Health Technologies and Informatics: Research and Developments
暫譯: 健康科技與資訊學：研究與發展

《健康科技與資訊學：研究與發展》提供了移動健康應用、生物數據管理與分析、醫學影像、個人化與公共健康系統以及生物信號處理的全面概述。

本書專注於醫學資訊學，這被認為是與當前疫情相關的健康挑戰所需的必要性，強調了在數據評估中涉及的工程應用和方法論。詳細資訊提供了可以監測的疾病以及對這些疾病或醫療狀況所需的干預措施。

特色：
- 提供生物醫學與健康資訊學領域的最新研究與發展進展，介紹移動訊息、物件化資訊交換、智慧照護、物聯網驅動的健康照護、網路安全問題、人工智慧增強的健康照護等主題。
- 涵蓋與相關數據評估有關的新穎工程應用和方法論，包括專門針對COVID-19管理與緩解的機器學習章節。
- 探討擴增實境在健康照護中的角色，包括虛擬實境、擴增實境和混合實境。

本書旨在針對生物醫學和計算機工程的研究人員及研究生。

Professor Charles Oluwaseun Adetunji is a faculty member in the Microbiology Department within the Faculty of Science at Edo State University Uzairue, Edo State, Nigeria. He employs biological techniques and microbial bioprocesses to advance sustainable development goals and foster agrarian revolution through quality teaching, research, and community development. He previously held roles as the Acting Director of Intellectual Property and Technology Transfer, the Head of the Department of Microbiology, Sub Dean of the Faculty of Science, immediate Dean of the Faculty of Science and is presently serving as the Chairman of the Grant Committee as well as the Director of Research and Innovation at EDSU. Professor Adetunji commenced his early career at the Nigerian Stored Product Research Institute (NSPRI) in Ilorin, Nigeria, as a Research Officer II and progressed to the position of Principal Scientist. He then transitioned to Landmark University, Omu-Aran, where he served as a lecturer in various capacities, engaging in teaching and research. Additionally, he served as a visiting fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, specializing in Food Safety, and visited the Wageningen Centre for Development and Innovation in the Netherlands.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Biology (UK), the Biotechnology Society of Nigeria, the Nigerian Young Academy, and the Nigerian Society of Microbiology. Additionally, he holds visiting professorships at the Center of Biotechnology, Precious Cornerstone University, Ibadan, and Trinity University, Lagos State. He is an affiliate member of the African Academy of Science. Presently, he serves as an external examiner for numerous academic institutions globally, particularly for Ph.D. and MSc students, including the University of Johannesburg, South Africa, Covenant University, Ota Lagos State, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaira, Landmark University, Kwara State among others. He is an external assessor to the Department of Biotechnology at Addis Ababa University to assist in establishing prima facie of candidates to be promoted to the rank of Full Professor, as well as at the University of Ilorin for the Department of Microbiology, and many other universities worldwide. He was recently appointed as a Visiting Professor at the Center of Biotechnology, Federal University of Technology, Abeokuta, Ogun State, and as an adjunct Professor at The University of the People, Pasadena, CA, USA. Moreover, He was recently appointment as a member of the Advisory board for College of Agriculture and Natural Sciences by the management of Joseph Ayo Babalola University, Nigeria.

He has received numerous scientific awards and grants from prestigious academic bodies such as the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) India, the Department of Biotechnology (DBT) India, The World Academy of Science (TWAS) Italy, Netherlands Fellowship Programme (NPF) Netherlands, The Agency for International Development Cooperation in Israel, Royal Academy of Engineering in the UK, and the National Research Fund (TETFUND), among others.

Due to his international recognition and significant contributions to knowledge and scientific impact, Professor Adetunji was recently listed in Stanford University's World Top 2% Scientists Rankings for 2023 while he was also recognized in the prestigious 2024 Career-long List of the World's Top 2% Scientists, as well as the single-year Most Impactful List of Distinguished Professors globally. He has authored numerous scientific journals and conference proceedings in refereed national and international journals amounting to over 812 manuscripts, including more than 60 books, 537 book chapters, and numerous scientific patents while he had also published many manuscripts in top rated journal such as Lancet with impact factor of 168.9. Notably, he holds a Google Scholar of i10-Index of 207. Additionally, he was recently ranked first among the top 500 prolific authors in Nigeria between 2020 till date by SciVal/SCOPUS in Elsevier, Netherland. Moreover, he achieved the top ranking in two distinct fields, Biological Sciences and Agricultural Science, among 500 prolific authors from 58 different countries in Africa in the year 2023 till date. Currently, he serves as a book series editor with Wiley and Sons, Elsevier, Springer, Taylor and Francis, among others.

Professor Adetunji has participated in over 100 international scientific conferences and workshops, assuming various roles such as Invited Speaker, Plenary Speaker, Keynote Speaker, Chief Panelist, Lead Guest Speaker, Chairman of Scientific Sessions, and Judge of Posters, across several continents worldwide. Additionally, he serves as a reviewer for more than 100 scientific journals, including Nature, Communications Earth & Environment in Nature, PLOS One, among others. His contributions to open science and the role his research plays in addressing global challenges were recently acknowledged by Elsevier, particularly after some of his scientific articles were associated with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Currently, Professor Adetunji holds the positions of President and Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Bioinformatics and Genomics Network Society. Previously, he had served as the General Secretary of the Nigerian Young Academy, previously chairing the Biological and Health Sciences Working Group for the Nigerian Young Academy. Furthermore, he holds the positions of Assistant General Secretary and National Coordinator for the South-West Nigerian Society for Microbiology. He was recently appointed to the Young Investigator Award Committee by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, USA. He also serves as the Vice-President and Nigerian Country Director of the Genetics Society of West Africa and as the Director of the International Affiliation and Training Centre for Environmental and Public Health, Research, and Development, situated in Zaria. Moreover, he acts as the immediate past Business Manager and currently the Vice- President for the Biotechnology Society of Nigeria. Prof Adetunji was appointed by the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD Centre of Excellence in Science, Technology, and Innovation (CoE STI) as a senior expert and consultant to facilitate the development of curricula in Biotechnology, Applied Microbiology, Microbiome, and Genome Editing in various African countries, including Nigeria, Ethiopia, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Kenya, among others. He was recently appointed as the Vice Chairman of Technical Expert Committee by Standard Organization of Nigeria on Sugar, Confectionery, Biscuits, and Bakery Products.

In recognition of his expertise and extensive experience in the field of Microbiology, Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, Professor Adetunji holds the unique privilege of serving as a Consultant to the Government of the Republic of Serbia in Europe, specifically as a Project Peer Reviewer for the Science Fund in the areas of Microbiology, Nanotechnology, Food Science, and Biotechnology. Also, he was recently appointed as a senior expert by South Africa's National Research Foundation (NRF) in evaluating the quality, impact and standing of the research portfolio of Scientists in the area of Microbiology that are associated with a Higher Education/Research Institution (HEI) in South Africa (SA). Moreover, he was recently appointed to serve as a reviewer of DSI/NRF South African Research Chair Initiative Programme (SARChI) - Performance of Grant Recipients received by distinguished professors in the area of Biotechnology Innovation & Engagement in South African. Recently, he was appointed as a member of College of Experts from UK to serve as a member of selection committee on Africa Research Excellence Fund to help in timely delivery on its vision of an inspired, committed, and talented community of researchers in Africa leading world-class research and participating equitably in international research endeavors for health and wellbeing. Additionally, he was recently appointed as the general coordinator and supervisor for the 1000 scientific trials programme by Harvest Harmonics in the USA. In this role, he oversees coordination across 58 countries in Africa, serving as the Country Representative for Nigeria. This appointment underscores the significance of his landmark publications in translational research, his diligent work ethic, and exceptional talents, positioning him as a renowned trailblazer in advancing academics and research in Africa.

On a global scale, Professor Adetunji has mentored numerous undergraduate, postgraduate, and post-doctoral students at both national and international universities, including Jawaharlal Nehru University, India, among others. He has provided advice to numerous scientists and serve as a mentor to young researchers on how they could design translational and innovative research. Based on his experience as director of intellectual property at EDSU he has assisted many scientists on how they could file their innovation as well as assisted numerous foundations, specifically, on how to secure funding, grant, scholarship, and awards from non-profit organizations to assist qualified young Nigerians who aspire to pursue science-based disciplines at the advanced levels (Master/Ph.D) and assist them to get tuition fees and research fund.

Professor Adetunji is esteemed as an accomplished academic, erudite scholar, and researcher par excellence, boasting an impressive academic record and enviable wealth of experience in microbiology, biotechnology, and bioinformatics. He is the convener of the Recent Advances in Biotechnology conference, held annually since 2020, where distinguished Microbiologists and Biotechnologists convene to share their latest discoveries.

Dr Kingsley Nnanna Ukwaja is a public health physician, epidemiologist, and sub-specialist trainee in clinical respiratory medicine with excellent experience in operational research and communicable and non-communicable disease epidemiology. Other interdisciplinary interests lie at the nexus of translational epidemiology, health economics, and implementation science. He is a highly motivated professional with over a decade of clinical and public health experiences in the Nigerian health care system. He has over ten years of programmatic management related to tuberculosis (TB) and HIV/AIDS at national and sub-national level. He has experience in the implementation of international (WHO) and national (in Nigeria) TB prevention, care, and treatment programs, programmatic management of TB and drug-resistant TB, research synthesis, economic evaluation, policy development, monitoring and evaluation, supportive supervision, and operational research. In the field of translational epidemiology he has a strong interest in creating dynamic modeling analyses and frameworks that translates epidemiological data into effective decisions. Early work on TB program data centered on translating epidemiological data to useful practical and policy decisions. He has received both training and mentorship from the Pan-African Thoracic Society's Methods in Epidemiologic Clinical and Operations Research (PATS-MECOR) courses, and he now serves as an associate faculty and a role model to PATS-MECOR students from Africa. His other experiences include proposal writing, data management and analysis (Epi Info, SPSS, STATA), and manuscript/ report writing.

He specializes in general medicine, public health, respiratory diseases, infectious diseases, health economics, and epidemiology.

Prof. Segun Fatumo is the head of NCD Genomics at the MRC/UVRI & LSHTM Uganda Research Unit and Chair of Genomic Diversity at Queen Mary University of London and. He specialises in NCD Genomics and Omics of African Populations. He co-led the first GWAS of cardiometabolic traits in Africa and led the first GWAS of Kidney functions in continental African populations. He is the director of the KidneyGenAfrica Research Partnership Programme - A Partnership to Deliver Research and Training Excellence in Genomics of Kidney Disease in Africa.

Segun Fatumo is strongly committed to increasing diversity in genomic studies and was recently awarded the prestigious MRC Impact prize for advocating for the inclusion of Africa in genomic research and championing genetic risk prediction of complex diseases in Africa populations. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and is actively involved in capacity building across Africa.

Segun Fatumo received postdoctoral training in genetic epidemiology at the University of Cambridge and Wellcome Sanger Institute and a postdoctoral fellowship in Bioinformatics at the University of Georgia, Athens, USA. Prior to that, He had postgraduate training in Bioinformatics at the University of Cologne, Germany and Ph.D. in Computer Science (Bioinformatics specialization) from Covenant University, Nigeria.

查爾斯·奧盧瓦塞恩·阿德圖恩吉教授是尼日利亞埃多州烏賽魯埃埃多州大學科學院微生物學系的教職員。他運用生物技術和微生物生物過程來推進可持續發展目標，並通過優質的教學、研究和社區發展促進農業革命。他曾擔任知識產權與技術轉移代理主任、微生物學系主任、科學院副院長、科學院院長，並目前擔任EDSU的獎助金委員會主席及研究與創新主任。阿德圖恩吉教授的早期職業生涯始於尼日利亞儲存產品研究所（NSPRI），擔任研究官II，並晉升為首席科學家。隨後，他轉至地標大學（Landmark University），擔任多個職位的講師，參與教學和研究。此外，他曾在以色列耶路撒冷希伯來大學擔任訪問研究員，專注於食品安全，並訪問過荷蘭瓦赫寧根發展與創新中心。

他是英國皇家生物學會、尼日利亞生物技術學會、尼日利亞青年學院和尼日利亞微生物學會的院士。此外，他在伊巴丹的珍貴基石大學生物技術中心和拉各斯州的三一大學擔任訪問教授。他是非洲科學學院的附屬成員。目前，他擔任多所全球學術機構的外部考官，特別是針對博士和碩士學生，包括南非約翰內斯堡大學、拉各斯州奧塔的約定大學、扎伊拉的阿哈馬杜·貝洛大學、克瓦拉州的地標大學等。他還擔任亞的斯亞貝巴大學生物技術系的外部評估員，協助建立晉升為正教授的候選人初步證據，以及在伊洛林大學的微生物學系和全球許多其他大學。他最近被任命為奧貝庫塔聯邦科技大學生物技術中心的訪問教授，以及美國加州帕薩迪納的人民大學的兼任教授。此外，他最近被尼日利亞約瑟夫·阿約·巴巴洛拉大學管理層任命為農業與自然科學學院的顧問委員會成員。

他曾獲得來自諸如印度科學與工業研究理事會（CSIR）、印度生物技術部（DBT）、意大利世界科學院（TWAS）、荷蘭獎學金計劃（NPF）、以色列國際發展合作機構、英國皇家工程院和國家研究基金（TETFUND）等多個著名學術機構的科學獎項和資助。

由於他在知識和科學影響方面的國際認可和重大貢獻，阿德圖恩吉教授最近被列入斯坦福大學2023年世界前2%科學家排名，同時也被認可為2024年世界前2%科學家的職業生涯長期名單，以及全球最具影響力的傑出教授單年名單。他已在國內外的同行評審期刊上發表了超過812篇科學期刊和會議論文，包括60多本書籍、537章書籍和多項科學專利，同時他還在影響因子為168.9的頂級期刊《柳葉刀》上發表了多篇手稿。值得注意的是，他在Google Scholar的i10-Index為207。此外，他最近被SciVal/SCOPUS評為2020年至今尼日利亞前500名高產作者中的第一名。此外，他在2023年以來在500名來自58個不同國家的高產作者中，在生物科學和農業科學兩個不同領域中獲得了最高排名。目前，他擔任Wiley and Sons、Elsevier、Springer、Taylor and Francis等出版社的書籍系列編輯。

阿德圖恩吉教授參加了100多個國際科學會議和研討會，擔任各種角色，如受邀演講者、全體會議演講者、主題演講者、首席小組成員、主要嘉賓演講者、科學會議主席和海報評審等，遍及全球多個大陸。此外，他還擔任超過100本科學期刊的審稿人，包括《自然》、《自然地球與環境》、《PLOS One》等。他對開放科學的貢獻以及他的研究在應對全球挑戰中的作用最近得到了Elsevier的認可，特別是在他的某些科學文章與聯合國（UN）可持續發展目標（SDGs）相關聯之後。

目前，阿德圖恩吉教授擔任尼日利亞生物信息學與基因組學網絡協會的主席和理事會主席。此前，他曾擔任尼日利亞青年學院的總秘書，並曾擔任尼日利亞青年學院生物與健康科學工作組的主席。此外，他還擔任西南尼日利亞微生物學會的助理總秘書和全國協調員。他最近被美國熱帶醫學與衛生學會任命為青年研究者獎委員會成員。他還擔任西非遺傳學會的副會長和尼日利亞國家主任，以及位於扎伊拉的環境與公共衛生研究與發展國際聯盟培訓中心的主任。此外，他擔任尼日利亞生物技術學會的前業務經理和目前的副會長。阿德圖恩吉教授被非洲聯盟發展機構-NEPAD科學、技術與創新卓越中心（CoE STI）任命為高級專家和顧問，協助在尼日利亞、埃塞俄比亞、加納、津巴布韋、莫桑比克、馬拉維、肯尼亞等多個非洲國家開發生物技術、應用微生物學、微生物組和基因編輯的課程。他最近被尼日利亞標準組織任命為糖、糖果、餅乾和烘焙產品技術專家委員會的副主席。

鑑於他在微生物學、生物信息學和生物技術領域的專業知識和豐富經驗，阿德圖恩吉教授有幸擔任歐洲塞爾維亞共和國政府的顧問，特別是在微生物學、納米技術、食品科學和生物技術領域擔任科學基金項目的同行評審。此外，他最近被南非國家研究基金會（NRF）任命為高級專家，評估與南非高等教育/研究機構（HEI）相關的科學家在微生物學領域的研究組合的質量、影響和地位。此外，他最近被任命為DSI/NRF南非研究主席倡議計劃（SARChI）的審稿人，評估在南非生物技術創新與參與領域的傑出教授所獲得的資助的表現。最近，他被任命為英國專家委員會的成員，擔任非洲研究卓越基金的選擇委員會成員，以幫助及時實現其在非洲建立一個靈感、承諾和才華橫溢的研究社區的願景，領導世界級的研究並公平參與國際研究工作，以促進健康和福祉。此外，他最近被任命為美國Harvest Harmonics的1000項科學試驗計劃的總協調員和監督，負責協調非洲58個國家的工作，擔任尼日利亞的國家代表。這一任命突顯了他在轉化研究中的重要出版物、勤奮的工作倫理和卓越的才能，使他成為推動非洲學術和研究的知名先驅。

在全球範圍內，阿德圖恩吉教授指導了許多本科生、研究生和博士後學生，涵蓋國內外的多所大學，包括印度的賈瓦哈拉爾·尼赫魯大學等。他為許多科學家提供建議，並作為年輕研究者的導師，指導他們如何設計轉化和創新研究。根據他在EDSU擔任知識產權主任的經驗，他幫助許多科學家了解如何申請他們的創新，並協助多個基金會，特別是如何從非營利組織獲得資金、獎助金、獎學金和獎項，以幫助有志於在高級（碩士/博士）層次追求科學學科的合格年輕尼日利亞人，並協助他們獲得學費和研究資金。

阿德圖恩吉教授被尊敬為一位成就卓越的學者、博學的學者和出色的研究者，擁有令人印象深刻的學術記錄和豐富的微生物學、生物技術和生物信息學經驗。他是自2020年以來每年舉辦的生物技術最新進展會議的召集人，該會議聚集了傑出的微生物學家和生物技術專家，分享他們的最新發現。

金斯利·南納·烏夸賈博士是一位公共衛生醫生、流行病學家和臨床呼吸醫學的亞專科實習生，擁有出色的操作研究和傳染病及非傳染病流行病學經驗。他的其他跨學科興趣位於轉化流行病學、健康經濟學和實施科學的交匯處。他是一位高度積極的專業人士，在尼日利亞醫療系統中擁有超過十年的臨床和公共衛生經驗。他在國家和次國家層面上擁有超過十年的與結核病（TB）和HIV/AIDS相關的項目管理經驗。他在實施國際（WHO）和國家（尼日利亞）結核病預防、護理和治療計劃、結核病和耐藥性結核病的項目管理、研究綜合、經濟評估、政策發展、監測和評估、支持性監督和操作研究方面擁有經驗。在轉化流行病學領域，他對創建動態建模分析和框架以將流行病學數據轉化為有效決策有著濃厚的興趣。早期的結核病項目數據工作集中於將流行病學數據轉化為有用的實踐和政策決策。他接受了來自泛非胸科學會的流行病學臨床和操作研究方法（PATS-MECOR）課程的培訓和指導，現在擔任PATS-MECOR非洲學生的副教員和榜樣。他的其他經驗包括提案撰寫、數據管理和分析（Epi Info、SPSS、STATA）以及手稿/報告撰寫。

他專長於一般醫學、公共衛生、呼吸疾病、傳染病、健康經濟學和流行病學。

塞根·法圖莫教授是烏干達MRC/UVRI & LSHTM研究單位的非傳染性疾病基因組學部門負責人，也是倫敦瑪麗女王大學基因組多樣性主席。他專注於非傳染性疾病基因組學和非洲人群的組學。他共同領導了非洲人群心血管代謝特徵的首個全基因組關聯研究（GWAS）。