electronic Journal of Health Informatics

Martina Ziefle
Communication Science, Human Technology Centre (Humtec), RWTH Aachen University
Germany

Martina Ziefle, Ph.D., is Professor and Chair of Communication Science at RWTH Aachen University, Germany and head of the ehealth research group at the Human Technology Centre (HumTec).  Prof. Ziefle’s research addresses human factors in different technology types and using contexts, taking demands of user diversity into account. A special focus is directed to the usability and acceptance of mobile devices which are increasingly used in novel contexts (e.g.  eHealth). Her main research concern is to shape technology innovation in ways that technology development is truly balanced with the human factor. In addition to teaching and directing research on campus, Prof. Ziefle leads various projects funded by industrial and public authorities, dealing with the interaction and communication of humans with technology.

Anne Kathrin Schaar
Communication Science, Human Technology Centre (Humtec), RWTH Aachen University
Germany

Anne Kathrin Schaar is a PhD student and research assistant at the chair of Communication Science and part of eHealth Research group at RWTH Aachen University. Anne Kathrin studied Sociology, History and Civil Law at the Westphalian Wilhelms University Munster, Germany. She earned her diploma in Sociology in 2008. Her main research interests focus on technology acceptance, user diversity and ethics of technical systems with a specific focus on impantable technologies. Prior to joining the eHealth group at RWTH, she worked at the NRW ministry for work, health and social affairs, germany, in a working group concerned with innovative employment promotion.