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Research and assess digital health technology for healthy longevity.

💰 Retirement Plan
Find out the retirement savings gap and suitable health prevention
🏠 Aging at Home
Coordinating care with family members and friends
🌍 Aging Anywhere
Continuity of care abroad with interoperable health records

Our Work

Explore our latest research in digital health and healthy aging.

EDEN: Towards a Computational Framework to Align Incentives in Healthy Aging
Published
2025
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EDEN: Towards a Computational Framework to Align Incentives in Healthy Aging

Wasu Mekniran, Tobias Kowatsch

Biomedical Engineering Conference - Portugal

NLP
RAG
Network Analysis

Key Findings

  • EDEN surpasses manual and LLM approaches in stakeholder analysis
  • 53% alignment identified with government agencies
  • Network analysis reveals ecosystem integrators
AI is a prerequisite for sustainability in drug development: A diabetes case study
Published
2025
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AI is a prerequisite for sustainability in drug development: A diabetes case study

Wasu Mekniran, Lukasz Paciorkowski, Iwona Cymerman, Rafal Pawlowski

4th Swiss-Polish Economic and Technology Forum

Drug Development
Digital Trials
Diabetes

Key Findings

  • AI-enabled platforms reduce development costs by up to 70%
  • Digital trials show longer durations but broader patient recruitment
  • Shift from treatment-focused to prevention and behavioral outcomes
Incentive Systems for Diabetes Prevention with Digital Health
Published
2024
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Incentive Systems for Diabetes Prevention with Digital Health

Wasu Mekniran, Mia Jovanova, Tobias Kowatsch

Swiss Society of Endocrinology and Diabetes 2024

Digital Health
Diabetes Prevention
Incentive Systems

Key Findings

  • Mapped fragmented diabetes ecosystem using e3-value methodology
  • Identified three integration patterns: data-driven lifestyle change, modular benefits, policy impact
  • Revealed stakeholder incentive misalignments hindering prevention adoption
Reimagining Preventive Care and Digital Health: A Paradigm Shift in a Health Insurance's Role
Published
2024
3
Reimagining Preventive Care and Digital Health: A Paradigm Shift in a Health Insurance's Role

Wasu Mekniran, Jan-Niklas Kramer, Tobias Kowatsch

Biomedical Engineering Conference - Italy

Preventive Care
Health Insurance
Digital Health

Key Findings

  • Swiss healthcare system focuses on sick care rather than preventive care
  • DHTs show highest value for NCDs and stigmatized conditions with care shortages
  • Health insurers can pursue three strategic approaches: cost leadership, contract innovation, or healthcare provider role
Scalable Business Models in Digital Healthy Longevity: Lessons from Top-Funded Digital Health Companies in 2022
Published
2023
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Scalable Business Models in Digital Healthy Longevity: Lessons from Top-Funded Digital Health Companies in 2022

Wasu Mekniran, Tobias Kowatsch

Biomedical Engineering Conference - Portugal

Business Models
Healthy Longevity
Venture Capital

Key Findings

  • Analysis of $1.73 billion in funding across 10 digital health companies
  • 9 out of 10 companies target corporate customers rather than individual patients
  • Companies scale by developing platforms for wide user ranges vs. specific demographics
  • Recommendations for prioritizing employer partnerships and aligning patient-payer incentives
The Longevity Landscape: Value Creation for Healthy Aging
Under Review
2025
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The Longevity Landscape: Value Creation for Healthy Aging

Wasu Mekniran, Odile-Florence Giger, Elgar Fleisch, Tobias Kowatsch, Mia Jovanova

SWU Biomedical Engineering Dept.

Healthy Longevity
Stakeholder Analysis
Value Propositions

Key Findings

  • Identified varying degrees of alignment between stakeholders' healthy longevity propositions
  • Lowest alignment observed for local communities and researcher centers
  • Proposed five strategies to strengthen academic-community collaboration
The Impact of Longevity Awareness on Wealth Allocation
Coming Soon
In Progress
2024
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The Impact of Longevity Awareness on Wealth Allocation

Wasu Mekniran, Research Team

NUS Healthy Longevity Academy

Longevity Awareness
Legacy Planning
Financing

Key Findings

  • Research done
  • Results under review
  • Expected publication Q3 2025
Machine Learning Applications in Retirement and Preventive Care Budgeting
Coming Soon
In Progress
2025
2
Machine Learning Applications in Retirement and Preventive Care Budgeting

Wasu Mekniran, Collaborators

ETH AI Center

Machine Learning
Prevention
Healthcare Analytics

Key Findings

  • Data collection ongoing
  • Model development in progress
  • Expected submission Q4 2025
Innovative Financing for Digital Health Technologies
Coming Soon
In Progress
2025
2
Innovative Financing for Digital Health Technologies

Wasu Mekniran, Research Team

Swiss FinTech Association

Digital Health
Chronic Disease
Intervention Design

Key Findings

  • Research in progress
  • Preliminary results pending
  • Expected publication Q4 2025

More research publications coming soon!

About us.

Our Missions

Practical Health-FinTech Frameworks

Developing AI-powered systems that translate health trajectories into personalized financial pathways, enabling decisions about care and cost.

Precision Aging Solutions

Building digital platforms that integrate clinical, financial insights, and personalized care planning to support aging-in-place and retirement abroad.

Proactive Longevity Design

Reimagining healthy longevity as a systems challenge, where health data, economic planning, and family engagement converge to prevent financial ruin from health shocks and ensure sustainable care across the lifespan.

Developer

Wasu Mekniran

Wasu Mekniran

Digital Health
Health Tech Assessment
AI / NLP

ETH Zurich & University of St. Gallen
"Turn healthy aging from a moral argument into a financial no-brainer."
ETH Zurich
University of St. Gallen
CDHI
RWTH Aachen University
ETH AI Center
Kyushu University