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How can NCD services be more successful? – A guide for creating successful business models for NCD companies
80% of the Swiss health care costs are spent on non-communicable diseases (NCDs). This means every fourth person in Switzerland suffers at least from one NCD. Often, [...]
TrailBlazer: Predicting Success in Growth-stage Digital Health Companies
Even the most revolutionary digital therapeutics (DTx) cannot significantly impact patients' lives if they fail to align with the business interests of healthcare payers, such as insurers, [...]
Healthy Longevity Talent Incubator at NUS School of Medicine
We are thrilled to announce that our doctoral researcher Wasu Mekniran has been selected as one of 40 early career professionals from 21 countries to [...]
CDHI Quarterly Meeting: Research Updates from the CORE AI & Digital Biomarker, Acoustic and Inflammatory Biomarkers , 4 July 2023
In the second CDHI Quarterly Meeting 2023 the focus was on research updates from the CORE AI & Digital Biomarker, Acoustic and Inflammatory Biomarkers. Agenda: [...]
New Publication: Wearable-based accelerometer activity profile as digital biomarker of inflammation, biological age, and mortality
Repeated disruptions in circadian rhythms are associated with implications for health outcomes and longevity. The utilization of wearable devices in quantifying circadian rhythm to elucidate [...]
Spring Doctoral Seminar 2023 in Steckborn
From 7 to 8 June, our research team enjoyed an inspiring doctoral seminar at the Lake of Constanze in Steckborn in the beautiful See & [...]
Guest lecture on Data Standardization of Digital Health Technologies Used in Clinical Trials: Zahra Karimaddini, 27 June 2023
Tuesday, 27 June 2023, 5 PM CEST/ 3PM GMT About Zahra Karimaddini Zahra Karimaddini, PhD, has a background in computational biology, data science and personalized medicine. [...]
DTx Workshop at MIE 2023 by Kerstin Denecke and Tobias Kowatsch
The Medical Informatics Europe will take place in Gothenburg from 22 to 25 May. The conference theme this year is: "Caring is Sharing - Exploiting Value [...]
Announcement of the winners of the 2023 EMEA Garmin Health Research Grant
We are very happy to announce that Marc-Robin Grüner, Anja Bischof and Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch are among the winners of the 2023 EMEA Garmin Health [...]
CDHI at HSGforscht!, 13 May 2023
Last weekend we had the pleasure to present our research at HSGforscht! at the University of St.Gallen to the public. Luisa Lager, Marc-Robin Grüner and [...]
New Publication: LvL UP, a digital preventive care intervention for non-communicable diseases and common mental disorders
LvL UP 1.0 is a smartphone-based lifestyle intervention designed to prevent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and common mental disorders (CMDs). The newly published paper outlines the multidisciplinary [...]
Welcome to PhD student Laura Bitomsky investigating “equity-by-design” design principles for DTx
We are thrilled to announce that Laura Bitomsky will join the HSG School of Medicine (Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch) as an external doctorate candidate. As a [...]
Welcome to Estelle Pfitzer predicting success of companies with healthtech growth equity investor MTIP
The Centre for Digital Health Interventions and MTIP share a common goal of transforming global healthcare and enhancing the well-being of individuals. To this end, we [...]
Please welcome our new Executive Director Giuliana Breu!
We are happy to welcome Giuliana Breu as our new Executive Director at the Centre for Digital Health Interventions. Giuliana holds a bachelor’s degree in Business [...]
A warm welcome to PhD student Odile-Florence Giger strengthening our CSS Health Lab
A warm welcome to Odile-Florence Giger as our newest research assistant. Odile is a doctoral student at the University of St.Gallen (HSG) and is now a [...]
Call for Master’s Thesis: Towards Inclusive Healthcare – Defining Diversity in Digital Health Interventions
Master thesis: Towards Inclusive Healthcare - Defining Diversity in Digital Therapeutics Understanding and addressing diversity barriers ensure that digital therapeutics (DTx) are inclusive and effective for [...]
Call for Master’s Thesis: Diversity in Digital Therapeutics – A Review of Design, Implementation, and Evaluation Strategies
Master thesis: Diversity in Digital Therapeutics - A Review of Design, Implementation, and Evaluation Strategies Understanding and addressing diversity barriers ensure that digital therapeutics (DTx) are [...]
Congratulations to Caterina Bérubé for her successful PhD thesis defense
The team at CDHI, together with the co-supervisors Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch, Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch, and Dr. Baki Kocaballi want to congratulate Caterina Bérubé for successfully [...]
Guest lecture on Natural Language Interactions with Virtual Human Counselors: Stefán Ólafsson, 26 April 2023
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 3PM CEST/ 1PM GMT About Stefán Ólafsson Stefán Ólafsson is an assistant professor at the department of computer science at Reykjavik [...]
Full Stack Software Engineer DTx Design & Trial Service at Med-HSG (100%)
The Next Generation of Evidence-based Medicine (Nature Medicine, 2023), The New Science of Wellness (Scientific American, 2022), The Promise of the Metaverse in Cardiovascular Health (European Heart [...]
Mental Health Apps: How effective are digital therapists? An interview with Tobias Kowatsch, 10 March 2023
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), cases of anxiety disorders and depression have risen sharply worldwide in recent years. But sufferers often have to put [...]