It's the Health Points Series 2 Finale recorded at the UKRI Healthy Ageing Challenge Conference, December 2023. We have a stellar lineup for our first ever in-person recording of Health Points:Jon Hymus: Managing Director of Innerva - https

S2E15: Pippa Boothman ＜＞Smart balls revolutionising sport and exercise for kids and teens.

Dec 13th, 2023 37m 29s

We're onto the penultimate Health Points episode for Series 2, and we have a cracking episode. Joining us is Pippa Boothman, CEO at Playfinity. https://playfinity.com/Pippa has a background studying sociology and criminology and previous role

S2E14: Bruce Elliot ＜＞Fighting Dementia with Memory Games

Dec 3rd, 2023 41m 51s

Welcome to Episode 14 of Series 2, and joining us is Bruce Elliot, Co-Founder and CEO of Memory Lane Games. Before Memory Lane Games, Bruce had a twenty-year track record of building world-class, innovative eCommerce companies. Having competed

S2E13: Wain Choi ＜＞ Masterclass in the Communicating and Promotion of Health Gamification

Nov 17th, 2023 31m 41s

We've landed at Episode 13 of Series 2, and joining us is Wain Choi, Chief Creative Offer at Black & White. Wain worked with some of the largest brands on the planet, marketing tech giants health & wellness features and functionality. His pr

S2E12: Jonny Bloomfield ＜＞ Oopla: Professional Rugby sport science transformed into motivation game mechanics

Nov 1st, 2023 36m 18s

And we're at Episode 12 of Series 2, and joining us is Dr. Jonny Bloomfield, CEO at Oopla.Jonny is a Behavioral Health & Performance Coach specialising in stress management, sleep, exercise & nutrition. He has a background in Sports Science, w

S2E11: Scott Taylor ＜＞ Perx Health: creating over 4000% more engagement in health self-management with tailored gamification

Oct 12th, 2023 50m 10s

Rolling on to episode 11, and joining us today is Scott Taylor, co-founder and CEO of Perx Health, a chronic condition management service that supports users in developing better habits and a lifetime of better health.Scott has an academic b

S2E10: Geoffrey Kretz ＜＞ Supporting 3 MILLION people to stop smoking with gamification

Sep 27th, 2023 36m 27s

We’re at episode 10, and joining us is Geoffrey Kretz, co-founder and CEO of the Kwit app, a digital pocket coach based on cognitive Behaviour therapy to support people quit smoking for good, supporting more than 3 million people to date.He’

S2E9: Dom Raban ＜＞ Xploro - Augmented reality games reducing children’s stress & anxiety

Sep 6th, 2023 36m 33s

Series 2, Episode 9 is LIVE!Joining us for episode 9 we have Dom Raban, who is co-founder of Xploro, a unique Digital Therapeutics platform that delivers health information to young patients using augmented reality, artificial intelligence and

S2E8: Matt Omernick ＜＞ Creating the world’s first FDA approved, doctor-prescribed video game

Aug 16th, 2023 44m 41s

Rolling on to episode eight we have with us Matt Omernick, who has over 20 years experience in the games industry.Matt is Co-founder and Chief Creative Officer at Akili Interactive, the creators of the World's first and only FDA-approved, Doct

S2E7: Michiel Van Eunen＜＞Creating audio adventures for people living with visual impairments

Aug 2nd, 2023 37m 29s

Series 2, Episode 7 is LIVE!Joining us is Michiel Van Eunan, who is a seasoned player in the field of gamification & game-based learning. Since running his first project (The Hunt) in 2003, he made and played over 70 different formats with tho

S2E6: Amanda Philpott ＜＞gamifying hearing health with ’eargym’

Jul 5th, 2023 39m 35s

Series 2, Episode 6 is LIVE!Joining us for episode 6 we have Amanda Philpott, who is an ex-NHS CEO and population health strategy specialist. She is the CEO and co-founder of eargym after the firsthand experience of unaddressed hearing loss in

S2E5: Jaime Garcia ＜＞developing serious games for older adults & pregnant women + health gamification research

Jun 21st, 2023 48m 11s

Series 2, Episode 5 is LIVE!We have Dr. Jaime Garcia joining us who is a Senior Lecturer in Games Development at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) with a background in Software Engineering at Neuroscience Research Australia, primarily

S2E4: Niklas Johannes ＜＞ digital devices impact on mental health & attention span + the psychology of play

Jun 7th, 2023 39m 20s

Here is episode 4 and joining us is Niklas Johannes who has worked in roles as a researcher at the Oxford Internat Internet Institute, where he was part of the research program Adolescent Well-Being in the Digital Age. During his PhD, he focuse

S2E3: Kevyn Eva ＜＞ gaming for mental health ＞ delivering emotional support for adolescents and adults

May 24th, 2023 39m 38s

Rolling on to Episode 3 and joining us is Kevyn Eva from the award-winning 'Shadow's Edge' Shadow's Edge is a mobile game for teenagers and adults to build resilience through journaling and art. Kevyn leads the product design and academic rese

S2E2: Keith Wakeman ＜＞ SuperBetter: the power of living gamefully for over 1m players

May 10th, 2023 45m 36s

Joining us for Episode 2 is Keith Wakeman, CEO of SuperBetter. SuperBetter is regularly listed as the gold standard example of health & wellbeing gamification on the planet, with numerous reviews and the World Economic Forum named SuperBetter

S2E1: Noah Falstein ＜＞ The evolution of video games ＞ health gamification ＞ the most prestigious scientific journal on the planet

Apr 26th, 2023 47m 28s

Welcome back to Health Points! Here to kick off Series 2, we have Noah Falstein joining us.Together we explore the evolution of video games through to the foundations of health gamification. Taking health gamification to the front cover of the

Episode 20: Health Points Panel Debate ＜＞ Ethics of Health Gamification

May 11th, 2022 1h 5m

It’s the final episode of Series 1 of Health Points and we’ve ended with a bang. This episode was recorded at the Gamification Europe Conference including a stellar health gamification panel to discuss and debate the ethics of health gamificati

Episode 19: Prof. Robert Böhm & Asst. Prof. Aske Mottelson ＜＞ Boosting COVID Vaccination Rates with Virtual Reality Games

Apr 27th, 2022 42m 3s

Here comes episode 19 and in this episode we explore Robert & Aske’s recent research publication on virtual reality games and vaccination behaviours. We also talk through the role of VR in communicate complex issues and creating health behaviou

Episode 18: Michael Hornberger ＜＞ Sea Hero Quest’s navigation to over 4 million players

Apr 6th, 2022 41m 22s

We’ve arrived at episode 18, joining us is Prof. Michael Hornberger, the co-creator of Sea Hero Quest, a game designed to gather data on people's navigation strategies, which is one of the first skills lost in dementia. We talk through creating

Episode 17: David Wortley ＜＞ Creating an International Serious Games Institute

Mar 23rd, 2022 45m 25s

Roll on Episode 17, joining us is David Wortley, Vice President of the International Society of Digital Medicine. We talk through David’s background, how he ended up working in digital health and the steps to settings up the Serious Games Insti

Episode 16: Kartheka Bojan ＜＞ Brain Wave Activity to Personalise Alzheimer’s Cognitive Games

Mar 9th, 2022 42m 12s

Welcome to Episode 16, joining us is Kartheka, Founder and CEO of BrainBerry. We talk through the possibilities of brain wave measurement to personalise assessment and intervention games for adults with Alzheimer’s. We explore clinical trials i

Episode 15: Andy Yeoman ＜＞ Health Education Games for the NHS & Social Care

Feb 23rd, 2022 36m 51s

Joining us in episode 15 is Andy Yeoman to explore the role of games in health and social care education. Focus Games has been delivered to over 2 million people, making training enjoyable, rather than a chore. We explore how educational games

Episode 14: Silja Litvin ＜＞ Gamifying Emotional Fitness

Feb 3rd, 2022 43m 50s

We’re joined by Silja to dig down into the importance of narratives in health gamification. We walk through her journey in creating eQuoo, the emotional fitness app that offers a journey for users to develop skills in emotional intelligence and

Episode 13: Dr. Paul Rinne & Nicola Goldsmith ＜＞ Levelling Up Hand Rehab

Jan 19th, 2022 41m 58s

We’re back for another year of health gamification!We’re joined by Paul and Nicola at Gripable to explore what happens when you combine gamification with a medical rehabilitation device. The Gripable handheld device enables both assessment and

Episode 12: Asst. Professor Agnessa Spanellis & Asst. Professor Paula Ramirez ＜＞ Gamification creating shared pandemic understanding and covid safe behaviours in indigenous communities

Dec 22nd, 2021 46m 43s

We’re joined by Agnessa and Paula to discuss the findings of their research publication on the role of gamification to develop shared understanding of the pandemic in indigenous communities in Colombia. Their pioneering research looks at analog