PROJECTS
Bridging theory and practice: Our research projects are embedded in practical settings and require a multi-disciplinary approach. Industry provides inspiration and infrastructure for our ideas and experiments.
PRECIOUS: A Design and Trial Service for Precision Digital Therapeutics
Background: Significant investments in innovative technologies have the potential to achieve high-value care by (1) improving the individual experience of care, (2) the health of populations, and (3) [...]
DDMS: Digital Diabetes Management Score
This pilot project, in close collaboration with Prof. Dr. med. Michael Brändle, Cantonal Hospital of St. Gallen, explores how general practitioners can improve their capabilities in managing type-2 [...]
AIMIE: AI-based Nutrition Monitoring in Healthcare Settings
This project aims to tackle the critical issue of malnutrition among hospital patients by leveraging technology to enhance the accuracy and efficiency of nutritional assessments. Food is one [...]
CyMe [si:][mi:] – Towards an open-source, customizable menstrual health research app
Women’s health data could empower women and individuals experiencing menstrual or female reproductive health-related processes to better understand themselves and manage their health across their life course. However, [...]
GRACE: A Voice Assistant for People with Early Dementia
Aufruf zur Teilnahme: Interview-Studie zur Technologienutzung bei Demenz (PDF) Dementia describes the deterioration of cognitive and memory skills, affecting people’s abilities to perform everyday tasks beyond [...]
How to reach and engage everyone with digital health programmes
Currently, people with the poorest health who stand to gain the most from public health research and digital health programmes are the least likely to use them. [...]
Cary cares about you
Menstrual health has historically been neglected in research despite evidence suggesting its significant impact on physical and psychological well-being. This neglect extends to the provision of personalized digital [...]
KIND – Investigating the Link between Blood Glucose Fluctuations and Nerve Vitality
Introduction Diabetic peripheral neuropathies (DPN) are major complications of diabetes, resulting from nervous system damage. Symptoms include tingling, numbness, pain, or reduced reflexes.2 While many children with Type [...]
COSO: How to make Care for Older Adults successful?
Imagine a situation where there is a huge party where guests continue to arrive, but the hosts are limited and increasingly overburdened. This situation mirrors what is [...]
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, [...]
VOGUE: Influence of the Menstrual Cycle on Women’s Technology Usage
We are pleased to present a research project that aims to explore the relationship between a woman's menstrual cycle and her receptivity to just-in-time adaptive interventions. This [...]
LvL UP: A Digital Lifestyle Coach for the Prevention of NCDs in Singapore
Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer, and Common Mental Disorders (CMDs) such as depression or anxiety are the leading causes of death and [...]
Core – Wearable AI for Rheumatoid Arthritis Management (WARAM)
Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) is a chronic autoimmune disease caused by the body’s immune system attacking its tissues resulting in inflammation of joints (e.g., fingers, toes) characterized by [...]
RehabCoach 2.0: Scaling up unsupervised rehabilitation by combining robotics and LLM-powered conversational agents
The Rehabilitation Engineering Lab (RELab) at the Department of Health Sciences and Technology at ETH Zurich is an interdisciplinary group with competencies in mechanical and electrical engineering, [...]
Book: Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health and Addiction
Are you interested in how Digital Therapeutics might be leveraged in healthcare? The recently published textbook "Digital Therapeutics for Mental Health and Addiction: The State of [...]
EDEN: Emerging Business Models for Digital Healthy Longevity
The EDEN project focuses on developing digital health solutions that are ‘scalable by design.’ Identify evidence-implementation gaps and analyze business model strategies that create cost-effective, high-impact prevention [...]
Digital Therapeutics for Healthy Longevity: A Roadmap
Non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including common mental disorders, not only impose an enormous health burden on individuals but also lead to substantial economic burdens for healthcare systems. Especially [...]
Research grant awarded to RehabCoach – a digital platform for remote rehabilitation
The ETH RESC – Suva Funding Programme, which supports R&D in prevention, rehabilitation, and health economics with a focus on accident-related injuries, has awarded its first [...]
What can we do to lower the socioeconomic inequalities in health? Healthification, a short animation
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 [...]
CanRelax: A mindfulness and relaxation app for people with cancer
Relaxation exercises can help to reduce stress symptoms and improve quality of life. In a project funded by the Swiss Cancer Research Foundation, researchers at the Institute for Complementary [...]