About DHD
Mission Statement
The mission of the Digital Health Division is to promote excellence in the development and implementation of Digital Health to foster good health and well-being and quality of education in Digital Health in accordance to the sustainable development goals of the UN and to linking structures for the dissemination and exchange of information among key stakeholders.
Highlights
Regional IFMBE Conference
Series on DH
Call for organization of the IFMBE Conference Series on Digital Health:
- IFMBE European Conference on Digital Health
- IFMBE African Conference on Digital Health
- IFMBE Asia-Pacific Conference on Digital Health
- IFMBE South American Conference on Digital Health
- IFMBE North American Conference on Digital Health
If you want to apply for the organization of one of these conferences, please contact us: [email protected]
News
MEDICON challenge 2026
We are pleased to announce that the Detailed Tentative Programme for MEDICON 2026 is now available online!
Participants can explore the full scientific schedule, including keynote lectures, parallel sessions, special sessions, workshops, poster presentations, and social events. The programme is hosted on the EasyChair Smart Program platform, which allows users to browse sessions by day, topic, presenter, or room and plan their conference attendance in advance.
CLASD 2026 – ICBHI Challenge 2026
We are pleased to announce an important update regarding the 2nd IFMBE Latin American Conference on Digital Health (CLASD 2026).
The conference dates have been confirmed for October 15–17, 2026, and CLASD 2026 will now be held jointly with the International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics (ICBHI 2026) in Oaxaca, Mexico.
Resources
Open Data
Webinar Series
Latest Publications
We will publish books/ebooks and data/software tools and repositories on connected health, Big Biodata analytics and management, Precision and Translational Medicine, Telehealth and public health.
Precision Medicine Powered by pHealth and Connected Health.
Future Trends in Biomedical and Health Informatics and Cybersecurity in Medical Devices.
International Conference on Biomedical and Health Informatics 2022.
Thematic Activities
Connected Health and Adherence
activity leader
Giuseppe Fico
Education in BME undergraduate programs
activity leader
Lenka Lhotska
Open data aspects with liaison to the International Science Councily
activity leader
Marc Nyssen
Responsible AI in Health
activity leader
Jorge Henriques
Board Members of DHD 2025
CHAIR
Paulo de Carvalho
University of Coimbra Portugal
VICE-CHAIR
Jorge Henriques
University of Coimbra Portugal
SECRETARY
Alessio Luschi
University of Coimbra Portugal
BOARD MEMBER
Ratko Magjarevic
University of Zagreb Croatia
ADVISOR
Shankar Krishnan
Vice President IUESM, USA
ADVISOR
Yuan-Ting Zhang
Chinese university of Hong Kong
ADVISOR
Nikolaos Maglaveras
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Greece
BOARD MEMBER
Martha Zerquera Pontifical Javeriana University of Colombia
BOARD MEMBER
Marie-Ange Janvier
University of Ottawa Canada
BOARD MEMBER
Virginia Ballarin
National University of Mar del Plata, Argentina
BOARD MEMBER
Sandra Pérez
PUCP Colombia
BOARD MEMBER
Marc Nyssen
Vrije Universiteit Belgium
BOARD MEMBER
Panicos Kyriacou
University of London
BOARD MEMBER
Giuseppe Fico
UPM Spain
BOARD MEMBER
Akinori Ueno
Tokyo Denki University
BOARD MEMBER
Andrew Ibey
University of Ottawa
IFMBE Students and Recent Graduates Working Group (S&RG-WG)
Prof. Martha Zequera
CONTACT:
[email protected]
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IFMBE AC member.
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IFMBE Chair of Students and Recents Graduates Working Group (S&RG-WG).
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IFMBE Board member Industry Committee and Digital Health Division.
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Full Professor Electronics Department.
Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia.
S&RG-WG members and meetings
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