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dr.ir. M. Tabak (Monique)

Associate Professor

About Me

Dr.ir. Monique Tabak is associate professor at the University of Twente with a background in Biomedical Engineering (cum laude), leading the research track on personalized eHealth technology for complex chronic conditions. She is an eHealth expert, focusing on the question: how can eHealth technology contribute to tailor-made care in daily life? 

Monique has a strong (European) network and participated in >20 (inter)national research and innovation projects  on eHealth (e.g. IS-ACTIVE (AAL), InLife (H2020), MAGGY (NWO), LoaD (NWA-ORC)) in major coordinating roles as project manager or WP leader, as well as principal investigator and in close collaboration with care centres.

She is currently leading the large-scale European RE-SAMPLE project in which a multidisciplinary consortium is developing revolutionary tailor-made care for people with COPD and comorbidities using real-world data monitoring and AI. She is also PI and WP leader in the LoAD project (NWA-ORC) in which she develops personalized feedback and coaching strategies for people with osteoarthritis based on a multi-modal sensing approach and recommender systems for tailoring.

She is a teacher in eHealth technology for the educational programmes of Biomedical Engineering, Technical Medicine and Health Science.

Expertise

Medicine & Life Sciences
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Exercise
Mentoring
Self-Management
Technology
Telemedicine
Engineering & Materials Science
Ehealth
Gamification

Research

Dr.ir. Monique Tabak is associate professor at the University of Twente with a background in Biomedical Engineering (cum laude), leading the research track on personalized eHealth technology for complex chronic conditions. She is an eHealth expert, focusing on the question: how can eHealth technology contribute to tailor-made care in daily life? Her research is about tailoring eHealth interventions by a shared-decision making approach between technology, healthcare provider and patient, and supporting self-management in daily life for persons with complex chronic conditions. 

She is currently leading the large-scale European RE-SAMPLE project in which a multidisciplinary consortium is developing revolutionary tailor-made care for people with COPD and comorbidities using real-world data monitoring and AI. She is also PI and WP leader in the LoAD project (NWA-ORC) in which she develops personalized feedback and coaching strategies for people with osteoarthritis based on a multi-modal sensing approach and recommender systems for tailoring.

Her expertise includes: telemonitoring, shared decision making, decision support systems, adaptive tailored coaching, self-management, complex chronic (lung) conditions. 

Publications

Recent
Tunc, S. , Nijboer, F., Tinga, A. , & Tabak, M. (2023). “Hi, My Name is Robin” – Remotely Co-designing an Embodied Conversational Agent for Empathy with Older Adults. 376-391. Paper presented at 25th International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCI International 2023, Copenhagen, Denmark. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-34866-2_27
van der Kamp, M. R. (2023). eHealth in pediatric asthma care: From smart home-monitoring to implementing a new care standard . [PhD Thesis - Research external, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555654
Barneveld, N. , Hietbrink, E. A. G., Middelweerd, A. , Beinema, T. , Tabak, M., & Laverman, G. D. (2022). Een device voor leefstijlcoaching voor mensen met beperkte gezondheidsvaardigheden: Design en ervaringen. 15-15. Abstract from ZGT Wetenschapsdag 2022, Almelo, Netherlands.
Tabak, M. (2022). Persoonsgerichte zorg op afstand: telemedicine binnen de revalidatiezorg. In Geertzen (Ed.), Revalidatie voor volwassenen (2 ed., pp. 609-622). Van Gorcum.
Silven, A., van Peet, P., Boers, S. , Tabak, M., de Groot, A., Hendriks, D., van Os, H., Bonten, T., Atsma, D., de Graaf, T., Sombroek, M., Chavannes, N., & Villalobos-Quesada, M. (2022). Clarifying responsibility: professional digital health in the doctor-patient relationship, recommendations for physicians based on a multi-stakeholder dialogue in the Netherlands. BMC health services research, 22, Article 129. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12913-021-07316-0
Astell, A. J., Panou, M., Touliou, K., Karavidopoulou, Y., Cabrera-Umpiérrez, M. F., Aldaz, E., Bizjak, J., Black, B., Buchholz, M., Mata, J. C., Cossu-Ergecer, F., Debring, S., van-Weering, M. D., Ekström, A., Gams, M., Soler, A. G., Gradišek, A., Goljuf, K., Kaimakamis, E. , ... Tabak, M. (2022). Developing a pragmatic evaluation of ICTs for older adults with cognitive impairment at scale: the IN LIFE experience. Universal access in the information society, 21, 1-19. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10209-021-00849-5
Bulthuis, R. , Tabak, M., Schaake, L. , & Hermens, H. (2022). Outdoor E-trike Cycling: a Low Intensity Physical Activity. Assistive technology, 34(4), 429-436. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/10400435.2020.1858995
Haveman, M. E., Melzen, R. V. , Schuurmann, R. C. L., Moumni, M. E. , Hermens, H. J. , Tabak, M., & Vries, J-P. P. M. D. (2021). Continuous monitoring of vital signs with the Everion biosensor on the surgical ward: a clinical validation study. Expert review of medical devices, 18(Suppl 1), 145-152. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/17434440.2021.2019014
Merzaie, A. , Spil, T., Franke, J. , & Tabak, M. (2021). VR is very relevant 4 kids: Business modeling for virtual reality in healthcare. In P. Fotaris (Ed.), Proceedings of the 15th European Conference on Game Based Learning, ECGBL 2021: a virtual conference hosted by the University of Brighton, UK, 23-24 September 2021 (pp. 544-552). (Proceedings of the European Conference on Games-based Learning; Vol. 2021). Dechema e.V..

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Projects

Monique has a strong (European) network and participated in >20 (inter)national research and innovation projects  on eHealth (e.g. IS-ACTIVE (AAL), InLife (H2020), MAGGY (NWO), LoaD (NWA-ORC)) in major coordinating roles as project manager or WP leader, as well as principal investigator and in close collaboration with care centres.

She is currently leading the large-scale European RE-SAMPLE project in which a multidisciplinary consortium is developing revolutionary tailor-made care for people with COPD and comorbidities using real-world data monitoring and AI. She is also PI and WP leader in the LoAD project (NWA-ORC) in which she develops personalized feedback and coaching strategies for people with osteoarthritis based on a multi-modal sensing approach and recommender systems for tailoring.

Current Projects

Finished Projects

Contact Details

Visiting Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Horst - Zuidhorst (building no. 28)
De Horst 2
7522LW  Enschede
The Netherlands

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Mailing Address

University of Twente
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science
Horst - Zuidhorst
P.O. Box 217
7500 AE Enschede
The Netherlands

Additional Contact Information

Also employed as senior researcher at:

Roessingh Research and Development

Roessinghsbleekweg 33b

7522 AH Enschede

m.tabak@rrd.nl

 

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