Dr Pushpa Kumarapeli

Contact

Email: p.kumarapeli@kingston.ac.uk
Location: Penrhyn Road
Faculty: Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment
School: School of Computer Science and Mathematics
Department: Department of Computer Science

About

I am an Associate Professor and the School Director of Learning and Teaching for the School of Computer Science and Mathematics at Kingston University. I joined Kingston University in 2009 as a Senior Lecturer after completing both my undergraduate and PhD studies at the same institution. My academic responsibilities focus primarily on teaching modules related to software engineering, big data, data mining, database systems, and software development practices at both BSc(Hons) and MSc levels. Additionally, I lead the Transnational Education (TNE) portfolio for the School of Computer Science and Mathematics, working with international partners to expand our educational impact.

I am deeply passionate about teaching, learning, and pedagogy. I collaborate closely with colleagues within the school and across our TNE programs to continuously enhance teaching and learning practices. In addition to my role at Kingston University, I also serve as an external examiner and mentor for external examiners at other institutions.

My research interests include microservices architecture, cloud computing, clinical databases, data mining, data visualization techniques, business process modeling, and software quality assurance. I also have extensive experience in designing data set specifications and working with the extraction, processing, and analysis of routinely collected data. I am particularly enthusiastic about all aspects of software engineering, from requirements gathering and design to development, monitoring, and re-engineering processes.

Academic responsibilities

School Director Learning & Teaching

Qualifications

PhD
Postgraduate Certificate for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (PGCLTHE)
BSc(Hons)
SFHEA
MBCS

Teaching and learning

Undergraduate courses taught

Computer Science BSc (Hons)

Postgraduate courses taught

Research

My primary research focusses on representing primary care consultation tasks through business process analysis models to support the development of effective information system solutions. This involves investigating data mining techniques and modelling primary care workflows to ensure efficient, data-driven healthcare delivery. My work also addresses quality assurance and process improvements within primary care, aiming to enhance the accuracy, efficiency, and reliability of clinical workflows.

I have significant experience designing data set specifications and managing the extraction, processing, and analysis of routinely collected clinical data for epidemiological research projects. This plays a key role in public health initiatives, particularly in predictive modelling, disease surveillance, and healthcare outcome analysis.

Within healthcare information systems, my research also delves into microservices architecture and cloud computing. Microservices, with their modular approach to software development, enhance flexibility, scalability, and maintainability in complex systems. My research explores the design, service decomposition, and communication patterns of microservices to improve performance and scalability, especially in healthcare and business applications. Cloud computing complements this by providing scalable, on-demand resources that support microservice-based systems efficiently. I am particularly interested in how cloud platforms manage, secure, and optimise these distributed systems to handle large-scale data and ensure seamless, reliable service delivery.

Research student supervision

Miss Tia Haddad

Publications

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Number of items: 28.

Article

Pearce, Christopher Martin, Kumarapeli, Pushpa and de Lusignan, Simon (2013) "Effects of exam room EHR use on doctor-patient communication: a systematic literature review" - Triadic and other key terms may have identified additional literature. Informatics in Primary Care, 21(1), pp. 40-42. ISSN (print) 1476-0320

Kumarapeli, P. and de Lusignan, S. (2013) Using the computer in the clinical consultation; setting the stage, reviewing, recording, and taking actions: multi-channel video study. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, 20(e1), e67-e75. ISSN (online) 1067-5027

Kumarapeli, P. and De Lusignan, S (2012) Using the computer in the clinical consultation: setting the stage, reviewing, recording and taking action: multi-channel video study. JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association, 20(e1), e37-e75. ISSN (print) 0098-7484

Gibbings-Isaac, Darryl, Iqbal, Mudassar, Tahir, Mohammad Aumran, Kumarapeli, Pushpa and de Lusignan, Simon (2012) The pattern of silent time in the clinical consultation: an observational multichannel video study. Family Practice, 29(5), pp. 616-621. ISSN (print) 0263-2136

De Lusignan, Simon, Nitsch, Dorothea, Belsey, Jonathan, Kumarapeli, Pushpa, Vamos, Eszter Panna, Majeed, Azeem and Millett, Christopher (2011) Disparities in testing for renal function in UK primary care: cross-sectional study. Family Practice, 28(6), pp. 638-646. ISSN (print) 0263-2136

de Lusignan, S., Pearce, C., Kumarapeli, P., Stavropoulou, C., Kushniruk, A., Sheikh, A., Shachak, A. and Mendis, K. (2011) Reporting observational studies of the use of information technology in the clinical consultation. A position statement from the IMIA Primary Health Care Informatics working group (IMIA PCI WG). IMIA Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 6(1), pp. 39-47. ISSN (print) 0943-4747

Debar, Safia, Kumarapeli, Pushpa, Kaski, Juan Carlos and De Lusignan, Simon (2010) Addressing modifiable risk factors for coronary heart disease in primary care: an evidence-base lost in translation. Family Practice, 27(4), pp. 370-378. ISSN (print) 0263-2136

Pflug, Bernhar, Kumarapeli, Pushpa, van Vlymen, Jeremy, Ammenwerth, Elske and De Lusignan, Simon (2010) Measuring the impact of the computer on the consultation: an open source application to combine multiple observational outputs. Informatics for Health & Social Care, 35(1), pp. 10-24. ISSN (print) 1753-8157

deLusignan, Simon, Kumarapeli, Pushpa, Chan, Tom, Pflug, Bernhard, vanVlymen, Jeremy, Jones, Beryl and Freeman, George (2008) The ALFA (Activity Log Files Aggregation) Toolkit: a method for precise observation of the consultation. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 10(4), ISSN (print) 1439-4456

Refsum, Charlotte, Kumarapeli, Pushpa, Gunaratne, Aruni, Dodds, Richard, Hasan, Ali and De Lusignan, Simon (2008) Measuring the impact of different brands of computer systems on the clinical consultation: a pilot study. Informatics in Primary Care, 16(2), pp. 119-127. ISSN (print) 1476-0320

Kumarapeli, P., De Lusignan, S, Koczan, P, Jones, B. and Sheeler, I (2008) The feasibility of using UML to compare the impact of different brands of computer system on the clinical consultation. Informatics in Primary Care, 15(4), pp. 245-253. ISSN (print) 1476-0320

Kumarapeli, P., de Lusignan, S., Ellis, T. and Jones, B. (2007) Using Unified Modelling Language (UML) as a process-modelling technique for clinical-research process improvement. Informatics for Health and Social Care, 32(1), pp. 51-64. ISSN (print) 1753-8157

Kumarapeli, P., Stephaniuk, R., de Lusignan, S., Williams, R. and Rowlands, C. (2006) Ethnicity recording in general practice computer systems. Journal of Public Health, 28(3), pp. 283-287. ISSN (print) 1741-3842

Kumarapeli, Pushpa, De Lusignan, Simon and Robinson, Judas (2006) Online resources for chronic kidney disease (CKD) for primary care. Informatics in Primary Care, 14(2), pp. 139-142. ISSN (print) 1476-0320

De Lusignan, S., Hague, N., van Vlymen, J. and Kumarapeli, P. (2006) Routinely-collected general practice data are complex, but with systematic processing can be used for quality improvement and research. Informatics in Primary Care, 14(1), pp. 59-66. ISSN (print) 1476-0320

Book Section

Pathirannehelage, Sameera, Kumarapeli, Pushpa, Byford, Rachel, Yonova, Ivelina and Ferreira, Filipa (2018) Uptake of a dashboard designed to give realtime feedback to a sentinel network about key data required for influenza vaccine effectiveness studies. In: Ugon, Adrien , Karlsson, Daniel , Klein, Gunnar O. and Moen, Anne, (eds.) Building continents of knowledge in oceans of data : the future of co-created eHealth. Amsterdam, The Netherlands : IOS Press. pp. 161-165. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, (247)) ISSN (print) 0926-9630 ISBN 9781614998518

Pearce, Christopher, Kumarapeli, Pushpa and De Lusignan, Simon (2010) Getting seamless care right from the beginning – Integrating computers into the human interaction. In: Blobel, Bernd , Hvannberg, Ebba Þóra and Gunnarsdóttir, Valgerður, (eds.) Seamless Care – Safe Care - The Challenges of Interoperability and Patient Safety in Health Care. Amsterdam : IOS Press. pp. 196-202. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, (155)) ISSN (print) 0926-9630 ISBN 9781607505624

Michalakidis, Georgios, Kumarapeli, Pushpa, Ring, Andre, van Vlymen, Jeremy, Krause, Paul and De Lusignan, Simon (2010) A system for solution-orientated reporting of errors associated with the extraction of routinely collected clinical data for research and quality improvement. In: Safran, C. , Reti, S. and Marin, R.F., (eds.) MEDINFO 2010 - Proceedings of the 13th World Congress on Medical Informatics. Amsterdam, Netherlands : IOS Press. pp. 724-728. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 160(160)) ISBN 9781607505877

De Lusignan, S., Kumarapeli, P., Debar, S., Kushniruk, A.W. and Pearce, C. (2009) Using an open source observational tool to measure the influence of the doctor's consulting style and the computer system on the outcomes of the clinical consultation. In: Adlassnig, Klaus-Peter , Blobel, Bernd , Mantas, John and Masic, Izet, (eds.) Medical Informatics in a United and Healthy Europe. Amsterdam : IOS Press. pp. 1017-1021. (Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 150(150)) ISSN (print) 0926-9630 ISBN 9781607500445

Conference or Workshop Item

Kumarapeli, Pushpa and De Lusignan, Simon (2010) A head to head comparison of EMIS PCS and INPS Vision. In: Scottish Clinical Information Management in Practice (SCIMP) 2010 conference; 2-3 Nov 2010, Crieff, Scotland, UK.

Kumarapeli, Pushpa (2009) Systematic and personalised approaches to managing CVS risk in the primary care consultation: a multi-camera video assessment. In: Society for Academic Primary Care Regional Conference; 29-30 Jan 2009, Cambridge, U.K..

De Lusignan, Simon, Kumarapeli, Pushpa, Debar, Safia, Kushniruk, Andre W. and Pearce, Chris (2009) Using an open source observational tool to measure the influence of the doctor's consulting style and the computer system on the outcomes of the clinical consultation. In: The Medical Informatics Europe (MIE) 2009; 30 Aug - 02 Sep 2009, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Bhanahbai, H., Kumarapeli, P. and De Lusignan, S. (2008) The use of silence in the computer mediated consultation. In: Society for Academic Primary Care Annual Scientific Meeting (SAPC ASM); 9-11 Jul 2008, Galway, Eire.

Pflug, B., Kumarapeli, P., van Vlymen, J., Chan, T., Ammenwerth, E. and De Lusignan, S. (2008) Measuring the impact of the computer on the consultation: an application to synchronise multi-channel video, automated monitoring, and rating scales. In: Healthcare Computing 2008 (HC2008); 21-23 April 2008, Harrogate, U.K..

Moulene, Maigaelle V., De Lusignan, Simon, Freeman, George, van Vlymen, Jeremy, Sheeler, Ian, Singleton, Andrew and Kumarapeli, Pushpa (2007) Assessing the impact of recording quality target data on the GP consultation using multi-channel video. In: 12th World Congress on Health (Medical) Informatics; 20-24 Aug 2007, Brisbane, Australia. ISBN 9781586037741

Kumarapeli, P., Dodds, R. and De Lusignan, S (2007) Observing and Modelling the Core Computer-based Activities of the General Practice Consultation. In: European Federation for Medical Informatics; 30 May - 1 June 2007, Brijuni, Croatia.

Kumarapeli, Pushpa, DeLusignan, S, Ellis, Timothy and Jones, Beryl (2006) Using Unified Modelling Language (UML) as a process-modelling technique for clinical-research process improvement. In: 23rd Conference on Current Perspectives in Health Informatics; 2006, Birmingham, U.K..

Thesis

Kumarapeli, Pushpa (2011) Modelling the computerised clinical consultations : a multi-channel video study. (PhD thesis), Kingston University, .

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