XR Health Alliance UK Landscape Report XR Healthcare Landscape
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Acknowledgements

Report Commissioners

University of Liverpool

The University of Liverpool's Civic Health Innovation Labs (CHIL)

Authors / Editors

XR Health Alliance

Research Authors

University of Nottingham

University of Nottingham

  • Aislinn Gomez Bergin - RAi Transitional Assistant Professor at the University of Nottingham and NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre Emerging Technologies Lead
  • Lucy Hitcham - PhD Researcher with the EPSRC Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training at the University of Nottingham
Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training

Horizon Centre for Doctoral Training

NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre

NIHR MindTech HealthTech Research Centre

MindTech is a national centre based at the University of Nottingham focusing on the development, adoption and evaluation of new technologies for mental healthcare and dementia.

Responsible AI UK

Responsible AI UK

RAi UK brings together researchers from across the four nations of the UK to understand how we should shape the development of AI to benefit people, communities and society.

Digital Design and Development

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