Biography
Dr. Guido Giunti is a medical doctor specialized in digital health design and development. He completed his medical studies in Argentina and received specialist training in Family Medicine and Primary Care. Dr. Giunti has worked in academic, clinical, and industrial settings at top organizations in Europe, including the University of Oulu in Finland, TU Delft in the Netherlands, and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.
Dr. Giunti is also an entrepreneur, having co-founded TEDxUBA and designed the educational video game "Immune Defense". He has combined his medical, technological, entrepreneurial, and design expertise to lead the development of "More Stamina", a gamified digital health solution for people with Multiple Sclerosis.
Dr. Giunti's work has received numerous awards, including a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship, the Best Doctoral Dissertation award in his field, and recognition as one of Finland's top healthcare innovators by the medical magazine Mediuutiset. In 2021, he was selected as one of Argentina's Ten Outstanding Young Persons of the year by the Junior Chamber International due to his work on medical innovations.
Dr. Guido Giunti currently works in Trinity College Dublin on the topic of Digital Therapeutics for chronic conditions.
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Wang, Tingting and Giunti, Guido and Melles, Marijke and Goossens, Richard and others, Digital Patient Experience: Umbrella Systematic Review, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 24, (8), 2022, pe37952
Guido Giunti, Informing the Product Development of an mHealth Solution for People with Multiple Sclerosis Through Early Health Technology Assessment, MEDINFO 2021: One World, One Health " Global Partnership for Digital Innovation, 2022
Wang, Tingting and Giunti, Guido and Mellesa, Marijke and Goossens, Richard, Design-Relevant Factors Affecting the Patient Experience in Digital Health: Preliminary Results of an Umbrella Systematic Review, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 290, 2022, p862--866
Yrttiaho, Tiia and Isomursu, Minna and Giunti, Guido, Experiences Using Patient and Public Involvement in Digital Health Research for Multiple Sclerosis, Challenges of Trustable AI and Added-Value on Health, IOS Press, 2022, pp735--739
Fernanda Ortiz, Guido Giunti, Usability assessment of an interactive health technology for kidney living donors, BMJ Open, 2022
Guido Giunti, Smart home applications for cognitive health of older adults, Smart Home Technologies and Services for Geriatric Rehabilitation, 2022, p123--140
Health Care Professionals Perspectives on the Uses of Patient-Generated Health Data in, Challenges of Trustable AI and Added-Value on Health, IOS Press, 2022, pp750--754 , [Guardado, Sharon and Isomursu, Minna and Giunti, Guido]
Halabi, Ammar and Martin, Blaine and Koledova, Ekaterina and Giunti, Guido and Dimitri, Paul, A patient-centric approach to connected health solutions in paediatric growth hormone therapy, Hormone Research in Paediatrics, 82, 2022
Giunti, G and Isomursu, M and Gabarron, E and Solad, Y, Designing Depression Screening Chatbots, 15th International Congress in Nursing Informatics, Smart Home Technologies and Services for Geriatric Rehabilitation, 284, 2021, pp259--263
Guido Giunti, Maëlick Claes, Enrique Dorronzoro Zubiete, Octavio Rivera-Romero, Elia Gabarron, Impact of COVID-19 on multiple sclerosis topic discussion on Twitter, Public Health and Informatics, 2021
N Bojovic, J Stanisljevic, G Giunti, The impact of COVID-19 on abortion access: Insights from the European Union and the United Kingdom, Health Policy, 125, (7), 2021, p841--858
Ortiz, Fernanda and Giunti, Guido, Usability of an Interactive Health Technology for Kidney Living Donors Assessment: Towards a Standardized Informed Process, Transplant International, Public Health and Informatics, 34, 2021, pp392--392
Tara Cusack, Nicola Mountford, Minna Isomursu, Guido Giunti, Dimitris Filos, Ioanna Chouvarda, Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Doctoral Education Designed to Improve Graduate Employability, END Conference, END Conference, 2021
Olli Korhonen, Karin Väyrynen, Tino Krautwald, Glenn Bilby, Hedwig Anna Theresia Broers, Guido Giunti, Minna Isomursu, Data-Driven Personalization of a Physiotherapy Care Pathway: Case Study of Posture Scanning, JMIR Rehabilitation and Assistive Technologies, 2020
Olli Korhonen, Vasiliki Mylonopoulou, Guido Giunti, Service personalization in IT-supported Finnish healthcare, Digital Personalized Health and Medicine - Proceedings of MIE 2020, 2020
Barcia, Ricardo Enrique and Keller, Guillermo Alberto and Azzato, Francisco and Diez, Roberto Alejandro and Sielecki, Mathias and Kleine, Ricardo Samson and Lescano, Juan Alberto and Giunti, Guido, Development and Implementation of the Hdc. DrApp. la and SIMDA Programs to Reduce Polypharmacy and Drug-drug Interactions in Patients Hospitalized in Internal Medicine, interactions (p-DDIs), 15, 2020, p17
Guido Giunti, Octavio Rivera-Romero, Jan Kool, Jens Bansi, Jose Luis Sevillano, Anabel Granja-Dominguez, Guillermo Izquierdo-Ayuso, Diego Giunta, Evaluation of More Stamina, a Mobile App for Fatigue Management in Persons with Multiple Sclerosis: Protocol for a Feasibility, Acceptability, and Usability Study, JMIR Research Protocols, 2020
Guido Giunti, Maëlick Claes, Enrique Dorronzoro Zubiete, Octavio Rivera-Romero, Elia Gabarron, Analysing sentiment and topics related to multiple sclerosis on twitter, DIGITAL PERSONALIZED HEALTH AND MEDICINE, 2020
Olli Korhonen, Vasiliki Mylonopoulou, Guido Giunti, Emerging personalization elements in health service delivery, AcademicMindtrek 2020 - Proceedings of the 23rd International Academic Mindtrek Conference, 2020
Giunti, Guido and Mylonopoulou, Vasiliki, Designing during, and for Pandemics: A multidisciplinary approach, Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society, 2020, pp1--3
Guido Giunti and Vasiliki Mylonopoulou, Designing during, and for Pandemics, Proceedings of the 11th Nordic Conference on Human-Computer Interaction: Shaping Experiences, Shaping Society, 2020
Guido Giunti, Richard Goossens, Antoinette De Bont, Jacob J Visser, Mark Mulder, Stephanie C E Schuit, The Need for Sustainable Teleconsultation Systems in the Aftermath of the First COVID-19 Wave, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2020
Persson, Michael and Grundstrom, Casandra and Giunti, Guido, Customer Attitudes Towards Participation and Health Data Sharing in the Digital Transformation of Finnish Insurance, 32ND Bled eConference Humanizing Technology for a Sustainable Society, June 16 -- 19, 2019, Bled, Slovenia, 2019, p821--838
Estefanía Guisado-Fernández, Guido Giunti, Laura M Mackey, Catherine Blake, Brian Michael Caulfield, Factors Influencing the Adoption of Smart Health Technologies for People With Dementia and Their Informal Caregivers: Scoping Review and Design Framework, JMIR Aging, 2019
Estefanía Guisado-Fernández, Guido Giunti, Laura Mackey, Paula Alexandra Silva, Catherine Blake, Brian Caulfield, Informal caregivers' attitudes and compliance towards a connected health platform for home care support, Gerontechnology, 2019
Guido Giunti, Estefania Guisado-Fernandez, Hrvoje Belani, Juan R Lacalle-Remigio, Mapping the Access of Future Doctors to Health Information Technologies Training in the European Union: Cross-Sectional Descriptive Study, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21, (8), 2019, pe14086
Maria Karampela, Minna Isomursu, Talya Porat, Christos Maramis, Nicola Mountford, Guido Giunti, Ioanna Chouvarda, Fedor Lehocki, The Extent and Coverage of Current Knowledge of Connected Health: Systematic Mapping Study, Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21, (9), 2019, pe14394
Giunti, Guido, 3MD for Chronic conditions: A Model for Motivational mHealth Design, 2018
Guido Giunti, Estefanía Guisado Fernández, Enrique Dorronzoro Zubiete, Octavio Rivera Romero, Supply and Demand in mHealth Apps for Persons With Multiple Sclerosis: Systematic Search in App Stores and Scoping Literature Review, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 2018
G. Giunti, D.H. Giunta, E. Guisado-Fernandez, J.L. Bender, L. Fernandez-Luque, A biopsy of Breast Cancer mobile applications: state of the practice review, International Journal of Medical Informatics, 2018
Giunti, Guido and Mylonopoulou, Vasiliki and Romero, Octavio Rivera, More stamina, a gamified mhealth solution for persons with multiple sclerosis: research through design, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6, (3), 2018, pe9437
Giunti, Guido and Kool, Jan and Romero, Octavio Rivera and Zubiete, Enrique Dorronzoro, Exploring the specific needs of persons with multiple sclerosis for mHealth solutions for physical activity: mixed-methods study, JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 6, (2), 2018, pe8996
Giunti, Guido, 3MD for Chronic Conditions, a Model for Motivational mHealth Design: Embedded Case Study, JMIR serious games, 6, (3), 2018, pe11631
Guido Giunti, Diego H Giunta, Santiago Hors-Fraile, Minna Isomursu, Diana Karosevi"i"t", Detecting Gamification in Breast Cancer Apps: An Automatic Methodology for Screening Purposes, 2017 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2017
Guido Giunti; Estefania Guisado-Fernandez; Brian Caulfield, Connected Health in Multiple Sclerosis: A Mobile Applications Review, 2017 IEEE 30th International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems (CBMS), 2017
Giunti, G., Gamified design for health workshop, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 225, 2016, p605-606
Giunti, G., Baum, A., Giunta, D., Plazzotta, F., Benitez, S., Gómez, A., Luna, D., González Bernaldo De Quiros, F., Serious Games: A Concise Overview on What They Are and Their Potential Applications to Healthcare, Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 216, 2015, p386-390
Baum, Analia and Giunti, Guido, Un juego educativo online para médicos ayuda a que sus pacientes alcancen más rápidamente las metas de control de la presión arterial, Evidencia, actualizacion en la práctica ambulatoria, 18, (3), 2015
Guido Giunti ; Agustin Ciancaglini ; Carlos Otero ; Analia Baum ; Fernan Gonzalez Bernaldo de Quiros, The use of a gamified platform to empower and increase patient engagement in diabetes mellitus adolescents, 2014
Daniel Luna, Analía Baum, Guido Giunti, E Tarsetti, S Díaz, A Briatore, Coincidencias de pares de interacción droga-droga en trabajos seleccionados y el Sistema Notificador De Interacciones Farmacológicas del Hospital Italiano de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires: Proceedings of the Congress of the Argentine Medical Society. SAM. Argentina, 2013
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Guido Giunti, 'More Stamina', 2020, -
Giunti G, Designers are from Mars , Physicians are from Venus : challenges on integrating HCI and IS perspectives into Healthcare, Electronic Journal of Information Systems Evaluation, 2017
Guido Giunti, 'Immune Defense', 2014, -
Research Expertise
Description
Dr. Giunti has a keen interest in using technology to improve people's quality of life and increase their access to healthcare. The use of digital therapeutics can empower patients, lower costs and ease the burden on healthcare systems. However, reaching the status of digital therapeutic is a complex journey, with many obstacles along the way. To address these challenges, Dr. Giunti has been working on developing tools and methods for creating effective digital health solutions. His goal is to not only explore the path towards digital therapeutics but also venture forward to create reproducible methods for others to follow.Recognition
Awards and Honours
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship - European Commission
Executive MBA Scholarship - Henley Business School, UK
Visiting Scholar - TU Delft, The Netherlands
Ten Outstanding Young Person Award (Argentina) - Junior Chamber International
Best Doctoral Dissertation - The Finnish Information Processing Association (TIVIA), Finland
Best Scientific Publication of the Month (February and May) - Universidad de Sevilla, Spain
Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellowship - European Commission
AMIA Design Challenge Finalist - American Medical Informatics Association Annual Symposium, USA
TEDx Scholarship - TED Conferences, USA
First Aid Competition of Europe Representing Delegate - Argentinean Red Cross
Memberships
Member of the Spanish Foundation Research Group in Breast Cancer (GEICAM)
Editorial Board of the Journal of Medical Internet Research on Serious Games
Chairperson of the Network of Argentine Scientists in Finland (RCAFi)