Dr Giada Brianza is the Project Manager in the Department of Biostatistics & Health Informatics at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience. Her role is to support and oversee the RADAR-base project, advancing digital health research and innovation.

Giada joined King’s in 2025 to support and oversee the RADAR-base project, an open-source platform for remote monitoring in healthcare and clinical research. Her role bridges project supervision, coordination, and stakeholder engagement to ensure the platform’s growth and sustainability.

Giada’s expertise lies in digital health innovation, user-centred research, and interdisciplinary collaboration across clinical and technical domains. Before joining King’s, she held research and project management roles at UCL, where she gained experience in user experience research, data-driven health technologies, and translational research initiatives bridging academia and practice.

She holds a BSc in Psychology and a MSc in Neuropsychology, followed by a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction from the University of Sussex (UK). Her doctoral research explored the relationship between olfactory stimulation and body image using advanced technologies and mixed methods approaches.

Research interests 

• Digital healthcare 

Expertise and public engagement 

• TED Talk University of Sussex, UK – Jun 2022

Talk on how olfaction impacts body image in HCI research. [200+ attendees]

• Health in a Handbasket (podcast) UCL, London – Sep 2023

Guest appearance on smell training and wellbeing.

• Smell Care x BADU UCL, London – Jan 2024

Ran a smell science workshop for students from underrepresented backgrounds. [30 students]

• Byte-Sized Breakthroughs Bloomsbury Theatre, London – May 2024

5-minute science comedy talk on smell and wellbeing. [100 attendees]

• Women in Tech: A Conversation with Chanel UCL, London – Jul 2024

Invited demonstrator at a private event showcasing women in science and technology. [60 attendees]

• SoapBox Science. Brighton – May 2025

Open-air public engagement event for the general audience. [300 attendees]