Research domain and projects
Implementation Science in Health Care
Lauren Clack’s research prioritizes rigorous development of implementation science methods in addition to furthering the fields to which implementation science is applied. Her research combines these aspects. While her previous research has primarily applied implementation science to the field of infectious diseases and hospital epidemiology, she has a broad interest in applying implementation science to fields with a demonstrated gap between research findings and current practice. Her specific research priorities include:
- Tailored implementation: building evidence on effectiveness of specific implementation strategies in specific contexts.
- De-implementation of low-value practices: building evidence about effectiveness of de-implementation strategies.
- User-centered, participatory design: validating user-centered design methods and establishing measures that constitute valid process indicators and outcomes of user-centered design.
Implementation Science in Nursing
Rahel Naef’s research focuses on the
- adult family health and illness management ability
- effectiveness of family systems nursing interventions and integrated models of care delivery
- implementation of evidence-based nursing practices
Her research focuses on the health and well-being of families in vulnerable situations, such as families engaged in caregiving and on families experiencing acute-critical illness, loss or bereavement.
Drawing on a wide range of methodological approaches, she investigates the impact of relational family systems, nursing interventions and models of care on individual and family illness management ability and health outcomes.
Rahel Naef has a particular interest in the study of knowledge translation strategies to promote the systematic uptake of evidence-based, interprofessional care delivery for people with cognitive impairment and their families entering acute care, as well as for those bereaved. The research work is at the intersection of nursing science and implementation science with a focus on family nursing.
Digital Health Interventions
In close collaboration with his interdisciplinary team and research partners, Tobias designs digital therapeutics for healthy longevity. More specifically, he designs and evaluates digital health interventions to prevent and manage non-communicable diseases (e.g., diabetes or hypertension) and common mental disorders (e.g., depression and anxiety). For this purpose, Professor Kowatsch brings together research teams at the intersection of information systems research, computer science, medicine, and economics. To this end, his research areas focus on
- Digital therapeutics for the prevention and management of non-communicable diseases and common mental disorders
- Digital biomarkers for the detection of vulnerability states and states of receptivity
- Conversational agents, chatbots, and voice assistants
- Blended treatments that bring together social actors (physicians, patients, family members) and technology (e.g. voice assistants) symbiotically
- Emerging business models for scalable digital therapeutics A selection of research projects
A selection of research projects:
- MobileCoach: An Open Source Software Platform for Digital Biomarker and Health Intervention Research
- Prediction and Prevention of Non-Adherence to Digital Health Interventions
- Sweetgoals: A Conversational Agent for Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes
- Breeze: A Gameful Biofeedback Breathing Training for Mental and Physical Well-being
- I feel BEDDA: A vocal biomarker for subclinical depression
- Diane+ A Digital Lifestyle Coach to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes in Singapore
- Sally+ Preventing Depression in Singaporean Students
- Using Voice Assistants for the Management of Chronic Diseases: is it possible?
- RehabCoach: A digital platform for remote rehabilitation
- Healthification: A short animation
- CanRelax: A mindfulness and relaxation app for people with cancer