New Year, New Tech for Eating Disorder Treatment with Gemma Sharp

The Full of Beans Podcast by Hannah Hickinbotham

Episode notes

In this week's episode, Han is joined by Gemma Sharp. Gemma is an Associate Professor of Research and leads Body Image & Eating Disorders Research at Monash University in Melbourne. Gemma is also the Research Lead and Senior Clinical Psychologist at the Statewide Women's Mental Health Service at Alfred Health, which has specialist eating disorder treatment facilities.

This week, we discuss:

  • Gemma's research into using artificial intelligence in health and the future of robotics for eating disorder treatment.
  • The training provided to the chat bot to ensure it is safe for eating disorder treatment.
  • The chat bots, KIT, JEM, and ESSI, that Gemma and her team have created for eating disorder treatment and how this can support someone in early stages of recovery.
  • The chat bot, Chat Buddy, that Gemma and her  ... 
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Keywords
artificial intelligence