Shenoi, A., Li, T., Jabir, A., Pitkethly, A., Fleisch, E., Kowatsch, T., Mair, J., An LLM-based Motivational Interviewing Conversational Agent for Health Behaviour Change: Comparative Evaluation Study, JMIR Preprints. 26/02/2026:94036 10.2196/preprints.94036.

Weber, S., Provaznikova, B., Psathakis, N., Casanova, A., Amthor, L., Kirchhofer, L., García, M., José, A., Welt, T., Kronberger, L., Kowatsch, T., Kleim, B., Olbrich, S., Can Conversational AI Reliably Assess Depressive Symptoms? A Feasibility, Acceptability and Bias-Aware Validation Study of MADRS-Chat, Available at SSRN, 10.2139/ssrn.6306520.

Senpinar, G., Moser-Chee, L., Nißen, M., Enhancing Menstrual Health Research through User-Centred Digital Data Structures: Findings from a Researcher Needs Study, Workshop on Advancing Digital Women’s Health – Scale-IT-up 2026, In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026) – Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, pp. 645-655, ISBN: 978-989-758-802-0; ISSN: 2184-4305. [PDF]

Moretti, L., Paci, S., Sou, D., Kowatsch, T., Nißen, M.K., Menstrual Cycle Tracking at Scale: Scientific Evidence behind the Top 15 Funded Digital Menstrual Tracking Companies, Workshop on Advancing Digital Women’s Health – Scale-IT-up 2026, In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026) – Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, pp. 668-680, ISBN: 978-989-758-802-0; ISSN: 2184-4305. [PDF]

Wagon, L., Scaling Gender-Responsive Digital Health in the European Union: A Policy Commentary, Workshop on Advancing Digital Women’s Health – Scale-IT-up 2026, In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026) – Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, pp. 603-613, ISBN: 978-989-758-802-0; ISSN: 2184-4305. [PDF]

Principe, M., Krohmann, S., Kowatsch, T., Nißen, M.K., From Workaround to Centerpiece: Translating Lived Experience into Perimenopause-Focused Menstrual Health Technologies, Workshop on Advancing Digital Women’s Health – Scale-IT-up 2026, In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026) – Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, pp. 614-628, ISBN: 978-989-758-802-0; ISSN: 2184-4305. [PDF]

Nißen, M.K., Mauerhofer, M., Sou, D., Kowatsch, T., From Menstrual Cycle Tracking to Menstrual Cycle Syncing: A Scoping Review of Cycle Phase Effects on Lifestyle Behaviors, Workshop on Advancing Digital Women’s Health – Scale-IT-up 2026, In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026) – Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, pp. 629-644, ISBN: 978-989-758-802-0; ISSN: 2184-4305. [PDF]

Liebich, A., Mauz, L., Kowatsch, T., Barriers to Implementing and Scaling Wearable Technologies in Women’s Health: Perspectives from a Gynaecologist in Switzerland, Workshop on Advancing Digital Women’s Health – Scale-IT-up 2026, In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026) – Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, pp. 691-697, ISBN: 978-989-758-802-0; ISSN: 2184-4305. [PDF]

Vinay, R., Kowatsch, T., An Ethical Approach to Co-Designing Scalable Digital Health Interventions for Vulnerable Populations, Workshop on Advancing Digital Women’s Health – Scale-IT-up 2026, In Proceedings of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies (BIOSTEC 2026) – Volume 1: BIOSIGNALS, pp. 683-690, ISBN: 978-989-758-802-0; ISSN: 2184-4305. [PDF]

Mekniran, W., Brügger, V., Fuchs, M., Jin, Q., Wirth, B., Bilz, S., Brändle, M., Fleisch, E., Kowatsch, T., Jovanova, M., Early health technology assessment of digital diabetes screening in Switzerland: cost-effectiveness and budget impact analyses, medRxiv 2026.02.10.26345992, 10.64898/2026.02.10.26345992.

Wagon, L., Scaling Gender-Responsive Digital Health in the European Union: A Policy Commentary, In Proc of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – Volume 2: HEALTHINF (forthcoming).

Monn, A., Homan, S., Mocellin, J., Walser, V., Kirchhofer, L., Raja, S.M., Dolev, E.L., Nißen, M.K., Kowatsch, T., Seiler, G., Schultebraucks, K., Olbrich, S., Kleim, B., Deep phenotyping of suicidal ideation after discharge from psychiatric inpatient care: study protocol for an interdisciplinary, multicentre prospective observational study in Psychiatric University Hospitals, BMJ Open 2026;16:e111273, 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-111273.

Mekniran, W., Stalder, V., Diethelm, W., Fleisch, E., Kowatsch, T., Jovanova, M., Digital Health Technologies and Stakeholder Incentives in Type-2 Diabetes Prevention, Digital Health (forthcoming).

Fuchs, M., Boyd, Z.M., Schwarze, A., Cosme, D., Stanoi, O., Kang, Y., Kowatsch, T., von Wangenheim, F., Bassett, D.S., Ochsner, K.N., Staley, D.M.L., Falk, E.B., Jovanova, M., Predicting Individual Differences in Digital Alcohol Intervention Effectiveness Through Multimodal Data, npj Digital Medicine 10.1038/s41746-026-02356-4.

Mekniran, W., Kowatsch, T., Early Viability Assessment of a Business-to-Consumer (B2C) Model for Digital Diabetes Screening in Switzerland, BMC Health Services Research 10.1186/s12913-026-14075-3.

Boateng, G., Zhao, X., Speichert, M., Fleisch, E., Lüscher, J., Pauly, T., Scholz, U., Bodemann, G., Kowatsch, T., “Are You Okay, Honey?”: Recognizing Emotions Among Couples Managing Diabetes in Daily Life Using Multimodal Real-World Smartwatch Data, Sensors 2026, 1, 0 (forthcoming). [PDF]

Fontanesi, L., Çöltekin, A., Kunz, T., Arrigoni, S., Bourke, S., MacLullich, A.M., Vinay, R., Kowatsch, T., Zobrist, N.J., Lampe, C.J., Schöpf, M., Frisardi, V., Howick, J., Schlögl, M., Perceived Value of Virtual Reality Simulations to Gain Insights into Delirium: A Pilot Study, Delirium (forthcoming).

Weber, S., Klebe, D., Wolf, L., Aeberli, C., Homan, S., Psathakis, N., Casanova, A., Macias, J.G., Sykstus, J., Li, J.M., Provaznikova, B., Rohde, J., Frühschütz, L., Rühlmann, C., Welt, T., Kowatsch, T., Kleim, B., Consortium, M., Olbrich, S., Suicide- and crisis-risk detection using large language models in mental-health chatbots, medRxiv 2026.01.12.26343914, 10.64898/2026.01.12.26343914.

Ackermann, L.J., Giger, O.F., Principe, M., Brändle, M., Jovanova, M., Kowatsch, T., A Care Quality Dashboard for General Practitioners Managing Patients with Diabetes Mellitus Type 2: User- Centered Design and Evaluation of a Prototype, Research Square, 11 January 2026, Preprint, 10.21203/rs.3.rs-8347867/v1 .

Walliser, F., Biller-Andorno, N., Kowatsch, T., Vinay, R., Evaluating the GRACE voice assistant for dementia care among caregivers and healthcare professionals: An interview study, Digital Health (forthcoming).

Zheng, S., Castro, O., Mair, J., Jabir, A., Tan, S., Shenoi, A., Negi, S., Mathews, R.R., Sim, R.K.W., Yan, X., Chakraborty, B., Tai, E.S., Van Dam, R., von Wangenheim, F., Fleisch, E., Griva, K., Kowatsch, T., Müller-Riemenschneider, F., Feasibility of the “LvL UP” trial: a pilot sequential multiple assignment randomised trial of an adaptive, holistic mHealth lifestyle coaching intervention, International Journal of Behavioural Nutrutrition and Physical Activity, 10.1186/s12966-025-01869-7.

Kelders, S.M., ten Klooster, I., Bastoni, S., Cadoni, I., Dogan, K., Kip, H., Beerlage-de Jong, N., Gouveia, R., Schueller, S.M., Oewel, B., Doherty, K., Graffigna, G., Gabrielli, S., Van Daele, T., Kowatsch, T., Doherty, G., Coyle, D., Perski, O., Karekla, M., Rios Rincon, A., Munson, S.A., Engagement in Digital Health Interventions: Open Questions for Research and Design, Proc. ACM Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2026), Barcelona, Spain 13 – 17 April 2026, 10.1145/3772363.3778762.