Research project

UKRI/EPSRC - REFORMIST: Mirrored decision support fRamEwork FOR MultidISciplinary Teams in Oesophageal cancer

Lead researcher:

Dr Ganesh Vigneswaran
Other researchers:

Professor Tim Underwood,

Dr Zoë Walters,

Dr Indu Bodala,

Dr Zehor Belkhatir
Status:

Active

Project overview

The Upper Gastrointestinal (UGI) multidisciplinary team (MDT) makes critical treatment decisions in every oesophageal cancer patient’s journey (e.g., neoadjuvant therapies, expedited surgery or palliation). This has a profound impact on survival and quality of life. Recent studies have highlighted that rising caseloads and time pressures can lead to inconsistent and suboptimal decisions. Machine learning (ML) offers the potential to standardise and deliver data-driven decisions. We will mirror the decision-making process by incorporating human-selected critical variables and work with practitioners to assess regulatory and practical challenges (as human-AI partnerships) to ensure that the solution is trustworthy for routine clinical use.

Staff

Lead researcher

Dr Ganesh Vigneswaran MBBS, BSc, PhD, FRCR

NIHR Clinical Lecturer

Connect with Ganesh

Email: g.vigneswaran@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Tim Underwood

Professor of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Connect with Tim

Email: t.j.underwood@soton.ac.uk

Dr Zoë Walters

Associate Professor

Research interests

Target Prioritisation and Validation
Epigenetics and genomics
Cancer

Connect with Zoë

Email: z.s.walters@soton.ac.uk

Dr Indu Bodala PhD

Lecturer in Computer Science

Research interests

Human-Robot Interaction (HRI)
Social Robots
Affective Computing

Connect with Indu

Email: i.p.bodala@soton.ac.uk

Dr Zehor Belkhatir

Lecturer

Research interests

Design of estimation and control techniques, with convergence guarantees, for finite and infinite-dimensional systems;
Robust predictive modelling and analysis of high-dimensional data (e.g., network, time-series, imaging);
The cross-over between artificial intelligence and mathematics for interpretable and robust computational algorithmic designs;

Connect with Zehor

Email: z.belkhatir@soton.ac.uk