Research Roundup
A monthly newsletter that brings you the latest and most relevant insights from the global digital health landscape
“It is our hope that these Digital Health Research Roundups bring together knowledge and best practices, in compact digestible chunks, to advance evidence-based digitization of the healthcare sector and help guide your way.”
Dr. Smisha Agarwal, Director, CGDHI
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Launched in June 2023, this collaborative initiative brings together subject matter experts to explore timely themes in digital health. Each month, we curate, summarize, and comment on recent studies and normative reports, highlighting key takeaways and sharing expert insights from CGDHI researchers and thought leaders from across the globe.
Research Roundups cover a wide range of global digital health topics, from gender considerations to climate change and from the digitization of community-based information systems to the use of predictive analytics in global health. Some of our past issues have featured our colleagues at the World Bank, Global Digital Health Monitor, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Communication Programs, School of Medicine, and Center for Bioengineering Innovation and Design.
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Research Roundups from 2024
Transforming Immunization Delivery with Digital Solutions
Dr. Suzanne Kiwanuka, Makerere University, and Dr. Suruchi Gupta, Johns Hopkins University, delve into the role of digital systems in strengthening immunization efforts in this month's Digital Health Research Roundup.
Digital Tools Transforming Humanitarian Aid
This edition of Research Roundup takes a look at the various digital innovations helping enhance humanitarian aid efforts, examining both their promise and current limitations for long-term impact and scalability. Dr. Aral Sürmeli, co-founder of HERA Digital Health and the Medical Rescue Association of Turkey, shares his perspective as a global humanitarian expert.
How Telemedicine is Redefining Healthcare Access
In this month's Roundup, we explore the potential of telemedicine in resource-limited settings, highlighting recent research. In conversation with Dr. Sanjay Sood and Dr. Neha Verma, we also discuss the development of India’s eSanjeevani, one of the world’s largest telemedicine programs.
Digital Health Innovations Tackling the Climate Crisis
This edition of the newsletter examines different opportunities that digital health tools present for climate adaptation, resilience, and equity– in collaboration with Dr. Dheeya Rizmie from Mathematica.
World Bank Report Highlights: Digital-in-health
This Research Roundup highlights a key resource for policymakers engaging in digital transformation: ‘Digital-in-Health: Unlocking the Value for Everyone’, recently released by the World Bank. Created with Malarvizhi Veerappan, Marelize Gorgens, and Somil Nagpal from the World Bank as our guest editors for this edition.
Digital Health Innovations for Managing Malaria
In this Research Roundup, Dr. Soumyadipta Acharya writes about leveraging digital tools for malaria management.
Digital Tools for Tuberculosis Management
In this month’s Digital Health Research Roundup, Dr. Joowhan Sung writes about leveraging digital health interventions for tuberculosis control.
Social Media for Health Behaviour Change
In this edition of the Research Roundup, we invited Marla Shaivitz and Dr. Radha Rajan to share their thoughts on the role of social media as a research and communications tool in the field of social and behavior change.
Previous Editions
Research Roundups from 2023
CGDHI@Global Digital Health Forum 2023
This special edition of Research Roundup features the latest findings from Global Digital Health Forum 2023, shared by CGDHI student volunteers at the forum, as well as summaries of sessions led by CGDHI faculty and our affiliates.
A Therapist in Your Pocket?
We invited Dr. Johannes Thrul to share his thoughts for this month’s Digital Health Research Roundup, focused on Ecological Momentary Assessments and Interventions (EMAI).
Gender Considerations in Digital Health
This month’s Digital Health Research Roundup is focused on exploring gender considerations in digital health. Dr. Patricia Mechael, Dr. Anna Kalbarczyk and Deb Levine collaborated on this edition, sharing their thoughts and highlighting recent publications on the role of gender dynamics in digital health.
Applying Predictive Data Analytics in Global Health
This month’s Research Roundup is focused on the use of predictive data analytics within global health to support health outcomes. We invited Diwakar Mohan, an expert in global health systems epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public Health, to provide his thoughts on the topic and share current research.
Use of Mobile Phone Survey Methodology for Collecting Health Data
We invited Veronica Lea, an expert in survey methodology at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), for this month’s edition, which focuses on using mobile phone surveys to collect population health data and information.
Digitizing Community Health Information Systems
This month’s Digital Health Research Roundup is focused on the digitization of community-based health information systems, or CBIS. We invited Remy Mwamba, an expert in health information systems at UNICEF, to provide his thoughts on the topic.
Chatbots in Health—What Do We Know?
This month's Roundup explores the latest research on using chatbots effectively in healthcare, featuring Rose Weeks and Smisha Agarwal as our guest editors.