Cross-Border Collaboration in Healthcare.

Project Team

The TIMELY consortium, under the leadership of the University of Amsterdam, consists of 13 project members from all across Europe, working collaboratively to advance healthcare innovation through shared expertise and diverse perspectives.

Project Team

  • Dr. Jos Bosch, Project Coordinator

    Affiliation University of Amsterdam Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences Programme group Clinical Psychology

    Position Associate Professor, Department of Psychology (Clinical Psychology)

    Research Topics Psychobiology of medical disorders, Biobehavioral pathways linking wellbeing and health, Data Science and AI approaches to behavioral assessment and modification, Non-invasive psychophysiological assessment using salivary diagnostics

    Tasks Project Management (WP 7)

  • PD Dr. rer. nat. Boris Schmitz

    Affiliation 1) Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany 2) DRV Clinic Königsfeld, Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Ennepetal, Germany

    Position Principal Investigator and Head of Laboratory

    Research Topics Exercise and Sports Sciences, Cardiovascular Disease, Prevention, Rehabilitation

    Tasks Living Lab for iterative codesign (WP 1)

  • Dr. Mirela Habibovic

    Affiliation Tilburg University, Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology

    Position Assistant Professor

    Topics Psychosocial functioning and ehealth enabled health behavior change in people with cardiovascular disease

    Tasks Evaluation of the Timely intervention (WP5)

  • Prof. Dr. med. Frank C. Mooren

    Affiliation 1) Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten, Germany 2) DRV Clinic Königsfeld, Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Ennepetal, Germany

    Position Medical Director, Head of Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

    Research Topics Immunology, Exercise and Sports Sciences, Cardiovascular Disease, Prevention, Rehabilitation

    Tasks Living Lab for iterative codesign (WP 1)

  • Prof. Dr. Willem J. Kop

    Affiliation Tilburg University: Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Center of Research on Psychological disorders and Somatic diseases, the Netherlands

    Position Professor of Medical and Clinical Psychology, Center of Research on Psychological Disorders and Somatic Diseases, Tilburg University, the Netherlands

    Research Topic Interaction of acute and chronic responses to psychological and physical challenges with biological processes relevant to cardiovascular disease

    Tasks Oversight ofclinical work packages

  • Dmitris Gatsios

    Affiliation Capemed

    Position Chief Operating Officer

    Research Topics Machine learning models for risk prediction, exploring factors that affect CR adherence and efficacy, reinforcement learning models for exercise prescription and optimization

    Tasks Supporting the coordinator and the partners, taking care of quality control and risk management, being the collaboration and communication channel with all beneficiaries (WP 3 and WP 7)

  • Roberto Belke

    Affiliation BIOTRONIK

    Position Managing Director Germany, Vice President Marketing & Sales

    Research Topics Digitization in healthcare, business development, customer experience

    Tasks Communication, dissemination and exploitation (WP6)

  • Dr. Dorota Lepianka, Project Manager

    Affiliation University of Amsterdam

    Position Project Management

    Tasks Project management (WP 7)

  • David Cantarero Prieto

    Affiliation University of Cantabria - IDIVAL

    Position Associate Professor and head of the research group on Health Economics and Health Services Management

    Research Topics Health Economics, Public Economics, Economics of Ageing e-Health evaluation, HTA

    Tasks Health Technology Assessment (HTA) (T 5.5)

  • Manuela Sestayo Fernández

    Affiliation Healthcare Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (IDIS)

    Position Research Nurse, Local Study Coordinator

    Research Topics Cardiac Rehabilitation and preventive cardiology, Cardiovascular Nursing, Clinical Cardiology, Innovation in Healthcare

    Tasks Risk prediction with AI (WP2, Task 2.1), TIMELY-Net Platform (WP4, Task 4.3), TIMELY intervention (WP5, Tasks 5.3 and 5.4)

  • Assoc. Prof. Hubert Scharnagl, PhD

    Affiliation Clinical Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Medical University of Graz

    Position Head of research group Lipid and Lipoprotein Analysis

    Research Topics Lipid and lipoprotein metabolism, biomarkers in cardiovascular disease, pathobiochemistry of lipid disorders

    Tasks Analysis of blood samples for the determination of the CoroPredict score in the TIMELY prospective studies (WP1 and WP5)

  • Lidia Sánchez Ruiz

    Affiliation University of Cantabria - IDIVAL

    Position Associate Professor

    Research Topics Continuous improvement; Logistics; Operations Management Economic evaluation

    Tasks Health Technology Assessment (HTA) – Task 5.5

  • Paloma Lanza León

    Affiliation University of Cantabria - IDIVAL

    Position Postdoctoral researcher

    Research Topics Health economics; Public economics; Economic evaluation

    Tasks Health Technology Assessment (HTA) – Task 5.5

  • Javier Lera

    Affiliation Valdecilla Biomedical Research Institute - IDIVAL

    Position Postdoctoral researcher

    Research Topics Health economics; HTA; e-Health evaluation; Economics of Ageing; Social determinants of health

    Tasks Health Technology Assessment (HTA) – Task 5.5

  • Jose Maria de la Torre

    Affiliation Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla

    Position Head of Interventional Cardiology Unit and Research coordinator of Cardiology Department

    Research Topics Intravascular imaging, Left Main Coronary Artery disease, PCI outcomes, TAVR procedures

    Tasks Clinical consultant for the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) – Task 5.5

  • Carla Blázquez-Fernández

    Affiliation University of Cantabria - IDIVAL

    Position Assistant Professor

    Research Topics Public Economics and Health Economics

    Tasks Health Technology Assessment (HTA) – Task 5.5

  • Dr. Carlos Peña Gil

    Affiliation 1) University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (CHUS) 2) Healthcare Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (IDIS). 3) Dilemma Solutions, SL.

    Position 1) Clinical cardiologist specialized in cardiac imaging 2) Principal investigator and collaborating investigator in various projects, 3) Co-founder of Dilemma Solutions, SL.

    Research Topics Cardiac Rehabilitation and preventive cardiology, Clinical cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, Clinical decision support systems, Artificial intelligence, Knowledge management, Precision medicine, Innovation in Healthcare

    Tasks Risk prediction with AI (WP2, Task 2.1), TIMELY-Net Platform (WP4, Task 4.3), TIMELY intervention (WP5, Tasks 5.3 and 5.4)

  • Dr. Violeta González Salvado

    Affiliation 1) University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (CHUS) 2) Healthcare Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (IDIS)

    Position 1) Clinical cardiologist specialized in cardiac imaging 2) Principal investigator and collaborating investigator in various projects

    Research Topics Cardiac Rehabilitation and preventive cardiology, Clinical cardiology, Cardiac Imaging, Precision medicine, Innovation in Healthcare

    Tasks Risk prediction with AI (WP2, Task 2.1), TIMELY-Net Platform (WP4, Task 4.3), TIMELY intervention (WP5, Tasks 5.3 and 5.4)

  • Dr. José Ramón González Juanatey

    Affiliation 1) University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (CHUS) 2) University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain

    Position 1) Head of Cardiology Department and clinical cardiologist 2) Professor in medicine

    Research Topics General cardiology, Traslational cardiology, Cardiac Rehabilitation and preventive cardiology, Clinical cardiology, Innovation in Healthcare, Healthcare management

    Tasks Risk prediction with AI (WP2, Task 2.1), TIMELY-Net Platform (WP4, Task 4.3), TIMELY intervention (WP5, Tasks 5.3 and 5.4)

  • Marta Alonso Vázquez

    Affiliation Healthcare Research Institute of Santiago de Compostela, Spain (IDIS)

    Position Data Manager

    Research Topics Cardiac Rehabilitation and preventive cardiology, Innovation in Healthcare

    Tasks Risk prediction with AI (WP2, Task 2.1), TIMELY-Net Platform (WP4, Task 4.3), TIMELY intervention (WP5, Tasks 5.3 and 5.4)

  • Joaquín Cayon de las Cuevas

    Affiliation IDIVAL - Consejería de Sanidad de Cantabria

    Position Head of the Research Group on Health Law & Bioethics

    Research Topics Patients’ rights, healthcare systems, medical liability, artificial intelligence, eHealth and data protection

    Tasks Legal and ethical consultant for the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) – Task 5.5

  • Dr. Martin Schmidt

    Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Engineering, TU Dresden, Germany

    Position Head of Biosignal Processing Group

    Research Topics ECG Analysis, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Implants, Sleep Research, Biosignal Processing, Medical Sensing

    Tasks Automated atrial fibrillation detection based on Electrocardiograms (T2.3)

Our PhD Students

  • Emma Douma

    Affiliation Tilburg University

    Position PhD student

    Research Topics Behaviour change techniques, Psychological predictors of behaviour change

    Task Developing a behaviour change approach, testing the app in a randomized controlled trial

  • Hendrik Schäfer, M.Sc.

    Affiliation 1 Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health, University of Witten/Herdecke, Witten; 2 DRV Clinic Königsfeld, Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Ennepetal

    Position Research Associate, PhD Student

    Research Topics Cardiorespiratory fitness, Hemodynamics, Physical activity/Sedentary lifestyle

    Tasks Defining preventive cardiology in a Living Lab (WP 1), Living Lab for iterative codesign (T1.1 ), Prospective Study for building the TIMELY data lake (T1.3), RCT studies (T5.4), WP 5

  • Mona Kotewitsch

    Affiliation Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Witten/Herdecke Clinic Königsfeld, Center for Medical Rehabilitation, Ennepetal

    Position Research Associate, PhD student

    Research Topics Cardiac self efficacy, cardiorespiratory fitness

    Tasks Defining preventive cardiology in a Living Lab (WP 1), creating Information parts for the “Get education” section

  • Xin Sun

    Affiliation University of Amsterdam

    Position Research Associate, PhD Student

    Research Topics Conversational agents for health behavior intervention, human-agent interaction, trust of generative AI for healthcare

    Tasks Development of the conversational agents for health behavior intervention, empathy and reflection generation for health behavior intervention (T3.2)

  • Konstantina-Helen Tsarapatsani

    Affiliation Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas

    Position Research Associate, PhD Student

    Research Topics Analysis and processing of big data, Artificial Intelligence models for risk prediction and diagnosis of cardiovascular disease, Genomics in cardiovascular disease

    Tasks Predictive modeling in cardiac rehabilitation using artificial intelligence and machine learning methods (T2.1), Upgraded CoroPredict score (T2.2)

  • Alexander Hammer, Dipl.-Wi.-Ing.

    Affiliation Institute of Biomedical Engineering, TU Dresden

    Position Research Associate, PhD Student

    Research Topics Automated anomaly detection in biosignals, ECG processing, biosignal processing, artificial intelligence, biomedical engineering

    Tasks T2.3: Automated atrial fibrillation detection based on Electrocardiograms