Research School "Digital Health" Digital Health

The Hasso Plattner Institute' s Research Schools offer an outstanding environment for doctoral researchers in computer science and digital technologies. At HPI, you benefit from close supervision by experienced professors and postdocs, cutting-edge research facilities, and a collaborative academic network , e.g. with the University of Cape Town (UCT) and the University of California Irvine (UCI). In the healthcare sector, both in emergency medicine, outpatient and inpatient care and in public health, important data about patients are generated every day. By analysing this data in a targeted way and translating knowledge into action (from data to action), people can receive better – more effective and efficient – care and be better protected from disease. With their research topics, the PhD students at our research school cover many aspects of our broad research spectrum, which includes four central aspects of health: prevention, diagnostics, therapy and protection. The topics include health challenges at both individual and population level. Projects at the individual level serve to support medical experts in the application of precision medicine, ranging from targeted protection strategies to specific diagnostics and personalised therapy support. Projects with a holistic perspective go beyond the individual, focusing on public health to improve health outcomes on a larger scale. This focus includes research on factors such as health behaviours and community-based interventions, as well as addressing global healthcare challenges such as an ageing population, an increase in obesity, shortages of healthcare professionals, costs and equitable access. In addition, PhD projects also address economic aspects of digital health. Scientific Topic: The rapid advancement of digital health technologies presents unprecedented global opportunities and challenges in public health and healthcare, data management and analytics in prevention, diagnostics, protection and therapy. This research school will focus on fostering the next generation of leaders in this dynamic field.