Biography
Viktor von Wyl holds a PhD in Epidemiology (ETH Zurich, 2008) and a Master’s in Biology (University of Basel, 2002).
In his professional life he has worked as a data manager for an HIV cohort in Washington, D.C. (2002–2004) and as an HIV epidemiologist at the University Hospital Zurich (2004–2010) and the University College London (2010–2011, SNF-fellowship).
Between 2011 and 2014 he was a Senior Researcher at the CSS-Institute in Luzern, where he worked on end-of-life care (SNF-funded) and risk adjustment.
Viktor joined the University of Zurich in October 2014 as the Director of the Swiss Multiple Sclerosis Registry at the Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Prevention Institute (EBPI).
In April 2020 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Digital and Mobile Health, with affiliation at the Institute for Implementation Science in Health Care.
Since October 2023, he has been a member of the Directorate of the Swiss School of Public Health.
Link to the introduction video
Professor Viktor von Wyl on ORCID
Publications
Selected publications
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Krebs, Lukas; Müller, Sarah; Meier, Tim; Weber, Claudia; Wirth, André (2022). Erfahrungen aus der BarKA-MS-Studie zum Einsatz von Fitnesstrackern in der stationären Neurorehabilitation. Schweizer Zeitschrift für Psychiatrie & Neurologie, 05/2022.
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Enrollment and Retention of Participants in Remote Digital Health Studies: Scoping Review and Framework Proposal. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24(9):e39910.
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Blending citizen science with natural language processing and machine learning: Understanding the experience of living with multiple sclerosis. PLOS Digital Health, 2(8):e0000305.
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Challenges and best practices for digital unstructured data enrichment in health research: A systematic narrative review. PLOS Digital Health, 2(10):e0000347.
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Leal Neto, Onicio; von Wyl, Viktor (2024). Digital Transformation of Public Health for Noncommunicable Diseases: Narrative Viewpoint of Challenges and Opportunities. JMIR Public Health and Surveillance, 10(2024)