Technology
Meet Dr Victoria Betton, the founder of mHabitat. Dr Betton is an expert in teenage mental health and social networks having gained a PhD in 2016 from Leeds University in social media and mental health. She is the founder and managing director of mHabitat a people-centred digital innovation company focused on health and social care. The business has a strong social purpose and is a trading arm of Leeds and York Partnership NHS Trust. Victoria has also recently founded Co Space North a co-working space to help people passionate about digitally enabled health and care to connect, collaborate and co-create. Listen on to find out: How and why mHabitat was founded. How mHabitat cuts through complexity in digital and health provision Why technology is not the silver bullet to solve all problems in health and social care How her PhD on social media and teens informs her work today How they are actively trying to avoid the Inverse care law How co-design is different to consulting Victoria’s highlights of the digital health program at the festival Why Victoria setup Co Space North How Bibi the dog is a key a member of the mHabitat team. You can find out more about Victoria on twitter @VictoriaBetton, mHabitat at https://wearemhabitat.com/ and on twitter @wearemhabitat. To book tickets for the events go to https://leedsdigitalfestival.org and follow current events on twitter @LeedsDigiFest.