An interdisciplinary Southampton research team is celebrating after securing £10m in funding from the National Institite for Health Research, for their work on the innovative LifeGuide programme.
In addition, the LifeGuide team were invited by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to exhibit their project at their showcase event, Connected Nation: Thriving in a Digital World, at the British Library.
LifeGuide is a unique set of software resources that allows people without programming skills to create interactive websites and apps to support health issues such as back pain, flu, high blood pressure and dizziness.
Lucy Yardley, Professor of Health Psychology, leads the LifeGuide research programme, which was among 11 impact case studies selected by the EPSRC. She said:
“I am delighted and honoured to have received this funding and also to have been asked to showcase our research at the EPSRC conference.
“Both of these achievements recognise the reputation of Southampton as a world-leading centre for developing digital interventions. This wouldn’t be possible without my excellent collaborators and the fantastic LifeGuide team.”
You can find out more about the LifeGuide research here.