RAT Group's Mark Hawker passes his PhD viva

Mark Hawker was a PhD student supervised by Dr. Bridgette Wessels (Sociological Studies) and Prof. Gail Mountain (ScHARR). He was a member of the Promoting Independence through Personalised INteractive technologies (PIPIN) network.

On Wednesday 27^th January 2016, Mark passed his PhD viva with minor corrections. Dr. Alex Dennis (Sociological Studies) and Dr. Katie Brittain (Newcastle University) were his examiners. Mark’s thesis was interdisciplinary in nature and focused on theorising user interactions with telecare and telerehabilitation systems. A number of his presentations are available on SlideShare.

Mark is now working as an Information Analyst at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust supporting their telemedicine programme. His LinkedIn profile can be viewed here.

Written by Mark Hawker