ZHAW Digital Health Lab
The ZHAW Digital Health Lab brings together experts from the fields of biomedicine, health, technology and business, who together create innovations for digitisation in healthcare.
Our vision
We firmly believe that through sustainable digital transformation, the healthcare system can be enhanced, leading to improved health and well-being for the population and all stakeholders.
Our mission
Our contribution to fostering intelligent digital transformation in the healthcare sector includes:
- Conducting application-oriented, interdisciplinary research and development while ensuring the transfer of knowledge and methods into both education and practical application.
- Connecting expertise from specialized research groups and establishing practical contacts across various domains, roles, and hierarchies.
- Cultivating synergies through collaborative network efforts, thereby serving as a unique hub for interdisciplinary, application-oriented excellence.
Would you like to be informed about current news, studies and publications, events and current projects in the field of Digital Health? Our newsletter is published about 3 - 4 times a year.
Digital Health Lab Day
In keynotes, workshops, poster presentations and start-up pitches as well as other formats, the developments and specific applications of digital solutions for the healthcare sector will be presented and discussed using impressive showcases.
The next Digital Health Lab Day will take place on Wednesday, September 3, 2025, at the ZHAW School of Management and Law in Winterthur. Save the date and join us for the seventh edition of the event!
Digital Health Lab Day 2025 - Smart Hospitals & Organizations
Digital Health Lab Day 2024 - People, Technologies & Processes
Digital Health Lab Day 2023 - Digital Strategies for Future Healthcare
Digital Health Lab Day 2022 - Smart Healthcare & Digital Innovation
Digital Health Lab Day 2021 - Implementing Digital Health Innovations
Digital Health Lab Day 2020 - Digital Citizen-based Medicine
Projects
Unfortunately, no list of projects can be displayed here at the moment. Until the list is available again, the project search on the ZHAW homepage can be used.
Publications
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Meyer, Benjamin; Sager, Pascal; Abdulkadir, Ahmed; Grewe, Benjamin F.; Schuetz, Philipp; Stadelmann, Thilo; Burn, Felice,
2025.
In:
2025 12th IEEE Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS).
12th IEEE Swiss Conference on Data Science (SDS), Zurich, Switzerland, 26-27 June 2025.
IEEE.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.21256/zhaw-33457
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Sandamirskaya, Yulia; Gerber, Nicole,
2025.
Einsatz von Robotern : Entlastung oder Konkurrenz?.
In:
5. Schweizer Hotellerie-Symposium im Gesundheitswesen, Suhr, Schweiz, 14. Mai 2025.
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Gerber, Nicole; Schneider Stingelin, Colette; Zigan, Nicole; Merkle, Thorsten,
2025.
Gerontologieblog.ch.
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Henzen, Nicolas A.; Abdulkadir, Ahmed; Reinhardt, Julia; Blatow, Maria; Kressig, Reto W.; Krumm, Sabine,
2025.
Automated segmentation for cortical thickness of the medial perirhinal cortex.
Scientific Reports.
15(14903).
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-98399-w
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Schneider Stingelin, Colette; Gerber, Nicole; Merkle, Thorsten; Zigan, Nicole,
2025.
Digitalisierung und Technologisierung im Alters- und Pflegeheim.
In:
Neue Technologien für ein besseres Altern, Winterthur, Schweiz, 1. April 2025.
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Carlson, David Edwin; Chavarriaga, Ricardo; Liu, Yiling; Lotte, Fabien; Lu, Bao-Liang,
2025.
Journal of Neural Engineering.
22(2), pp. 021002.
Available from: https://doi.org/10.1088/1741-2552/adbfbd
Contact
Would you like to know more about the ZHAW Digital Health Lab? Alternatively, would you like to join us in creating healthcare innovations? Contact us at digitalhealthlab@zhaw.ch.
