Dave Taylor is Programme Lead for Virtual Worlds and Medical Media in a new healthcare research group at Imperial College London, headed by Professor Ara Darzi
His work involves development and applied research in the visualisation of future heal
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Dave Taylor is Programme Lead for Virtual Worlds and Medical Media in a new healthcare research group at Imperial College London, headed by Professor Ara Darzi.
His work involves development and applied research in the visualisation of future health care, and the use of new media including mobile and virtual world technologies for empowering patients and teams involved in healthcare quality improvement.
In 2006 Dave pioneered the UK National Physical Laboratory's virtual worlds business, and is a founder of the SciLands, a Second Life continent dedicated to Science, Technology and Medicine, that now has over 65 islands transcending national boundaries and disciplines.
In previous lives Dave has been Vice President of Global Web for a leading multinational and managed Letraset's software business in Europe, working with Adobe Systems, Pixar and Apple Computer in the 80's and 90's.
Dave has a BSc in Mathematics and an MSc in Experimental Psychology.
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