Please join us at our upcoming CDHI Quarterly Meeting where the focus will be on Behavioural Health & Disease Prevention. When? 28 September 2022, 10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. CEST. Where? Online via Zoom at: ethz.zoom.us/j/66323461510 Agenda: A. Welcome and introduction to the meeting: Dr Jacqueline [...]
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) impose enormous health burdens on individuals and lead to substantial health economic challenges. NCDs' risk factors relate primarily to a lifestyle characterized by tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption, physical inactivity, or an unbalanced diet. This lifestyle can lead to obesity, hypertension, and other [...]
Registration is now open for the upcoming ACM 2022UBICOMP conference. The conference will be held 11 - 15th September 2022 in Atlanta, USA , and Cambridge, UK. The conference highlights novel approaches in ubiquitous and pervasive computing. UBICOMP is the premier conference for Ubiquitous Computing with leading international [...]
ETH Certificate in Advanced Studies Programme description The course looks at the globally rising numbers and costs of non-communicable diseases (NCDs) in physical and mental health. We will explain why today's intervention paradigm does not appropriately target chronic and mental health conditions and dive [...]
The promise of the metaverse in cardiovascular health (European Heart Journal, 2022), Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain? (The New York Times Magazine, 2022), First of its Kind Alexa Experience Provides Hands‐Free Access at Home to General Medical Care (GlobeNewswire, 2022), Can digital technologies improve health? (The Lancet, [...]
Fitbits detect lasting changes after Covid-19 (New York Times, 2022), The promise of the metaverse in cardiovascular health (European Heart Journal, 2022), Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain? (The New York Times Magazine, 2022), First of its Kind Alexa Experience Provides Hands-Free Access at Home to [...]
Q1 2022 Digital Health Funding Reaches $6B Across 183 Deals (Rock Health, 2022), The promise of the metaverse in cardiovascular health (European Heart Journal, 2022), Can Virtual Reality Help Ease Chronic Pain? (The New York Times Magazine, 2022), First of its Kind Alexa Experience Provides Hands‐Free Access [...]
The participants present parts and questions from their dissertation. These contributions may, of course, have different degrees of maturity; both initial research questions and already advanced manuscripts can be presented. Both for the presenters and the other participants, conscientious preparation of the dates is obligatory and contributes [...]
Wednesday, 14 September, 10AM -11:30AM in CEST About Oscar Castro Oscar Castro holds a PhD in Physical Activity and Public Health from the University of Southern Queensland (Australia), a MSc in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the University of Jyväskylä (Finland), and a BSc in [...]
The widespread use of mobile technologies (e.g., wearable sensors, mobile applications, social media, and location-tracking technologies) has the potential to meet the health monitoring needs of the world's aging population and the ever-growing number of chronic patients. However, this premise is based on the application of Machine [...]
