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Biography
I am currently the Director of Research Centre for Intelligent Healthcare. I am a leading research expert in medical device and technology development with physiological measurements and bio-signal processing, working across multidisciplinary areas with electronic engineers, medical physicists, computer scientists, clinical consultants, industrial partners, guideline makers, and allied professionals at different stages along the pathway of medical device development and commercialization. I have earned my international reputation in research and development of novel cardiovascular technologies and devices with scientific and socioeconomic impacts to address unmet clinical needs, particularly in novel blood pressure and arterial stiffness measurement techniques, and recent developments of wearable devices and IoT monitoring system using unique waveform characteristics derived from physiological signals for monitoring respiration rate, predicting pre-term labor and pregnancy induced hypertension, and developing big-data-centric hearing impairment rehabilitation solution.
My significant academic achievement and contributions have been demonstrated in leading funded research, supervising research students and staff, publishing world class research outcomes, editing peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings, developing novel devices and evaluating device effectiveness.
I have also been well recognized for my inspirational leadership in academic course development, and my enthusiasm in promoting knowledge and technology exchanges, building up educational and research collaborations, and facilitating technology adoption in developing countries, including China, Jordan and Nigeria, with the aims to promote the adoption of healthcare technologies in these partner countries.
PhD Project
PhD in Medical Physics, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Newcastle University, UK
Research Interests
Healthcare device innovation, Wearable sensor, Bio-signal Processing, Computer Modelling.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 4 Finished
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Pump-priming activity in collaboration with Newcastle University for EPSRC standard grant submission to understand biophysiology of human uterine contractile activities
Xu, Y. (Principal Investigator), Zheng, D. (Co-Investigator) & Taggart, M. (Co-Investigator)
10/01/23 → 10/07/23
Project: Internally funded project
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Development of a novel hearing aid tailored for the Chinese tonal language and an Internet of Things (IoT) cloud monitoring platform for hearing rehabilitation.
Zheng, D. (Principal Investigator)
30/09/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Development of inkjet-printed respiratory rate wearable device for infants at the refugee campus
Zheng, D. (Principal Investigator)
1/09/18 → 31/01/21
Project: Research
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Development of a Uterine Electrohysterogram System to Predict Preterm Labor for Routine Clinical Use (funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation)
Zheng, D. (Principal Investigator)
1/11/16 → 30/09/21
Project: Research
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Evaluating Self-Supervised Learning for WiFi CSI-Based Human Activity Recognition
Xu, K., Wang, J., Zhu, H. & Zheng, D., 27 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: ACM Transactions on Sensor Networks. 21, 2, p. 1-38 38 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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First true blood pressure measurement with micropulse detection of arterial opening achieved
Murray, A., Zheng, D., Griffiths, C., Liu, C., J.Graham, D., Neasham, J. & J. Cossor, A., 31 Jan 2025, In: Scientific Reports. 15, 1, 8 p., 3934 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Iterative Demographic Attentional Feature Fusion-based CNN and Transformer Network for Accurate Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation
Tang, L., Zheng, D. & Chen, F., 27 Jan 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) Iterative Demographic Attentional Feature Fusion-based CNN and Transformer Network for Accurate Cuffless Blood Pressure Estimation. IEEE, p. (In-Press) 6 p. (Proceedings ... Asia-Pacific Signal and Information Processing Association Annual Summit and Conference APSIPA ASC).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Acoustic pressure change inside blood vessel exposed to high-intensity focused ultrasound: a simulation study
Ri, J., Shang, L., Pang, N., Xu, L., Ji, N., Yue, X., Kim, I. & Zheng, D., 11 Sept 2024, International Conference on Future of Medicine and Biological Information Engineering, MBIE 2024. Yao, Y., Li, X. & Yu, X. (eds.). SPIE, 7 p. 132700Y. (Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering; vol. 13270).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding › peer-review
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Age-Related Changes in Blood Volume Pulse Wave at Fingers and Ears
Lin, W. H., Zheng, D., Li, G. & Chen, F., 6 Sept 2024, In: IEEE Journal of Biomedical and Health Informatics. 28, 9, p. 5070-5080 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Datasets
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Dataset on blood flow and instantaneous wave-free ratio in normal and stenosed coronary arteries
Liu, H. (Creator), Ou, S. (Contributor), Liu, P. (Contributor), Xu, Y. (Contributor), Gong, Y. (Contributor), Xia, L. (Contributor), Leng, X. (Contributor), Leung, T. W. H. (Contributor), Shi, L. (Contributor) & Zheng, D. (Contributor), Elsevier, 11 Jul 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106011
Dataset
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Multistatic RADAR Sensing for Activity Monitoring of Daily Living Simultaneously in Multiple Subjects
Shah, B. A. (Creator), Shah, S. A. (Contributor), Khan, F. (Contributor), Liu, H. (Contributor) & Zheng, D. (Contributor), Coventry University, 31 Dec 2025
DOI: 10.57955/65ddaf66-95f1-4609-85a1-2e48cda22f18
Dataset
Activities
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) (External organisation)
Zheng, D. (Member)
2020Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) (External organisation)
Zheng, D. (Member)
2020Activity: Membership › Membership of committee
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Institute of Engineering and Technology (IET) (External organisation)
Zheng, D. (Member)
2020Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Keynote at Sino-Dutch School for Biomedical Engineering
Zheng, D. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
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Keynote at School of Applied Science
Zheng, D. (Speaker)
2019Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk
Prizes
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Institute of Physics and Engineering in Medicine (IPEM) Martin Black Prize for the best article in ‘Physiological Measurement’
Zheng, D. (Recipient), 2012
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) JA Lodge Award 2009 for ‘Recognising and Promoting Outstanding Work in the Field of Research and Development in Medical Engineering’
Zheng, D. (Recipient), 2009
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)