Bo Zhao

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Bo Zhao

Assistant Professor

20152026

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I received my PhD in Computer Science and Informatics from Cardiff University, and afterwards completed two postdoc positions at the University of Leicester and the University of Oxford respectively under the supervision of Prof. Chris Brightling and Prof. Melinda Mills.

At Leicester, I worked on multiple regional and national level clinical trials supporting or leading informatics efforts, epecially during the COVID period. At Oxford, I led the informatics aspect in the ERC funded CHRONO project and also contributed my natural language process knowledge to several other European and UK funded research projects.

Research interests

My research interests span digital health, medical informatics, and computational social science, with a focus on creating integrative, data-driven frameworks for understanding and improving health. I am particularly interested in data standardization, multimodal integration, and digital twin approaches, where information from wearables, patient-reported outcomes, electronic health records, imaging, and multi-omics data can be combined into dynamic and adaptive health models that support prediction, personalized intervention, and decision-making across diverse health contexts.
 
I am also strongly engaged in natural language processing (NLP) and multimodal social media analysis, exploring how online discourse, visual culture, and behavioral signals reflect public perceptions, policy responses, and cultural narratives around health and society. This line of research connects digital health technologies with broader questions of communication, acceptance, and social impact.
 
In addition, I use scientometrics and research evaluation with knowledge graphs and large-scale trend analyses, with the aim of mapping interdisciplinary connections, identifying emerging frontiers, and guiding the evolution of digital health and related fields.
 
I work closely with researchers, innovators and influencers across the fields of health, social science, culture, fashion, etc.

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Research areas

  • Informatics
  • Multimodal Harmonisation
  • Natural Language Processing (NLP)
  • Data Mining
  • Semantic Analysis
  • Visualization
  • Computer Vision
  • Health Informatics
  • Digital Health
  • Wearable
  • Computational Social Science

Person Types

  • Staff

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
  2. SDG 4 - Quality Education
    SDG 4 Quality Education

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