THE IMMERSE CONSORTIUM

This includes clinical expertise in the psychological mechanisms underlying mental health disorders and health sciences (Slovakia; UK BA, UPJS); technological expertise to build a DMMH platform under quality management systems (Germany; Movisens); expertise on data protection (Germany; TMF) and cybersecurity (UK; UEDIN), expertise on interoperability to connect DMMH data to different healthcare systems (Germany; UKER); expertise on data science approaches to optimize the algorithms selecting the relevant feedback for each individual (Germany; CIMH); expertise on ethics and regulatory requirements (Belgium; KU Leuven); expertise on co-creation to closely involve all stakeholders, ranging from service users to clinicians and hospital management (UK; UEDIN); expertise on implementation science to develop and evaluate implementation strategies, processes and outcomes systematically, building on concepts and methods of implementation science in healthcare (Germany; UKHD and UK; UEDIN); expertise in health economics to evaluate the cost-effectiveness (Germany; UKHD); expertise with technology commercialisation and exploitation (Belgium, KU Leuven).

At the core of this consortium is a team of clinical researchers from the fields of psychiatry and psychology in Belgium (KU Leuven), Germany (CIMH) and the UK (UEDIN), who have devoted a big part of their research career to the development and improvement of several aspects of the Digital Mobile Mental Health intervention.

These researchers, however, also share a frustration of acknowledging the potential of their work for significantly improving clinical care, whilst seeing very little actual clinical uptake. Therefore, the consortium was extended with researchers from different and complementary disciplines, whose expertise is needed in order to tackle the barriers and identify the facilitators for implementation of DMMH in routine mental health care across 4 different countries in Europe.

KU LEUVEN

Prof. Inez Myin-Germeys

Professor and head of the Center for Contextual Psychiatry, and the project coördinator of IMMERSE.

Prof. Ine van Hoyweghen

Professor and head of the Life Sciences & Society Lab, lead of the Ethical and Legal Framework work package of IMMERSE (WP6)

Prof. Peter Kuppens

Professor at the Research group of Quantitative Psychology and Individual Differences, provides guidance on developing data visualisation and analyses relevant for clinicians (WP4)

Dr. Glenn Kiekens

Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Contextual Psychiatry, and involved in the clinical trials of IMMERSE (WP7)

Dr. Luca Marelli

Senior research fellow at Life Sciences & Society Lab, focused on the ethical, legal and policy analyses of IMMERSE (WP6)

Dr. Elisa Lievevrouw

Postdoctoral research fellow at Life Sciences & Society Lab, focused on the ethical, legal and policy analyses of IMMERSE (WP6)

Dr. Jeroen Weermeijer

Postdoctoral researcher at the Center for Contextual Psychiatry, and involved in the Dissemination and Exploitation of IMMERSE (WP8)

Silke Apers

Financial and administrative coördinator at the Center for Contextual Psychiatry, and project manager of IMMERSE (WP1)

Tessa Biesemans

Research coördinator at the Center for Contextual Psychiatry, and project management assistant of IMMERSE (WP1)

Rafael Bonnier

PhD Candidate at the Center for Contextual Psychiatry, involved in the clinical trials in Belgium (WP7)

Lena de Thurah

PhD Candidate at the Center for Contextual Psychiatry, and involved in the clinical trials of IMMERSE (WP7)

Lotte Uyttebroek

PhD Candidate at the Center for Contextual Psychiatry, and involved in the clinical trials of IMMERSE (WP7)

CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH, MANNHEIM

Prof. dr. Ulrich Reininghaus

Heisenberg Professor at the dept. of Public Mental Health, lead of the IMMERSE clinical implementation work package (WP7)

Dr. Georgia Koppe

Head of research group Computational Psychiatry, focused on the data analytics of IMMERSE (WP4)

Prof. dr. Daniel Dürstewitz

Head of dept. of Theoretical Neuroscience, focused on the data analytics of IMMERSE (WP4)

Dr. Anita Schick

Postdoctoral researcher at dept. of Public Mental Health, project manager (WP1), and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE (WP7)

Dr. Manuel Brenner

Postdoctoral Researcher at CIMH, focused on the development of AI algorithms for WP7

Julia Schulte-Strathaus

PhD Candidate at CIMH, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE (WP7)

Jessica Gugel

PhD Candidate at CIMH, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE (WP7)

Henrik Wasmus

Research assistant at CIMH, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE (WP7)

UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH

Prof. dr. Matthias Schwannauer

Professor of Clinical Psychology at the Centre for Applied Developmental Psychology, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE (WP7)

Dr. Maria Wolters

Reader in Design Informatics at the School of Informatics, lead of Stakeholder Experience work package (WP5)

Dr. Tariq Elahi

Lecturer in Security and the Internet of Things at the School of Informatics, involved in the interoperability work package (WP3)

Islay Barne

PhD candidate at UEDIN, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE (WP7)

Koraima Sotomayor-Enriquez

PhD candidate at UEDIN, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE (WP7)

COMENIUS UNIVERSITY BRATISLAVA

Prof. dr. Anton Heretik

Professor of Psychology at the dept. of Psychology, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE in Bratislava (WP7)

Prof. dr. Ján Pečeňák

Head of Psychiatric Clinic, Dept. of Psychiatry, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE in Bratislava (WP7)

Dr. Michal Hajdúk

Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology at the dept. of Psychology, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE in Bratislava (WP7)

Adam Kurilla

PhD Candidate at the dept. of Psychology, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE in Bratislava (WP7)

Natália Čavojská

PhD Candidate at the dept. of Psychology, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE in Bratislava (WP7)

Daniel Dančík

PhD Candidate at the dept. of Psychology, involved in the clinical implementation of IMMERSE in Bratislava (WP7)

PAVOL JOZEF SAFARIK UNIVERSITY KOSICE

Dr. Iveta Nagyova

Head of the dept. of Social and Behavioural Medicine, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE in Kosice (WP7).

Dr. Zuzana Katreniakova

Assistant Professor at the dept. of Social and Behavioural Medicine, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE in Kosice (WP7).

Dr. Dagmar Breznoscakova

Senior Researcher at the dept. of Social and Behavioural Medicine, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE in Kosice (WP7).

Dr. Marta Nemcikova

Assistant Professor at the dept. of Social and Behavioural Medicine, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE in Kosice (WP7).

Julius Evelley

PhD Candidate at the dept. of Social and Behavioural Medicine, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE in Kosice (WP7).

Laura Kundratova

PhD Candidate at the dept. of Social and Behavioural Medicine, and involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE in Kosice (WP7).

MOVISENS GMBH

Dr. Jörg Ottenbacher

CEO at Movisens, lead of the Prototype Development work package in IMMERSE (WP2)

Dr. Johannes Schneider

Research & Development at Movisens, involved in the Prototype Development work package in IMMERSE (WP2)

Simon Krause

Research & Development at Movisens, involved in the Prototype Development work package in IMMERSE (WP2)

TMF

Mag.Jur. Irene Schlünder

Legal expert at TMF, involved in the Ethical and Legal Framework work package of IMMERSE (WP6)

Stefanie Hampel

Project manager at TMF, involved in the Ethical and Legal Framework work package of IMMERSE (WP6)

FRIEDRICH-ALEXANDER-UNIVERSITÄT ERLANGEN-NÜRNBERG

Prof. dr. Thomas Ganslandt

Full professor of Medical Informatics at Universitätsklinikum Erlangen, lead of the IMMERSE work package on Data management, Security, and Interoperability (WP3)

GeunHyun Kim

Research assistant at University Hospital Erlangen, and involved in the IMMERSE work package on Data management, Security, and Interoperability (WP3)

UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG

Prof. dr. Michel Wensing

Deputy Director of Dept. of General Practice and Health Services Research, implementation expert on IMMERSE (WP7)

Prof. Dr. Manuela de Allegri

Lead of Research Unit in Health Economics and Health Financing, leading the economic evaluation of IMMERSE (WP7)

Dr. Valérie Louis

Senior researcher in the Research Unit in Health Economics and Health Financing, involved in the economic evaluation of IMMERSE (WP7)

Dr. Hoa Nguyen

Postdoctoral researcher in the Research Unit in Health Economics and Health Financing, involved in the economic evaluation of IMMERSE (WP7)

Past collaborators

Dr. Evelyne van Aubel

Dr. Evelyne van Aubel was involved in the Dissemination and Exploitation of IMMERSE (WP8)

Matej Hrabovsky

Matej Hrabovsky was involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE in Kosice (WP7)

Dr. Simona Di Folco

Dr. Simona di Folco was involved in stakeholder involvement and clinical implementation (WP5 and WP7)

Dr. Theresa Ikegwuonu

Dr. Theresa Ikegwuonu was involved in stakeholder involvement (WP5)

Dr. Andrea Pavlickova

Was involved in the clinical implementation workpackage of IMMERSE in Kosice (WP7)