Multimorbidity Project

    Real-world gait in people with multiple long-term conditions

    Funder: Medical Research Council (MRC)

    Principal Investigator: Professor Ioannis Vogiatzis

    Co-Investigators: Dr Silvia Del Din, Dr Lisa Alcock

    Team members: Dr Kirsty Scott

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    TORUS

    Transforming the Objective Real-world measUrement of Symptoms

    Funder:     EPSRC

    Directors: Professor Ian Craddock (University of Bristol), Professor Lynn Rochester (NU)

    Co-Investigators: Dr Silvia Del Din, Professor Alison Yarnall

    Team members: Dr Lisa Alcock, Dr Kirsty Scott, Dr Chloe Hinchliffe

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    TraPCAf

    Transforming Parkinson’s Care in Africa

    Funder: NIHR

    Principal Investigator: Prof Richard Walker

    Co-Investigators: Dr Silvia Del Din, Prof Lynn Rochester

    Team members: Dr Ríona Mc Ardle, Dr Cameron Kirk, Metin Bicer, Jack Lumsdon

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    SUSTAIN Mobilise-D

    Funder: EU-IMI & EPFIA

    Principal Investigator: Silvia Del Din

    Co-Investigators: Prof Lynn Rochester, Dr Lisa Alcock

    Collaborating Institution: University College Dublin

    Team members: Dr Metin Bicer, Dr Lou Sutcliffe

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    EJS-ACT PD

    The Edmond J. Safra Accelerating Clinical Trials for Parkinson’s Disease: Digital Measures Study

    Funder: Efficacy and Mechanism Evaluation (EME) Programme, an MRC and NIHR partnership, Cure Parkinson’s, The Michael J Fox Foundation, Parkinson’s UK, The John Black Charitable Foundation, The Gatsby Charitable Foundation and Van Andel Institute

    Principal Investigator: Prof Camille Carroll

    Co-Investigators: Prof Alison Yarnall, Dr Lisa Alcock

    Team Members: Dr Lou Sutcliffe, Dr Silvia Del-Din, Hugo Hiden, Dr Lisa Alcock ; Dr Marie-Louise Zeissler ; Dr Ellen Silva

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    ActivNap

    Discovering digital biomarkers of activity and sleep in ageing and diverse neurological populations

    Funder: NIHR Newcastle Biomedical Research Centre (BRC)

    Principal Investigator: Dr Rachael Lawson

    Co-Investigators: Dr Lisa Alcock, Dr Siliva Del Din

    Team members: Mohammadreza Sedghi

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    IDEA-FAST

    Identifying Digital Endpoints to Assess FAtigue, Sleep and TacTivities of daily living in Neurodegenerative disorders and Immune-mediated inflammatory diseases

    Funders: EU-IMI & EPFIA

    Principal Investigator: Fai Ng

    Co-Investigators: Prof Lynn Rochester, Prof Alison Yarnall, Dr Silvia Del Din

    Team members: Phil Brown, Heather Hunter, Dr Ellen Silva, Dr Chloe Hinchliffe

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    Mobilise-D

    Connecting digital MOBILty assessment to clinical outcomes for regulatory and clinical endorsement

    Funder: EU-IMI & EPFIA

    Principal Investigator: Prof Lynn Rochester

    Co-investigators: Prof Alison Yarnall, Dr Silvia Del Din

    Team members: Phil Brown, Dr Lisa Alcock, Heather Hunter, Dr Cam Kirk

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    ICICLE-Gait

    A prospective study of gait as a biomarker for cognitive decline in Parkinson’s Disease

    Funder: Parkinson’s UK, NIHR and Peggy Coates Bequest

    Principal Investigator: Professor Lynn Rochester

    Team members: Dr Lisa Alcock, Dr Silvia Del Din

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    NortHFutures

    Northern Health Futures Hub

    Funder: EPSRC

    Directors: Prof Abigail Durrant, Prof Naeem Soomro

    Co-investigators: Dr Silvia Del Din

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