TEAM
Advisory Board
Center Leadership
Doctor of Philosophy in Management (Ph.D.), MSc in Business Informatics, MSc in Computer Science in Media (CSM) & Dipl.-Inform. (FH) in CSM.
Postdoctoral Researchers

PhD in Exercise Physiology, BSc (Hons) in Sport and Exercise Science
Focus: Design and evaluation of a smartphone-based and chatbot-delivered intervention targeting individuals at risk of developing type-2 diabetes

PhD in Psychology, MSc Clinical Psychology
Focus: Design and evaluation of a smartphone-based and chatbot-delivered intervention targeting individuals with subclinical depression
Research Team

MSc in Affective Disorders (King’s College London)
Focus: Design and evaluation of a smartphone-based and chatbot-delivered intervention targeting individuals with subclinical depression

MSc in Business Management (HSG)
Focus: Digital delivery of health care services and how to actively manage chronic diseases at person in real-time

MSc Food Technology, MSc Applied Statistics
Focus: Design and evaluation of a smartphone-based and chatbot-delivered intervention targeting individuals at risk of developing type-2 diabetes

MSc in Health Sciences and Technology (ETH)
Focus: Design and evaluation of a smartphone-based and chatbot-delivered intervention targeting individuals at risk of developing type-2 diabetes

MA in Design with a specialization in Interaction & MSc in Engineering with a specialization in Information and Communication Technologies
Focus: Digital biomarker for real-time feedback in physiotherapy and work-related stress.

MSc Strategic Marketing with Chinese
Focus: Understanding the psychological evaluation of conversational agents on outcomes such as trust and satisfaction.

MSc in Cognitive Science
Focus: Development and evaluation of different relationship styles between chronic patients and conversational agents.
MobileCoach Team
Student Research Assistants
Visiting Students

Neurobiology & Economics
Harvard Medical School & Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston
Focus: Design of digital health interventions for chronic diseases (e.g. diabetes).

Computer Science, Dartmouth College
Dartmouth’s Center for Technology and Behavioral Health
Focus: Investigation of states of receptivity and vulnerability in MobileCoach-based physical activity and personality change interventions.
Bachelor & Master Students

2020
Focus: Identification of Effective Intervention Components Preventing Type-2 Diabetes and Assessment of their Scalability via Healthcare Chatbots and Hybrid Coaching with Human Health Professionals

2018
Focus: On the Impact of Chatbots with Self-Awareness Design on Users’ Perceptions, Trust and Intention to Adopt.

2018
Focus: Impact of General Privacy Concerns on Chatbot Design Elements’ Influence on People’s Willingness to Disclose Personal Information.

2018
Focus: User perceptions of a Digital Coaching App for Physical Activity.

2017-2018
Focus: User Onboarding Design for a Fully Automated Conversational Agent (“Chatbot”) in Mobile Health Interventions.

2017-2018
Focus: Rebuilding Trust: The Effect of Chatbots on Doctor-Patient Interactions.

2017
Focus: Analyzing Success Factors for Disruptive Innovations in the mHealth Ecosystem for Diabetes Care.

2016
Focus: Behavior Change Techniques in mHealth Interventions for People with Asthma.

2016
Focus: Digital Health Business Models.
Affiliated
Alumni

MSc in Human Nutrition and Home Economics
Focus: Public health nutrition and technology-driven diet interventions.

MSc in Computer Science
Focus: Emotion recognition for MobileCoach interventions.

MSc in Computer Science in Media and Dipl.-Inform. (FH) in Computer Science in Media
Focus: Health information systems architect & lead developer of the open source MobileCoach platform.

Focus: Impact of technology-driven innovations in healthcare.

PhD in Neuroscience, MSc in Computer Science, BSc in Cognitive Psychology
Focus: Design of a MobileCoach-based intervention for people with mild cognitive impairment.

Focus: Artificial Intelligence in emerging Health Information Systems with emphasis on Machine Learning and Big Data.

MSc Pharmacy

MA HSG in Strategy and International Management & MSc CEMS MIM

Focus: Supporting human behavior by technology with a focus on privacy and health care.

2014
Focus: Health economic evaluation of IT-supported interventions.

2013-2014
Focus: Mobile Sports Applications.

2013
Focus: Business Models for eHealth.

2013
Focus: Gamification in Online Psychotherapy.

2012
Focus: Persuasive Technology.

2012
Focus: Mobile After-Care Operations.

2012
Focus: Health Insurance Mobile Apps