TEAM

We are multi-disciplinary

Our core team consists of researchers from various fields including technology management, computer science, data science, and psychology. Our team is based at ETH Zurich, the Singapore-ETH Centre, the University of Zurich, and the University of St. Gallen. Here are our affiliated members and alumni.

Co-Chairs

Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch
Prof. Dr. Elgar Fleisch
Chair of Information Management, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zurich, and Chair of Operations Management, Institute of Technology Management, University of St.Gallen.
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch
Associate Professor for Digital Health Interventions, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich (UZH), Director, School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen (HSG), and Scientific Director, Centre for Digital Health Interventions, UZH, HSG & ETH Zurich, Switzerland

Lead Principal Investigator, Mobile Health Interventions, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore; Advisor, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Dartmouth College, USA

Doctor of Philosophy in Management (Ph.D.), MSc in Business Informatics, MSc in Computer Science in Media (CSM) & Dipl.-Inform. (FH) in CSM.

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Prof. Dr. Florian von Wangenheim
Prof. Dr. Florian von Wangenheim
Chair of Technology Marketing, Department of Management, Technology and Economics, ETH Zurich.

Centre Leadership

Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch
Prof. Dr. Tobias Kowatsch
Scientific Director, Centre for Digital Health Interventions, ETH Zurich & University of St.Gallen, Switzerland; Associate Professor for Digital Health Interventions, Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care, University of Zurich; Director, School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen (HSG)

Lead Principal Investigator, Mobile Health Interventions, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore; Advisor, Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, USA

Doctor of Philosophy in Management (Ph.D.), MSc in Business Informatics, MSc in Computer Science in Media (CSM) & Dipl.-Inform. (FH) in CSM.

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Giuliana Breu
Giuliana Breu
Executive Director, Centre for Digital Health Interventions, ETH Zurich & University of St.Gallen, Switzerland, Programme Co-Manager CAS ETH in Digital Health

M.A. HSG – Marketing Management

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Dr. Jan-Niklas Kramer
Dr. Jan-Niklas Kramer
Director, Centre for Digital Health Interventions, University of Zurich, ETH Zurich & University of St.Gallen, Switzerland; Innovation Manager, CSS insurance, Switzerland

Doctor of Philosophy in Management (Ph.D.), MSc in Organizational Behavior and Adaptive Cognition

Core AI & Digital Biomarker, Acoustic and Inflammatory Biomarkers

Dr. Filipe Barata
Dr. Filipe Barata
Core Director, AI & Digital Biomarker Research, Centre for Digital Health Interventions

PhD in applied Machine Learning, MSc in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Focus: Design and validation of digital biomarkers.

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Fan Wu
Fan Wu
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at the Center for Digital Health Interventions

MSc in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology

Focus: Machine Learning and Ubiquitous Computing

Jinjoo Shim
Jinjoo Shim
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at the Centre for Digital Health Interventions

MSc in Biostatistics

Focus: Digitalization of inflammatory biomarkers for Chronic Systemic Inflammation (CSI)

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Patrick Langer
Patrick Langer
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at the Centre for Digital Health Interventions

Msc in Computer Science Engineering

Focus: Applied machine learning and digital biomarkers

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Core Behavioural Health and Disease Prevention

Dr. Jacqueline Mair
Dr. Jacqueline Mair
Core Director, Behavioural Health & Disease Prevention, Centre for Digital Health Interventions; Senior Scientist, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore

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

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Dr. Oscar Castro
Dr. Oscar Castro
Postdoctoral researcher at the Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore

PhD in Physical Activity and Public Health

Focus: Optimisation of the LvL UP intervention; a smartphone-delivered holistic lifestyle coaching intervention aimed at improving health and wellbeing and preventing non-communicable diseases and common mental disorders

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Roman Keller
Roman Keller
PhD candidate and doctoral researcher at the Center for Digital Health Interventions, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore

MSc in Health Sciences and Technology (ETH)

Focus: Adaption of the Diabetes Prevention Program Curriculum for use by a Conversational Agent

Akshaye Shenoi
Akshaye Shenoi
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at the Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore

M.Sc. in Computer Science (National University of Singapore)

Focus: Health Sensing using Machine Learning and Signal Processing

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Samarth Negi
Samarth Negi
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at the Centre for Digital Health Interventions, Singapore-ETH Centre, Singapore

M.Sc. in Machine Learning (University of Maryland, USA)

Focus: States of receptivity for Just-time adaptive interventions using Machine Learning

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Bea Frese
Bea Frese
Master Student, University of St.Gallen

2021

Focus: Reaching Vulnerable Populations for the Prevention of Mental Illness

Core Digital Biomarker in Diabetes Management

Prof. Dr. Felix Wortmann
Prof. Dr. Felix Wortmann
Core Director, Digital Biomarkers in Diabetes Management, Centre for Digital Health Interventions, University of St.Gallen, St.Gallen, Switzerland

Professor, Senior Lecturer, Scientific Director Bosch IoT Lab University of St.Gallen

Simon Föll
Simon Föll
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich

MSc in Industrial Engineering (Karlsruhe Institute for Technology)

Focus: Analysis of physiological signals obtained by smartwatches based on explainable/interpretable machine learning

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Robin Deuber
Robin Deuber
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at ETH Zurich

MSc in Management, Technology, and Economics, ETH Zürich; MSc in Robotics, Systems, and Control, ETH Zürich

Focus: Driver health analytics based on in-vehicle sensor data of connected cars

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Core Digital Biomarker in Metabolic Health

Mia Jovanova, PhD
Mia Jovanova, PhD
Core Director Digital Biomarkers in Metabolic Health & Scientific Director CSS Health Lab, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen

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Wasu Mekniran
Wasu Mekniran
Ph.D. candidate at ETH Zurich and doctoral researcher at CSS Health Lab, University of St. Gallen (HSG)

MBA in Digitalization and M.Sc. in Computational Sciences at RWTH Aachen University, B.Eng. in Medical Robotics at Kyushu University Japan

Focus: Business model innovation in digital healthy longevity

Odile-Florence Giger
Odile-Florence Giger
Ph.D. candidate at University of St. Gallen and doctoral researcher at CSS Health Lab, University of St. Gallen (HSG)

MSc in Business Innovation (HSG)

Focus: Business model for companies that treat non-communicable diseases

Marc-Robin Grüner
Marc-Robin Grüner
Student Research Assistant, University of St.Gallen

2022 – 2023

Focus: Healthy Longevity, Biomarkers, and Development of Digital Health Interventions with a focus on Type-1 Diabetes

Victoria Brügger
Victoria Brügger
Ph.D. candidate at the School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen and doctoral researcher at CSS Health Lab

MSc in Food Science (ETH Zurich) & MSc in Biostatistics (University of Zurich)

Focus: Validating Digital Biomarkers for Metabolic Health

Nicolas Hesse
Nicolas Hesse
Ph.D. candidate at the School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen and doctoral researcher at CSS Health Lab

BSc in Biomedicine (University of Zurich) and a MSc in Medical Technology (ETH Zurich)

Focus: Developing Digital Biomarkers for Metabolic Health

Core Digital Health Interventions

Dr. med. Alina Liebich
Dr. med. Alina Liebich
Ph.D. candidate, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen

Focus: Design of digital health interventions that aim to slow-down biological ageing

Dr. Yanick Lukic
Dr. Yanick Lukic
Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Digital Health Interventions, Chair for Digital Health Interventions, School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen

MA in Design with a specialization in Interaction & MSc in Engineering with a specialization in Information and Communication Technologies

Focus: Digital biomarker for stress detection at the workplace.

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Prabhakaran Santhanam
Prabhakaran Santhanam
MobileCoach Software Engineer and Community Manager at the Center for Digital Health Interventions

MSc in Computer Science

Focus: MobileCoach, an open-source platform for digital biomarker and digital coaching research. SweetGoals, a Conversational Agent for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes.

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Robert Jakob
Robert Jakob
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at the Center for Digital Health Interventions, CSS Health Lab

MSc Technology and Management (TUM), BSc Industrial Engineering (KIT)

Focus: User Churn Prediction and Prevention in Digital Health Interventions

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Alina Asisof
Alina Asisof
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at the Center for Digital Health Interventions, Technology Marketing Chair of Prof. Florian von Wangenheim

MSc in Business Management (HSG)

Focus: Development and Evaluation of Digital Coaching Approaches

Gisbert Teepe
Gisbert Teepe
Ph.D. candidate and doctoral researcher at the Center for Digital Health Interventions, CSS Health Lab

MSc in Psychology and Computational Neuroscience

Focus: Using the Mobile Health App Breeze to Detect Symptoms of (Subclinical) Depression

Laura Bitomsky
Laura Bitomsky
External Ph.D. candidate, University of St. Gallen

Focus: How to advance health equity when developing digital therapeutics

Marc-Robin Grüner
Marc-Robin Grüner
Student Research Assistant, University of St.Gallen

2022 – 2023

Focus: Healthy Longevity, Biomarkers, and Development of Digital Health Interventions with a focus on Type-1 Diabetes

Luisa Lager
Luisa Lager
Student Research Assistant, University of St.Gallen

2023

Focus: Digital Health interventions – Market Analysis for Digital Therapeutics Design & Trial Services

Tim Leistner
Tim Leistner
Student Research Assistant, University of St.Gallen

2022 – 2023

Focus: Digital Health interventions and Sustainable Business Models for Healthy Longevity

Core Emerging Business Models in Digital Health

Wasu Mekniran
Wasu Mekniran
Ph.D. candidate at ETH Zurich and doctoral researcher at CSS Health Lab, University of St. Gallen (HSG)

MBA in Digitalization and M.Sc. in Computational Sciences at RWTH Aachen University, B.Eng. in Medical Robotics at Kyushu University Japan

Focus: Business model innovation in digital healthy longevity

Odile-Florence Giger
Odile-Florence Giger
Ph.D. candidate at University of St. Gallen and doctoral researcher at CSS Health Lab, University of St. Gallen (HSG)

MSc in Business Innovation (HSG)

Focus: Business model for companies that treat non-communicable diseases

Estelle Pfitzer
Estelle Pfitzer
External PhD. candidate, University of St. Gallen

MSc in Medical Technologies, ETH Zurich

Focus: Success factors of growth-stage digital health startups

Pantida Huynh
Pantida Huynh
Ph.D. candidate, School of Medicine, University of St. Gallen

MSc in Neuroscience & Clinical Psychology, University of Basel

Focus: Emerging business models in elderly care

Core Female Health

Dr. Marcia Nißen
Dr. Marcia Nißen
CDHI Core Director for Female Health, Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Digital Health Interventions, School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen

PhD in Human-Computer Interactions, MSc in Industrial Engineering and Management with specialisation in Medical Engineering and Healthcare Management

Focus: Fostering patient engagement with digital health technologies and healthcare chatbots

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Davinny Sou
Davinny Sou
PhD Student, University of St.Gallen & ETH Zurich

2024 –

Focus: Digital Biomarkers and interventions for cycle syncing

Marc-Robin Grüner
Marc-Robin Grüner
Student Research Assistant, University of St.Gallen

2022 –

Focus: Digital Biomarkers in Metabolic and Female Health

Alexa Geiger
Alexa Geiger
Student Research Assistant, School of Medicine, University of St.Gallen

2023 –

Focus: Cohort studies in female health

Core Wearable AI for Rheumatoid Arthritis Management

Dr. George Boateng
Dr. George Boateng
Core Director, Wearable AI for Rheumatoid Arthritis Management, Centre for Digital Health Interventions

PhD in Applied Machine Learning, MSc in Computer Engineering

Focus: Develop a digital biomarker for monitoring and predicting disease severity in rheumatoid arthritis patients in daily life using smartwatches and other ubiquitous devices.

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Bachelor & Master Students

Céline Cathomas
Céline Cathomas
Master Student, University of St. Gallen

2023

Focus: Business Model Innovation for Healthy Longevity

Nils Lepper
Nils Lepper
Master Student, ETH Zürich

2023

Focus: Dropout Prediction in Digital Health Interventions

Wilma Diethelm
Wilma Diethelm
Master Student, University of St. Gallen

2023

Focus: Business Model Innovation in Preventive Care

Victoire Stalder
Victoire Stalder
Master Student, University of St. Gallen

2023

Focus: Business Model Innovation in Digital Health

Sandra Winkelmann
Sandra Winkelmann
MAS Student, ETH Zürich

2023

Focus: Successful case studies of prevention in health care

Raphael Beuter
Raphael Beuter
Bachelor Student, University of St.Gallen

2023

Focus: Text-based remote consultation in the German healthcare system: A study of the feasibility of potential business models from the doctor’s and patient’s point of view

Jonas Probst
Jonas Probst
Master Student, University of St.Gallen

2023

Focus: Business model analysis of digital dementia-preventive lifestyle services

Patrick Cometta
Patrick Cometta
Master Student, ETH Zürich

2022 – 2023

Focus: Healthcare Chatbots: Validation and further development of a conversational onboarding design framework

Yili Toby Yang
Yili Toby Yang
MSc. candidate in Information System and Data Science (UZH)

2022

Focus: Machine learning on user churn prediction

Jannis Lauffer
Jannis Lauffer
Master Student MTEC, ETH Zurich

2022

Focus: Dropout Prediction in Digital Health Interventions – Retrospective Analysis of a Real-Life mHealth Intervention

Mesut Ceylan
Mesut Ceylan
Master Student, ETH Zürich

2022

Focus: CODEX (Cough During and after acute EXacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary Disease)

Mike Klausmann
Mike Klausmann
MAS Student, ETH Zürich

2022

Focus: Understanding trends in Congestive Heart Failure (CHF)

Tobias Stauffer
Tobias Stauffer
Master Student, ETH Zurich

2020 – 2021

Focus: Classification of human night noises using pre-trained artificial neural networks to assess asthma condition and sleep quality

External Advisors

Lisa Marsch, PhD
Lisa Marsch, PhD
Director of the Dartmouth Center for Technology and Behavioral Health, Director of the Northeast Node of the National Drug Abuse Clinical Trials Network and the Andrew G. Wallace Professor within the Department of Psychiatry at the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth College, USA.
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Prof. Dr. Urte Scholz
Prof. Dr. Urte Scholz
Chair of Applied Social and Health Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Zurich.
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Prof. Dr. med Christoph Stettler
Prof. Dr. med Christoph Stettler
Clinic Director and Head Physician, UDEM clinic (Diabetes, Endocrinology, Nutritional Medicine and Metabolism), University Hospital Berne; Professor for Endocrinology and Diabetology, University of Berne