%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2018 %T Using Constructive Research to Structure the Path to Transdisciplinary Innovation and Its Application for Precision Public Health with Big Data Analytics %A Carolyn McGregor %K adaption %K big data %K critical care %K precision public health %K resilience %K transdisciplinary innovation %X New approaches to complex societal challenges require a diverse mix of resources and skillsets from different disciplines to create solutions that are of a transdisciplinary innovation nature. The constructive research method enables the purposeful creation of methods, modules, tools, and techniques that have applicability well beyond the case study that motivated their creation. This research presents a bottom-up approach that follows a structured path to transdisciplinary innovation. A method is presented that demonstrates how a set of innovative research collaborations progress from disciplinary innovation to multidisciplinary innovation and ultimately onto interdisciplinary innovation. Anchored in overlapping computer science concepts, drawing on the constructive research methodology for purposeful synthesis and integration between the projects, a greater transdisciplinary goal can emerge. This method is demonstrated through a case study involving a set of big data analytics research projects involving diverse disciplines such as computer science, critical care medicine, aerospace, tactical operations, and public health. The resultant collective vision for transdisciplinary innovation that has resulted offers new approaches to maintaining individual wellness within communities across their entire lifespan on earth and in space. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 8 %P 7-15 %8 08/2018 %G eng %U https://timreview.ca/article/1174 %N 8 %1 University of Ontario Institute of Technology Carolyn McGregor AM is the Canada Research Chair (Alumni) in Health Informatics based at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology in Oshawa, Canada. She received her BAScH in Computer Science (1st class) degree and her PhD degree in Computer Science from the University of Technology Sydney in Australia. Dr. McGregor has led pioneering research in big data analytics, real-time stream processing, temporal data mining, patient journey modelling, and cloud computing. She now progresses this research within the context of critical care medicine, mental health, astronaut health, and military and civilian tactical training. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1174