https://jacobsheahan.com Jacob Sheahan Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:23:24 +0000 https://jacobsheahan.com en https://jacobsheahan.com/2025-RMIT-New-Models-of-Long-COVID-Care Thu, 24 Oct 2024 11:50:30 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2025-RMIT-New-Models-of-Long-COVID-Care <img width="411" height="277" width_o="411" height_o="277" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a85efe8559b987004eade105241324def9bb9742a55c4e8754646d3d6b9f927/Healthcare-Long-COVID.jpg" data-mid="220253903" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/411/i/6a85efe8559b987004eade105241324def9bb9742a55c4e8754646d3d6b9f927/Healthcare-Long-COVID.jpg" /> New Models of Long COVID Care Research Fellow,&nbsp;RMIT University 2025 - Present As part of the Long COVID Assessment Management and Practice (LAMP) project ︎,&nbsp;I am exploring the experiences of people with long-COVID alongside medical and allied health professionals. Taking an experience-based co-design approach, the aim of this research project is to drive more inclusive models of care for those living with long COVID. Part of the Eat Move Heal Network ︎ https://jacobsheahan.com/2025-RMIT-Empowering-Senior-Voices Fri, 18 Jul 2025 05:38:43 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2025-RMIT-Empowering-Senior-Voices <img width="7728" height="5152" width_o="7728" height_o="5152" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/624b7aa7f5e3c4c7b89ba2e9dacc7e3de309beabb2d3af4fd41dd05a3253e121/DSCF9560.JPG" data-mid="239574259" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/624b7aa7f5e3c4c7b89ba2e9dacc7e3de309beabb2d3af4fd41dd05a3253e121/DSCF9560.JPG" /> Empowering Senior Voices Co-Investigator,&nbsp;RMIT University 2025A City North Activation Initiative in Melbourne, Empowering Seniors Voices ︎&nbsp;use Standford’s Our Voice Discovery tool to document features of the communities that impact older adults ability to lead healthy lives. Through photowalks, stakeholder workshops, and interactive exhibits, explore inclusive, age-friendly neighbourhoods through participatory civic data and storytelling. https://jacobsheahan.com/2023-UoE-Enhancing-Networks-of-Care Wed, 26 Oct 2022 10:43:12 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2023-UoE-Enhancing-Networks-of-Care <img width="676" height="450" width_o="676" height_o="450" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4283e701b777d0286ba842b512da97a3465a351b34fee199b4e1747e5702f3c2/12770pre_3f7d050869c9411.jpg" data-mid="194229919" border="0" data-scale="99" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/676/i/4283e701b777d0286ba842b512da97a3465a351b34fee199b4e1747e5702f3c2/12770pre_3f7d050869c9411.jpg" /> Enhancing Networks of Care Research Fellow,&nbsp;University of Edinburgh2023 - 2025 As part of the Advanced Care Research Centre ︎,&nbsp;I coordinated a work package component that investigated the role of community-led, service-enabled, and technology-driven care networks. Focusing on supporting healthier and more resilient networks of care, I was situated within the&nbsp;Institute for Design Informatics ︎ https://jacobsheahan.com/2022-PhD-Designing-for-Social-Engagement-in-Later-life Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:55:38 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2022-PhD-Designing-for-Social-Engagement-in-Later-life <img width="5175" height="3110" width_o="5175" height_o="3110" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5027c14c81ef159b4a2d3d1c745850bb2210d46cb062456fcfcf4a5bc4b4219/AdobeStock_379178151-1.jpeg" data-mid="137754394" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b5027c14c81ef159b4a2d3d1c745850bb2210d46cb062456fcfcf4a5bc4b4219/AdobeStock_379178151-1.jpeg" /> Designing for Social Engagement in Later Life PhD Researcher,&nbsp;RMIT University2019 - 2023 Designing social engagement technologies with older Australians, my doctorate demonstrated how modes of interpretative flexibility can support interaction designers in co-creating with ageing communities. ︎ Thesis (2022): Designing for Social Engagement in Later Life&nbsp;︎ https://jacobsheahan.com/2022-RMIT-Long-COVID-Patient-journey Mon, 09 May 2022 23:50:20 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2022-RMIT-Long-COVID-Patient-journey <img width="800" height="533" width_o="800" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/147a7bf1de89553b34395e0512163d6ba4fe59874244cb24b9e1af80da3d151b/NSW-Long-Covid-ClinicAsset-1.png" data-mid="149266394" border="0" data-scale="100" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/800/i/147a7bf1de89553b34395e0512163d6ba4fe59874244cb24b9e1af80da3d151b/NSW-Long-Covid-ClinicAsset-1.png" /> Journey Mapping Long COVID Research Assistant,&nbsp;RMIT University2022 Recognising the lack of understanding around the experiences of people with long COVID, I supported a 3-month study mapping patients' experiences, as part of the multi-school, multi-college collaborative Eat Move Heal Network ︎. Our longitudinal mixed methods analysis highlighted the role of agency and social support in their lives https://jacobsheahan.com/2021-RMIT-Safeness-by-Design Mon, 28 Mar 2022 10:56:58 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2021-RMIT-Safeness-by-Design <img width="7360" height="4912" width_o="7360" height_o="4912" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1aedd369b0047f56a09d7a455f25378c160b9b54bbc516a9bea77bca530eab0a/AdobeStock_226046562.jpeg" data-mid="137777326" border="0" data-scale="98" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1aedd369b0047f56a09d7a455f25378c160b9b54bbc516a9bea77bca530eab0a/AdobeStock_226046562.jpeg" /> Worksafe by Design Research Assistant,&nbsp;RMIT University2021 - 2022 In collaboration with WorkSafe Victoria, I supported the&nbsp;Safeness by Design ︎ undergraduate studio to scope the future of work in an ageing society, resulting in design innovation and provocative concepts towards creating safer workplace environments. https://jacobsheahan.com/2022-RMIT-Shaping-Connections Mon, 28 Mar 2022 04:55:39 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2022-RMIT-Shaping-Connections <img width="595" height="336" width_o="595" height_o="336" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/08d7e95bf726f239b712ebc9337a95bbb482b5280fc2bdf4a3b774eb4358e196/Wollert-3.png" data-mid="146444357" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/595/i/08d7e95bf726f239b712ebc9337a95bbb482b5280fc2bdf4a3b774eb4358e196/Wollert-3.png" /> Co-designing ICT Strategies with Older Adults Research Assistant,&nbsp;RMIT University2020 - 2022 Towards better equipping older Australians to engage with the digital economy, through the&nbsp;Shaping Connections ︎ programme, I helped coordinate and explore the perceived ICT risks that affect older Australians and co-designed strategies with them – connecting practices with perceptions.&nbsp;&nbsp; https://jacobsheahan.com/2019-RMIT-InsideOut-Exertion-Games-Lab Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:47:41 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2019-RMIT-InsideOut-Exertion-Games-Lab <img width="600" height="338" width_o="600" height_o="338" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/93d497c96df3c8ac319af2180d8b0484f9e36c53e5babc38f68a79b1c5773453/a60a370c-a570-4d0b-8a66-40b4fd1fccde_rw_600.jpeg" data-mid="137756565" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/600/i/93d497c96df3c8ac319af2180d8b0484f9e36c53e5babc38f68a79b1c5773453/a60a370c-a570-4d0b-8a66-40b4fd1fccde_rw_600.jpeg" /> InsideOut: Play with Digestive Tract Images Research Technician,&nbsp;RMIT University 2019 Developed as part of a capstone project at the Exertion Games Lab ︎, we explored the opportunity to facilitate playful experiences via a capsule endoscope device. A novel interface helped us study playful interactions and bodily movements with the pill image. https://jacobsheahan.com/2018-BoID-A-Multi-sensory-tool-for-Anxiety-Therapy Mon, 28 Mar 2022 06:50:53 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2018-BoID-A-Multi-sensory-tool-for-Anxiety-Therapy <img width="3123" height="1957" width_o="3123" height_o="1957" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/102e1ee2ac0d2429d3a7e30dd39e8df17350761f9dbae5db262c3434c730987b/VR_Test_1_Lorene3.jpeg" data-mid="146444607" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/102e1ee2ac0d2429d3a7e30dd39e8df17350761f9dbae5db262c3434c730987b/VR_Test_1_Lorene3.jpeg" /> Designing Multi-sensory Tools for TherapyIndustrial Design Undergraduate,&nbsp;RMIT University 2015 - 2018 As my Industrial Design Honours project, I developed a virtual reality program to support and aid the implementation of cognitive behavioural therapy for those living with severe anxiety disorders. Several virtual experiences were created in collaboration with staff and patients at Bendigo Health, rural Australia. https://jacobsheahan.com/2026-Making-Ageing-in-Place-Work Wed, 15 Apr 2026 07:23:24 +0000 Jacob Sheahan https://jacobsheahan.com/2026-Making-Ageing-in-Place-Work 2026, Article Making Ageing-in-Place Work&nbsp;︎ Sheahan, J., Berry, K., Vines, J., Lewis, S., Pschetz, L., Pearce, C., Wilson, C., Wright, F., Wilkinson, H. Wellbeing, Space and Society This article examines the practices and perspectives of those ageing in the Scottish city of Dundee through a secondary analysis of three qualitative studies. This re-analysis reveals the unequal realities of ageing-in-place, demonstrating experiences in the home and within place of making and unmaking over time. Detailing how participants foster attachment, investment, and identity in their communities, we demonstrate the factors that shape ageing-in-place over time and the implications for urban renewal and social care policy.