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Master thesis research from Karolinska Institute looks at the first results of the REBECCA mobile app use

The Master thesis titled ‘Differences in the Use Characteristics of a Mobile App to Assess Dietary Behavior and Physical Activity Lifestyle Parameters in Two Different Age Groups of Breast Cancer Survivors: A Pilot Cross-Sectional Study’, authored by Ms Zahra Ataei Kachouei, a student at the Mast...

Best Paper Award An improved neural network model for treatment effect estimation

REBECCA project wins the Best Paper Award at AIAI 2022

On 19 June, Ms Niki Kiriakidou, Harokopio University of Athens, represented the REBECCA project at the 18th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations (AIAI 2022) with a paper titled An improved neural network model for treatment effect estimation. The paper ...

REBECCA mobile app, patient empowerment at its best

Guest post: REBECCA mobile application, patient empowerment at its best

Patient involvement in the development and design of the REBECCA 360º platform was identified as essential already at the planning stage of the project. This is how we at the Stockholm-based breast cancer association Amazona became a partner in the project where our role is to provide the patient...

Guest post: REBECCA mobile application, a central RWD collection tool

The mobile app is a central Real-World Data collection tool of the REBECCA. The patient mobile application currently features the self-reported data function and continuous location monitoring function. The self-reported data feature has two functionalities: annotated photographs a...

Guest post: The endless opportunities of digital health and care

The technical possibilities for digital health nowadays seem endless. This did not in the least become apparent during the Covid-19 pandemic when patients had the possibility to have digital meetings with their healthcare providers instead of meeting with them in person. There are also many initi...

REBECCA at the Applied Machine Learning Days 2022

REBECCA project featured at Applied Machine Learning Days 2022

On 28 March, the REBECCA project was featured at the Applied Machine Learning Days 2022. Ms Georgia Pantalona, Research Associate from the Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, presented the project in a dedicated track Applied NLP Technologies for Physical & Mental Health in Practice. T...

Meeting of Minds 4 - How can new technology better support patients

Patient involvement in the co-creation process highlighted at the 4th Meeting of Minds of the Cancer Survivorship – AI for Well-Being Cluster

On 23 and 24 February, the REBECCA project participated in the 4th Meeting of Minds of the Cancer Survivorship – AI for Well-Being Cluster. The event titled ‘How can new technologies better support patients?’ aimed at gathering patient feedback on the digital, AI-based tools that the Cluster memb...

REBECCA project to participate in the 4th Meeting of Minds of the Cancer Survivorship – AI for Well-being Cluster

The REBECCA project will be participating in the 4th Meeting of Minds of the Cancer Survivorship - AI for Well-being Cluster, which will be taking place online on 23 February from 10.00 to 17.00 CET and will continue on 24 February from 10.00 to 15.00 CET. The event titled ‘How...

Collecting preliminary data from breast cancer patients to help shape the REBECCA mobile app

In November, Breast Cancer Society AMAZONA, one of the REBECCA partners, reached out to its members, breast cancer patients who have undergone primary treatment, to fill out a survey to collect the data needed for the development of the REBECCA mobile application. The data collected will be used ...

REBECCA project at EHMA 2021 Annual Conference

Dr Ioannis Sarafis presents the REBECCA project at the EHMA PIE session on Improving healthcare access and outcomes

Dr Ioannis Sarafis, a postdoctoral researcher at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki – the REBECCA project leader, represented REBECCA with an EHMA PIE presentation at the EHMA 2021 Annual Conference. The presentation titled Moving beyond RCTs: Tapping the potential of Real-World Data f...