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Assessing the Online Social Environment for Surveillance of Obesity Prevalence

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This article explores the relationship between online social environment via web-based social networks and population obesity prevalence.

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

This work suggests the potential of the online social environment to be used in surveillance and prediction of obesity prevalence in populations across cities and neighborhoods.

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Identifying Gender-Preferred Communication Styles within Online Cancer Communities

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Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

The goal of this research is to determine if different gender-preferred social styles can be observed within the user interactions at an online cancer community

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Health2Dublin May Online Discussion with Rainer Herzog (Director, mHIMSS Europe)

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On Monday May 6th we will host an online dicussion with Rainer Herzog, the director of mHIMSS Europe, the globally-focused mobile initiative offered by HIMMS. We will be discussing the role of modern health technologies, and the role of mHIMMS for the upcomping eHealthWeek held here in Dublin on May 13th -15th.

 

Marie Ennis-O’Connor‘s insight:

Rainer Herzog is a renowned expert in e- and m-Health and spent over 20 years of his professional career in the pharmaceutical, medical technology and ICT industries. He worked with Roche Diagnostics as Product Manager for the company’s laboratory tests product line in France and also held the position of Head of International Marketing Cardiology at Schwarz Pharma in Germany.

 

Rainer then joined Ericsson as Head of Strategy & Business Development for the company’s e- and m-health business and later on was with Siemens Enterprise, where he worked as Global Segment Leader Healthcare.

 

He started with HIMSS Europe in November 2012 as Director of mHIMSS Europe and assumed the position of Managing Director of HIMSS Analytics Europe in March 2013.

In addition to his roles at HIMSS Europe, Rainer is a Managing Partner at HealthActiveConsulting in Germany.

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