Golam Sorwar

Golam Sorwar is a senior lecturer of Information Technology at Southern Cross University (SCU). Sorwar is a leading international researcher with an extensive track record in the application and adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for the sustainable health and wellbeing of senior citizens. At SCU, Sorwar has been a member of and active contributor to various committees, including the Human Research Ethics Committee (HREC) and the Research Management Committee. He is the course coordinator of the Master of Information Technology (MIT) program at SCU and a Deputy Chair of Recognition and Achievement Award committee. Previously, he acted as Director of Research and Deputy Head in the School of IT and Commerce at SCU.

Dr Sorwar is a leading international researcher with an extensive track record in the application and adoption of Information Communication Technology (ICT) for the sustainable health and wellbeing of senior citizens. He has established collaborations with research institutions (Emporia State University, USA; Guangxi University of Science and Technology, China; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and Dhaka University, Bangladesh) and Service providers (Feros Care) and state and national government organisations, Northern NSW LHD; Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh.

Dr. Sorwar has received a number of national and international research grants. Sorwar’s research has substantial practical implications for sustainable health and wellbeing for our community. Sorwar has been working with teams of academic and healthcare clinicians to implement digital technology, including web-based technology, virtual and mixed reality, to improve patient care and support healthcare training. For example, Sorwar work on digital technology for older community dwelling adults and their carers resulted in a better understanding of how digital technology can support older peoples’ quality of life. Sorwar has tested the feasibility of the integration of mixed reality technology to provide interprofessional learning (IPL) to healthcare professionals in the management of deteriorating patients in NNSW LHD. 

Dr Sorwar has $150,000, including Connectivity Innovation Network (CIN) funding (as CI) in 2023, a Commonwealth Department of Innovation Industry Science and Research (DIISR) (as CI) in 2020. Sorwar obtained an international collaborative grant of $6000 (TK 3000,000) from the Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Government of Bangladesh, in 2021. Sorwar also obtained about $20,000 in internal grants from SCU to lead five research projects (as CI).

Dr Sorwar is actively engaged in a wide range of national and international collaborations.  He has established collaborations with research institutions (Emporia State University, USA; Guangxi University of Science and Technology, China; The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong and Dhaka University, Bangladesh) and Service providers (Feros Care) and state and national government organisations (Northern NSW LHD; Ministry of Information and Communication Technology, Go