Tim Bickmore

From brain com­puter inter­faces to gyro­scopes, the next gen­er­a­tion of health­care tech­nolo­gies have some­thing for everyone — and they’re being devel­oped in North­eastern labs.

Northeastern’s new doc­toral pro­gram in per­sonal health infor­matics — the first of its kind in the nation — will pre­pare stu­dents for researching and devel­oping new tech­nolo­gies that can have a global impact on healthcare.

Two North­eastern pro­fes­sors have teamed up to design a computer-​​based avatar for edu­cating expecting mothers about breastfeeding.

The United States spends $2 tril­lion in health care annu­ally. New tech­nolo­gies and approaches to health care have led to a growing field in health infor­matics, which has a focus on both the clin­ical and per­sonal aspects of the industry. We asked Tim­othy Bick­more, an asso­ciate pro­fessor in the Col­lege of Com­puter and Infor­ma­tion Sci­ence, to dis­cuss the impact this field can have on the health care industry as a whole, as well as Northeastern’s new PhD pro­gram in health informatics.

Pro­fessor wins NCI grant to develop computer-​​animated con­ver­sa­tional agents to guide cancer patients through clin­ical trials

North­eastern pro­fessor awarded $1.8M NSF grant to con­tinue his devel­op­ment of computer-​​animated health aides and com­pan­ions for the elderly

Com­puter sci­ence professor’s soft­ware solu­tion to hos­pital dis­charge issues would reduce read­mis­sion rate, aiding patient health while low­ering cost of care

Com­puter sci­ence researcher develops ani­ma­tion to edu­cate those with low health literacy.

Vir­tual Museum Guide Pro­vides Infor­ma­tion and Makes Friends with Guests The Museum of Sci­ence unveils the world’s first vir­tual, inter­ac­tive and social vis­i­tors’ guide cre­ated by North­eastern Uni­ver­sity com­puter sci­ence pro­fessor … read more »