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Humanization of healthcare in the era of AI

Guest Editors:
Maurice Mulvenna, BSc (Hons), PgCert, MPhil, PhD, FHEA, SMACM, Ulster University, UK
John Martin O’Donoghue, BSc, MSc, PhD, University College Cork, Ireland


Submission Status: Open until 31 July 2025

Wearable technologies

Guest Editors
Haider Butt, PhD, Khalifa University, UAE
Yuanjing Lin, PhD, Southern University of Science and Technology, China

Submission Status: Open until 30 July 2025

Digital health initiatives in resource limited settings

Guest Editors
Felix Holl, Ph.D., MPH, M.Sc., FAMIA, Neu-Ulm University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Felix Sukums, MSc, PhD, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Tanzania


Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025

The role of large language models in revolutionizing digital health

Guest Editors:
Abeed Sarker, PhD, Emory University, USA
Lina F. Soualmia, PhD, University of Rouen Normandie, France
Honghan Wu, PhD, University of Glasgow, UK


Submission Status: Open until 30 June 2025

Digital health in rare diseases

Guest Editors:
Jannik Schaaf, Dr. rer. med., Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany
Michele Zoch, Dipl. -Wi. -Inf., TUD Dresden University of Technology, Germany


Submission Status: Open until 24 May 2025

The future of circadian and sleep health in the digital era

Guest Editors
Jaime K Devine, PhD, Institutes for Behavior Resources, USA
Zilu Liang, PhD, Kyoto University of Advanced Science, Japan
Manuel Spitschan, PhD, Technical University of Munich, Germany; Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Germany


Submission Status: Open until 20 May 2025

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Digital health economics

Guest Editors:
Carlo Federici, PhD, SDA Bocconi University, Italy
Páll Jónsson, PhD, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, UK


 

Digital health supporting caregivers

Guest Editors:
Kerstin Denecke, Dr. rer. nat., Bern University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Elia Gabarron, PhD, Østfold University College, Norway
Octavio Rivera, PhD, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain


 

Digital gaming and health

Guest Editors:
Niko Männikkö, PhD, Oulu University of Applied Sciences, Finland
Umair Rehman, PhD, MASc, Western University, Canada

 

Digital technology and the future of mental health treatment

Guest Editors:
Anna PriceUniversity of Exeter Medical School, United Kingdom
Alastair van Heerden: Human Sciences Research Council & University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

 

Health promotion in the era of social media and digital communication

Guest Editors:
Lorien C. Abroms: George Washington University, USA
William Douglas Evans: George Washington University, USA
Zhe He: Florida State University, USA

 

The person-centric approach to digital healthcare

Guest Editors:
Elia Gabarron: Ã˜stfold University College, Norway
Octavio Rivera Romero: Universidad de Sevilla, Spain

 

Virtual reality in healthcare

Guest Editor:
Philippe J. Giabbanelli: Miami University, USA



Digital therapeutics

Guest Editors:
Haleh Ayatollahi: Iran University of Medical Sciences, Iran
Agata Blasiak: National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tejal Lathia: The Hormone and Bone Centre Navi Mumbai, India

 

The role of digital health in supporting people with dementia

Guest Editors:
Sayeh Bayat, PhD, University of Calgary, Canada
Alexandra König, PhD, University Côte d’Azur, France


 

Big data in digital healthcare

Guest Editors:
Andrew D. Boyd, MD, University of Illinois Chicago, United States
Mariusz Duplaga, MD, PhD, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Poland

 

Digital health data privacy, security and trust

Guest Editors:
Nariman Ammar: Illinois State University, USA
Le Sun: Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China

 

How robotics is transforming healthcare

Guest Editors:
Olivier Lambercy, PhD, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Mohammad Habibur Rahman, PhD, P. Eng., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA

 

Telehealth

Guest Editors:
Bassey Ebenso: University of Leeds, UK
Hao Xue: Stanford University, USA
 

Translational research on assistive technology for persons with disabilities

Guest Editors:
Ahmed Morsy: Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt
Aliaa Rehan Youssef: Faculties of Engineering and Physical Therapy, Cairo University, Egypt

 

The metaverse and its applications in healthcare

Guest Editors:
Giacinto Barresi: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Italy
Carlo Massaroni: Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

 

Wearable biosensors

Guest Editor:
Alison Cuff: BioMed Central, Germany

The Impact of IoT on digital health

Guest Editors:
José Alberto Benítez-Andrades: University of León, Spain
Alessia Paglialonga: National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy