Projects
Objective
The main aim of this project is to investigate the causal effect of sedentary breaks on affective and cognitive parameters in everyday life by using a within-person encouragement design (WPED).
Contact
Marco Giurgiu: marco.giurgiu@kit.edu
Objective
BeACTIVE focuses on one of the most serious global health problems: Physical inactivity. Mobile technologies will be used to develop a self-learning system that uses artificial intelligence to support the promotion of physical activity at the right time and in the right environment.
Cooperating partners
- FZI Research Center for Information Technology
Contact
Marco Giurgiu: marco.giurgiu@kit.edu
Objective
The Motorik-Modul Study (MoMo) originated as a sub-module of the nationwide German health Interview and Exmanination Survey for Children and Adolescents (KiGGS) of the Robert Koch Institut (RKI) and has been conducted since 2003. As a result of a resolution of the German Bundestag, we are therefore now conducting the study under the name MoMo 2.0 in even more locations in Germany since October 2022. Funded by the German Federal Ministry of Health, the aim of MoMo 2.0 is to study the course and development of physical fitness and activity behavior of the population living in Germany over a longer period of time. These results help to improve the health situation in Germany.
Contact
Objective
COMO is a merger of the COPSY and MoMo studies. It examines the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the physical and mental health and health behavior of children and adolescents against the background of socio-ecological contexts in Germany and aims to identify suitable interventions to support their health and development.
Objective
Cerberus is a nationwide initiative leveraging wearable technology to transform public health research. It focuses on three key areas: 1. Synthesis: Compiling and evaluating existing research on wearables to provide a consolidated view of their capabilities in health monitoring and enhancement; 2. Validation: Assessing the accuracy and reliability of data from wearable devices to ensure trustworthy health metrics for individual and public health applications; 3. Data Donation Platform and Databank: Creating a platform for the donation of wearable data, enabling the collection and analysis of large-scale datasets. This initiative addresses data fragmentation across different devices and encourages public engagement in health research, while prioritizing data privacy and ethical practices. By integrating these components, Cerberus aims to provide data-driven insights into sustainable well-being and community health.
Contact
Cailbhe Doherty: cailbhe.doherty@ucd.ie
Objective
The DBDP is an open source platform for data, code, algorithms, and educational resources to make discovering digital biomarkers more accessible and establish best practices for the field.
Contact
Jessilyn Dunn: jessilyn.dunn@duke.edu
Objective
Aim: To determine if physical movement and sleep behaviour outcomes differ between brands of activity and sleep monitor (research-grade and commercial), and their location on the body.
Methods: Participants (n=30-50) will be asked to wear a variety of research-grade and commercially-available physical activity and sleep monitors for three days. Devices include GENEActiv, ActGraph, Axivity, activPAL, and fitbit. These devices will be worn on the dominant and non-dominant wrists, upper arm, waist and thigh. There will also be the option of using two at home sleep and time in bed monitors (z-machine and Emfit) for one night.
Contact
Charlotte Edwardson: ce95@leicester.ac.uk
Objective
The hospital of the future will be different from the one we know today. Through the consistent use of new forms of organisation, digital technologies and the networking of processes and data, the hospital is continuously being transformed into an intelligent system – the smart and liquid hospital. Here, the focus is even more on people than currently, while the needs and experiences of patients, their relatives, and heath care employees are central.
Within the framework of the Innosuisse-funded flagship, five research partners (ZHAW, USB, UNIBAS, UZH, and FHNW) and 24 practice partners are working together under the leadership of the ZHAW Digital Health Lab. The host institution is the Winterthur Institute of Health Economics. The starting signal for the 5.7 million Swiss franc project was given on 1 January 2022. With a timeframe of three and a half years, it is expected to be completed in the summer of 2025.
Contact
Samuel Wehrli: wehs@zhaw.ch
Objective
The Focus Watch is a smartwatch that helps children with ADHD to concentrate on schoolwork. Our watch recognises a lack of attention and specifically promotes focus. With ADHD prevalence of 5-7% in children, this is an innovative alternative to medication and therapy.
Contact
Samuel Wehrli: wehs@zhaw.ch