Developing and Utilizing Digital Technology in Healthcare for Assessment and Monitoring

Andreas Charalambous, BSc, MSc, PGCert (Research), PhD (Oncology Nursing), started his nursing career in 1995. With a clinical background in cancer care and more specifically in oncology, he has worked clinically and academically in Cyprus, U.K and Finland. He has a long and proven track in academia since 2004. He holds an Associate’s Professor’s position of Oncology and Palliative Care at the Cyprus University of Technology and an Adjunct Professor’s  position at the University of Turku (Finland). He is EONS (European Oncology Nursing Society) President (2019-2021). Presently he is involved in several National and International research programs (i.e HORIZON, COST, ERASMUS+, EEPO, ICP) in various fields of care with specific interest in cancer and palliative care, elderly care (i.e various contexts) and dementia. He has published over 100 National and International publications in esteem journals in the fields of cancer care, quality care, supportive care and Integrative Medicine (i.e interest in non-pharmacological interventions). A major area of research interest includes the application of health technologies in specific cancer and dementia (with a palliative care interest) groups of patients. These technologies include the use of Virtual Reality Environments in managing mood disturbances of patients that undergo treatment for lung cancer and dementias (i.e. Alzheimer’s), the support of the educational needs of informal caregivers through virtual coaching applications and the use of App’s as (advanced) assessing tools for specific treatment toxicities just to report a few. The bibliometrics of his work are: H-index 26 and i10-index 56 and over 2000 citations.