Please join us at the 7th Scale-IT-Up Workshop 2026 – Advancing Digital Women’s Health Across the Life Course in Marbella, Spain, March 02-03, 2026.

This workshop takes place in conjunction with the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – BIOSTEC 2026.

Women’s health remains underrepresented in both clinical research and digital health innovation. This workshop aims to shape the future of Digital Women’s Health by exploring how digital technologies—ranging from mobile health apps, sensors, wearables to agentic AI —can address both female-specific conditions (such as endometriosis, PCOS, menopause, and maternal health) and conditions that affect women and individuals assigned female at birth differently or disproportionately (e.g., cardiovascular disease, migraine, mental health, etc.) across their life course.

The workshop will feature a keynote by Thao Nguyen, founder of (EQUAL CARE), a certification platform which aims to make sex – and gender-specific medicine the norm to enhance the outcome for millions of patients.

Under the key question ‘How to Scale Up Digital Women’s Health Successfully?’, CDHI researchers will share the following contributions:

• Senpinar, G., Moser-Chee, L., Nißen, M., Enhancing Menstrual Health Research through User-Centred Digital Data Structures: Findings from a Researcher Needs Study, In Proc of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – Volume 2: HEALTHINF (forthcoming).
• Vinay, R., Kowatsch, T., An Ethical Approach to Co-Designing Scalable Digital Health Interventions for Vulnerable Populations, In Proc of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – Volume 2: HEALTHINF (forthcoming).
• 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, In Proc of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – Volume 2: HEALTHINF (forthcoming).
• Liebich, A., Mauz, L., Kowatsch, T., Barriers to Implementing and Scaling Wearable Technologies in Women’s Health: Perspectives from a Gynaecologist in Switzerland, In Proc of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – Volume 2: HEALTHINF (forthcoming).
• 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, In Proc of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – Volume 2: HEALTHINF (forthcoming).
• Principe, M., Krohmann, S., Kowatsch, T., Nißen, M.K., From Workaround to Centerpiece: Translating Lived Experience into Perimenopause-Focused Menstrual Health Technologies, In Proc of the 19th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies – Volume 2: HEALTHINF (forthcoming).
• 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).

1. Dr. Marcia Nißen, Centre for Digital Health Interventions, University of Zurich & School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen, and Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2. Prof. Dr. Hannes Schlieter, Research Group Digital Health at the Faculty of Economics, TU Dresden, Germany
3. Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich & School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen, and Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zurich, Switzerland

1. 1. Davinny Sou, PhD Candidate, ETH Zurich & School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen
   2. Marinja Principe, PhD Student, University of Zurich
   3. Laura Bitomsky, PhD Candidate, University of St.Gallen
   4. Dr. Rasita Vinay, University of Zurich
   5. Maren Kaehlig, Technical University of Dresden
   6. Emily Hickmann, Technical University of Dresden
   7. Carola Gißke, Technical University of Dresden
   8. Madita Schädlich, Technical University of Dresden

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Figueroa, C. A., Luo, T., Aguilera, A., & Lyles, C. R. (2021). The need for feminist intersectionality in digital health. The Lancet Digital Health, 3(8), e526-e533. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2589-7500(21)00118-7