Norina Gasteiger

Dr. Norina Gasteiger is a Research Fellow at the University of Manchester with affiliations to the Nursing & Midwifery unit and NIHR ARC-GM Digital Health theme. She holds a PhD in Health Informatics from the University of Manchester, an MPH (Hons) and BHSc (Hons) from the University of Auckland, and is a Fellow of Advance HE.

Her research focuses on:

• Implementation and evaluation of digital health technologies including VR/AR training systems
• Development of socially assistive robots for healthcare settings
• mHealth app evaluation and co-design methodologies
• Public health informatics and pandemic response systems

Her publications demonstrate strong emphasis on mixed-methods approaches to evaluating digital health interventions, with recent work focusing on VR training for care home staff, socially assistive robots for older adults, and community-based digital health solutions.

Awards include:

• Multiple best presentation awards for her PhD work (2021-2023)
• NIHR ARC GM PhD fellowship (2020-2023)
• Fellow of Advance HE recognition for teaching excellence

She currently supervises 3 students and 1 intern on projects involving digital health evaluation and predictive modeling. She leads the Digital Health and Social Care Research Group and collaborates internationally on robotics projects.