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Dr Jean Daly-Lynn is a Lecturer in Psychology within the School of Health Sciences at Ulster University, where she also serves as Director of Interprofessional Education in the Faculty of Life and Health Sciences. Based across the Derry~Londonderry and Jordanstown campuses, she teaches across allied health and healthcare science programmes while leading initiatives that integrate service user perspectives into healthcare education.
Her educational background includes a PhD in Person Centred Technology Innovation for Health and Social Care (2023), an MSc in Rehabilitation and Disability Studies from University College Dublin (2008-2010), an MSc in Counselling and Therapeutic Communication (2010-2011), and a BA in Psychology from University College Dublin (2005-2008).
Dr Daly-Lynn's research focuses on assistive technology and person-centered innovation for people with disabilities, adopting participatory methods to design, validate, and evaluate technologies that maintain personhood, agency, and citizenship. Her work spans healthcare technology, interprofessional education, and service user involvement, contributing to UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and wellbeing.
Analysis of her 45+ research outputs from 2012-2025 reveals consistent contributions in assistive technology, person-centered design, and interprofessional healthcare education. Her recent publications demonstrate growing impact in areas like inclusive physical education, dementia care technology, and service user involvement frameworks.
- Best Collaboration Project: AIPEC (2025)
- Challenging Inequality and Division Prize (2024)
- Early Career Educator Award (2024)
- Overall Excellence Award (2025)
Dr Daly-Lynn actively supervises research students and collaborates on funded projects including the Innovate UK-funded 'Intelligent Monitoring of Prosthesis conditions In LOwer limb amputees- Advancing Innovation' (2023-2025). She also serves on the Executive Committee of The Cedar Foundation and has previously held research associate positions with Engage With Age and the Cedar Foundation. Her work bridges academic research with practical applications in disability support and healthcare innovation.
