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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Great work by our team: Patrick Langer, Thomas Kaar, Max Rosenblatt, Aydin Zahedivash, @draalami.bsky.social, and @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social, as well as our collaborators at Stanford, Google, Amazon, and ETH Zurich. A huge team effort and an exciting step at the intersection of AI and medicine!

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

At #ClimateWeekNYC, Vishnu Ravi (@vishnuravi.bsky.social) showcased Stanford Spezi at Cornell Tech’s Health in Climate AI Hackathon, helping teams use our Stanford Spezi framework, JupyterHealth, and AI tools to address health impacts from heat, air quality, and severe weather.

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Great updates in Swift 6.2; we are looking forward to incorporating all of this in our work with @stanfordspezi.bsky.social at @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social 🚀 Thank you to everyone working on all these changes and future improvements to the language!

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

🇸🇪 Just wrapped up an incredible week hosting Team Sahlma, winners of the first international replication of our CS342 Building for Digital Health course in Sweden! Svea Strassburger, Frida Piscator Petersson, Amina Shaji and Houshi He, mentored by Dr. Zoha Saket, tackled IVF treatment challenges..

Students from our Digital Health Implementation course in collaboration with the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden.

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Excited to speak at the @dcinetwork.org Conference at @harvard.edu, June 25–27, 2025, to share our AI and digital health work at @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social and leading the development of the @stanfordspezi.bsky.social ecosystem. Thanks to @yuriquintana.com for bringing this community together!

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

@pschmiedmayer.bsky.social will speak at the DCI Network Conference at Harvard, June 25–27. He’ll share insights on scaling access to care with open-source tools, AI, and interoperability, and on using chatbots to connect patients with their records. Program: www.dcinetwork.org/patients2025

Join Us at Harvard for the Future of Patient Engagement!
Patient-Powered Progress: Revolutionary Digital Strategies for Optimal Patient Engagement and Healthcare Delivery

Paul Schmiedmayer, PhD

As a researcher at the intersection of Al, medicine, and software engineering, Paul Schmiedmayer's work explores novel approaches to developing scalable, patient-centered platforms that harness Al and connected devices to deliver real-time, personalized health insights.

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Stanford Spezi @stanfordspezi.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Join us for the in-person Stanford Spezi #WWDC Meetup on June 12, 2025 at 4 PM, on campus! Open to all—devs, students, researchers & anyone curious about digital health. Register: bit.ly/SpeziWWDC

StanfordSpezi
2025 WWDC Meetup

A community gathering for developers passionate about building cutting-edge healthcare and research applications.
Software engineering is one of the biggest challenges in digital health and Al research. Whether you're a seasoned Swift developer, new to open-source, or simply curious about digital health innovation, come and discover how Spezi is transforming digital health research — and how you can be a part of it!

Meet and network with developers, students, researchers, and digital health enthusiasts
Learn about the Spezi framework and its growing ecosystem
Connect with contributors from the Stanford Biodesign Digital Health team
Explore the beautiful Stanford campus

Register: bit.ly/SpeziWWDC
JUNE 12, 2025
Stanford University

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

Are you interested in @stanfordspezi.bsky.social and in town for Apple’s #WWDC next week? Join us for our Stanford Spezi WWDC Meetup on June 12, 4 PM! Register: bit.ly/SpeziWWDC Learn more about Spezi: github.com/StanfordSpezi

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Stanford Spezi WWDC Meetup

Eventbrite - Innovator's Reception Event Sponsors presents Stanford Spezi WWDC Meetup - Thursday, June 12, 2025 at 290 Jane Stanford Way, Palo Alto, CA. Find event and ticket information.

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Our team is studying how LLMs can explain medical records. Adults or caregivers of children who recently received medical care may be eligible. 30-min session + $50 Amazon gift card. Learn more: forms.gle/Nhc2CisFmo9x... For complaints, concerns, or Participant's rights, contact 1-866-680-2906.

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

We had a great time at the AMIA (American Medical Informatics Association) Clincial Informatics Conference! Exciting to share our efforts within the @stanfordspezi.bsky.social ecosystem and all the research, translation, and teaching we are doing at @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social 🚀

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Congrats @vishnuravi.bsky.social, @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social & Aydin Zahedivash on a successful workshop and presentation at @amiainformatics.bsky.social #CIC25 on building patient-centered digital health solutions with Stanford Spezi and promoting digital health innovation in pediatrics!

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Our team is at @amiainformatics.bsky.social #CIC25! Join @vishnuravi.bsky.social, @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social, & @AZahedivash tomorrow morning at 10:30am for a hands-on workshop on building your own #FHIR based, AI-enabled digital health app with Stanford Spezi (@stanfordspezi.bsky.social)!

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We continue to advance our research on privacy-preserving and scaling AI implementations for on-device reasoning for patient-facing solutions! I am proud to lead a team of so many talented researchers and students at Stanford Biodesign Digital Health:

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

@pschmiedmayer.bsky.social, Patrick Langer, and Thomas Kaar represented our group at #LlamaCon2025 and presented our poster on “Medicine on the Edge: Comparative Performance Analysis of On‑Device LLMs for Clinical Reasoning", work by Leon Nissen, et. al.

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Every year, I’m inspired by the aspiring innovators who step into the Stanford Biodesign Innovation Fellowship—and emerge ready to transform healthcare. Applications are now open for the 2026–27 cohort! Know someone ready to lead in healthtech innovation? bit.ly/BiodesignFellow

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Incorporating clinicians and computer scientists in a multidisciplinary team is the secret of success; congratulations to @draalami.bsky.social, @vishnuravi.bsky.social, Aydin, and everyone in our team who aims to be a medical doctor in the future 🚀

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

On National Doctor's Day, we proudly honor our team's exceptional physician leaders — Dr. Oliver Aalami (@draalami.bsky.social), Dr. Vishnu Ravi (@vishnuravi.bsky.social), and Dr. Aydin Zahedivash — who balance their clinical careers with pioneering work in digital health. 🚀

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

This past week, students in Digital Health Implementation at Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden got an in-person crash course in digital health app development from our teaching team @draalami.bsky.social @vishnuravi.bsky.social @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social. Excited to see what they build! 🚀

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Checkout SpeziLLM; a great way to integrate LLMs in digital health applications including on-device LLM execution: github.com/StanfordSpez...

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GitHub - StanfordSpezi/SpeziLLM: Large Language Model (LLM) module for the Spezi Ecosystem

Large Language Model (LLM) module for the Spezi Ecosystem - StanfordSpezi/SpeziLLM

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Great work by our team; excited about an other great system built using @stanfordspezi.bsky.social!

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Our team at Stanford Digital Health, in collaboration with William Bosl, developed the @stanfordspezi.bsky.social i-based NeuroNest system—a scalable, open-source EEG platform for early neurodevelopmental screening. Learn more at arxiv.org/html/2503.13....

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Great work by our team and a project that emerged right out of our CS342 class at Stanford 🚀 Excited to see the usage of @stanfordspezi.bsky.social in more and more research apps!

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Check out SpeziBluetooth, amazing work by our talented students and team members:

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Stanford Spezi @stanfordspezi.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Say goodbye to complex Bluetooth integrations! SpeziBluetooth makes it effortless to retrieve and connect to known devices. Developed by Andreas Bauer, Lukas Kollmer, @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social and our Spezi team: github.com/StanfordSpezi/SpeziBluetooth

$struct BatteryService: BluetoothService { static let id: BTUUID = "180F" @Characteristic(id: "2A19", notify: true) var batteryLevel: UInt8? } class MyDevice: BluetoothDevice { @DeviceState(\.id) var id: UUID @Service var deviceInformation = DeviceInformationService() @Service var battery = BatteryService() required init() {} }$

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Great job by our teaching team and everyone involved; always such a great time to teach @stanfordspezi.bsky.social and software engineering for digital health applications to Stanford students!

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

We have wrapped up another incredible quarter of the Building for Digital Health course at Stanford with the amazing help from Oliver Aalami, Adrit Rao, Nick Riedman, Vishnu Ravi, MD, @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social, and Aydin Zahedivash!

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Exciting news! 🚀 Research collaboration from Stanford’s Building for Digital Health course is now published in JMIR Formative Research! 📄 📱 BALANCE App: A study on enhancing distress tolerance in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. Read more: [🔗 formative.jmir.org/2025/1/e70278/ ]

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Enhancing Distress Tolerance Skills in Adolescents With Anorexia Nervosa Through the BALANCE Mobile App: Feasibility and Acceptability Study

Background: Anorexia nervosa (AN) is a severe psychiatric disorder with high morbidity and mortality, particularly among adolescents. Family-based treatment (FBT) is the leading evidence-based…

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

2024 was a transformative year for us at Stanford Biodesign Digital Health! Here are the highlights!

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Stanford Department of Medicine @stanforddeptmed.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

Season's greetings from #StanDOM! We're thankful for the dedication and passion of our incredible team. May this holiday season bring you joy, peace, and well-deserved rest.

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

📣 Stanford students! Interested in learning how to create a real-world digital health solution with devices and #AI? Only 3 days left to apply for our CS342/MED253 Building for Digital Health course this Winter Quarter! Visit cs342.stanford.edu for more information!

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Vishnu Ravi, MD @vishnuravi.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

An incredible milestone for our QDG system that validates years of rigorous research and development, and will accelerate the path to reaching #ParkinsonsDisease patients and families in desperate need of a better solution.

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Paul Schmiedmayer @pschmiedmayer.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

We had a great time at the Apple Health Research Summit, thank you to all the organizers! It was great to see the enthusiasm for digital health and AI, including the need to further expand our @stanfordspezi.bsky.social ecosystem 🚀

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

The @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social team recently participated in the Apple Health Research Summit, sharing insights from Stanford Spezi (@stanfordspezi.bsky.social)—our open-source ecosystem—and strategies for optimizing health data. Read more: bdh.stanford.edu/news/stanfor...

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Stanford Biodesign Digital Health @stanfordbdhg.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

At Stanford Biodesign Digital Health, we design, develop, implement, and investigate digital health solutions to support clinical research, enhance health journeys, and improve patient outcomes. Learn more about our work and how you can join us at bdh.stanford.edu!

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