Ana is the Programme Manager for Smart D8, leading programme delivery across its cross-sector partnership of communities, healthcare providers, researchers, industry and the public sector. She oversees the development of real-world pilots, strategic partnerships and community engagement, connecting identified health and wellbeing needs with innovative solutions.
About Smart D8
What is Smart D8?
Smart D8 is an urban testbed with the purpose of investigating how smart technology can be used to improve citizens’ health and well-being in Dublin 8. Since October 2020, Smart D8 has brought together innovators with the community. A diverse range of entrepreneurs, academics, local government, national healthcare providers and public bodies are working collaboratively to solve population health and well-being challenges at scale.
Community at the Centre
Working with the range of health institutions in the district, Smart D8 focuses on delivering projects in the areas of community health and well-being innovation. Smart D8 applies a people-centric approach, with the engagement and active participation of the local community at its core. Using insights from direct engagement with the Dublin 8 community, Smart D8 is focused on pilots, which target different needs such as healthy ageing, women’s health, mental health, and post-pandemic population health.
Our Ecosystem
Since October 2020, the Smart D8 Consortium, composed of 12 partners, has demonstrated a unique partnership model for smart healthcare innovation to reduce pressure on healthcare deliveries. Smart D8 uses a whole-society approach and focuses on both the prevention of illness through smart innovation as well as its supporting treatment.
