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Personal profile
Education
- 2013 Doctor of Philosophy, Health Informatics from National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan.
- 2008 Master of Science, Telemedicine and eHealth from University of Tromso, Norway.
- 2001 Medical Doctor, Saint Petersburg Medical Academy Russia
Experience
- Aug 2020 to date Full Professor, Taipei Medical University
- 2021 Adjunct Professor, International Ph.D. Program in Biotech and Healthcare Management
- 2020 Guest Editor for Sensors journal, for Special Issue on Digital Health and Smart Sensors for Better Management of Cancer and Chronic Diseases
- 2019 Adjunct Professor, School of Gerontology Health Management
- 2018 Guest Editor for Sensors journal, for Special Issue "Data Analytics and Applications of the Wearable Sensors in Healthcare"
- Since 2018 Adjunct Professor at Vellore Institute of Technology, India
- Since 2017 Associate Professor, Taipei Medical University
- 2015- Principal Investigator at the International Center for Health Information Technology, Taipei Medical University, Taiwan
- 2015- Lead Educator for MOOCs, on FutureLearn, a platform for open online courses
- 2013-2017 Assistant Professor, Taipei Medical University
Awards
- Stanford University/Elsevier's Top 2% Scientist Rankings
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Plum Blossom Card (Permanent Resident Certificate) by Government of Taiwan 2017
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New Investigator of Global Health by Global Health Council 2010. Washington DC.
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National Yang Ming University Scholarship 2009—2011
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International Scholar Ex-Change programme by Norwegian Research Council 2009.
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Quota scholarship at Tromso University, Norway 2006--2008.
Patents:
- India Patent # 202141056663 The Smart Pill Management System
- TW Patent # M409487 Mobile Personal Health Record System
- US Patent# 20150356272 Prescription Analysis System And Method For Applying Probabilistic Model Based On Medical Big Data
Research Interests
- Artificial Intelligence
- Internet of Things
- Wearable Devices for Long Term Care
- Telemedicine
- Big Data Analytics
- Visualization for Digital Epidemiology
- mHealth
- Medical Tourism
- Social Media in Health care
- Personal Health Records
- Virtual Reality
Other
Mentorship and Participation in programs
1. Mentor of Taiwan Experience Education Program at Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan
2. Mentor of International Honor’s Program at Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, since 2018
3. Mentor of the course Health Information Technology for Resource-poor Settings, Taipei Medical University.
4. 2016 & 2017 Taiwan Tech Trek Program
5. Active participant of the Focus Group on "Artificial Intelligence for Health" (FG-AI4H) group in partnership with WHO for the evaluation of AI-based methods for health, diagnosis, triage or treatment decisions.
6. Mentor of Taipei Medical University, College of Medical Science and Technology lab meeting since 2015
7. Member of Committee of International Affairs, Graduate Institute of Biomedical Informatics, Taipei Medical University
Educator for MOOCS courses
- Social Media in Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges, total 10,717 students (8 runs: 2015-2019)
- Internet of Things for Active Aging, total 9,783 students (6 runs: 2016-2019)
- Digital Health for Cancer Management: Smart Health Technologies in Complex Diseases, total 2,076 students (3 runs: 2017-2019)
- Artificial Intelligence for Healthcare: Opportunities and Challenges, total 484 students (1 run: 2019)
Local and International Projects
European Commission Funded H2020 Projects
1. SmartCHANGE: AI-based long-term health risk evaluation for driving behavior change strategies in children and youth
2. iHELP: Personalised Health Monitoring and Decision Support Based on Artificial Intelligence and Holistic Health Records
(110-2923-E-038-001-MY3)
3. CATCH: Cancer Activating Technologies for Connected Health
4. CrowdHEALTH project: Using health-related big data for supporting policy making decisions
(107-2923-E-038-001-MY2)
5. SmokefreeBrain: Multidisciplinary tools for improving the efficacy of public prevention measures against smoking
(106-2923-E-038-001-MY2)
Other Projects
1. Empowered Life (Em-L): Personalized Health Empowerment for Young Adults through Targeted Risk Reduction Strategies (113-2314-B-038-081-)
2. Forecasting End-of-Life Outcomes: An Artificial Intelligence-based Predictive Model for Mortality in Neurovascular Diseases and Elderly Patients within Hospice Care (113TMU-SHH-13)
3. Artificial Intelligence based Activity Recognition and Mortality Prediction using Circadian Rhythm, among Cancer Patients in the Hospice Ward(2/2)(112-2221-E-038-015-)
4. Artificial Intelligence based Activity Recognition and Mortality Prediction using Circadian Rhythm, among Cancer Patients in the Hospice Ward(108-2221-E-038-013-)
5. The Role of Respiratory Rate Variability and Heart Rate Variability in Predicting Adverse Event in the Hemodialysis patients (106-2221-E-038-005) (Publication)
6. AI-based Personal Health Record Management System (PHRMS) for Cancer Risk Prediction: Taiwan – India Collaboration Fostering (106-研-R-0018)
7. Virtual Reality among the elderly
8. Wearable technology for the patient recognition in the Shin Kong Wu Ho-Su Memorial Hospital, grant number: SKH-TMU-104-02
Media coverage
1. http://www.chinatimes.com/newspapers/20170403000300-260106
2. https://udn.com/news/story/6928/2220952
3. http://www.peoplenews.tw/news/a5e27b76-83e8-49cb-b905-387117150295
4. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202004230326.aspx
5. https://health.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/3143028
6. https://health.udn.com/health/story/120952/4514063
7. https://money.udn.com/money/story/5648/4513212
8. https://times.hinet.net/news/22872413
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以針對性風險降低策略為年輕世代提供個性化之健康賦權
Shabbir, S. A. (PI)
8/1/24 → 7/31/25
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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臺歐盟國合計畫-透過基於人工智慧的健康風險評估以鼓勵青少年之行為改變(1/3)
Shabbir, S. A. (PI)
5/1/24 → 4/30/25
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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利用人工智慧及穿戴式偵測儀客觀評量末期癌症病人體能狀態並預測短期預後存活(II)
Shabbir, S. A. (PI)
8/1/23 → 7/31/24
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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臺歐盟國合計畫-iHELP:基於人工智慧與健康紀錄之個人化健康管理與決策支援(3/3)
Shabbir, S. A. (PI)
2/1/23 → 7/31/24
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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Ihelp: Personalised Health Monitoring And Decision Support Based On Artificial Intelligence And Holistic Health Records
Shabbir, S. A. (PI)
2/1/22 → 1/31/23
Project: A - Government Institution › b - National Science and Technology Council
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Using machine learning models for predicting monthly iPTH levels in hemodialysis patients
Hsieh, C. C., Hsieh, C. W., Uddin, M., Hsu, L. P., Hu, H. H. & Syed-Abdul, S., Mar 2025, In: Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine. 260, 108541.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A scoping review of machine learning for sepsis prediction- feature engineering strategies and model performance: a step towards explainability
Bomrah, S., Uddin, M., Upadhyay, U., Komorowski, M., Priya, J., Dhar, E., Hsu, S. C. & Syed-Abdul, S., Dec 2024, In: Critical Care. 28, 1, 180.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus) -
Data-Driven Identification of Factors That Influence the Quality of Adverse Event Reports: 15-Year Interpretable Machine Learning and Time-Series Analyses of VigiBase and QUEST
Choo, S. M., Sartori, D., Lee, S. C., Yang, H. C. & Syed-Abdul, S., Jan 2024, In: JMIR Medical Informatics. 12, e49643.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Digital Technology Enablers of Tele-Neurorehabilitation in Pre-and Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Era – A Scoping Review
Uddin, M., Ganapathy, K. & Syed-Abdul, S., Jun 28 2024, In: International Journal of Telerehabilitation. 16, 1Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Perspectives on the use of artificial intelligence: an online survey of health sciences students and faculty members
Choukou, M. A., Alkhamis, M. A., Syed-Abdul, S., Alshawaf, H. & Alfadhli, S., 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Health and Technology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Datasets
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Additional file 1: of Virtual reality among the elderly: a usefulness and acceptance study from Taiwan
Syed-Abdul, S. (Creator), Nursetyo, A. A. (Contributor), Li, Y.-C. J. (Creator), Malwade, S. (Contributor), Liu, M. F. (Creator), Sood, M. (Contributor), Barsasella, D. (Creator), Bhatia, M. (Creator), Srinivasan, K. (Contributor), Chang, C.-C. (Creator) & Raja, M. (Creator), Figshare, 2019
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.9691859.v1, https://doi.org/10.6084%2Fm9.figshare.9691859.v1
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A recommender system to quit smoking with mobile motivational messages: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
Hors-Fraile, S. (Creator), Malwade, S. (Contributor), Spachos, D. (Creator), Fernandez-Luque, L. (Creator), Su, C.-T. (Contributor), Jeng, W.-L. (Creator), Syed-Abdul, S. (Creator) & Bamidis, P. (Creator), Figshare, 2018
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.4297070.v1, https://doi.org/10.6084%2Fm9.figshare.c.4297070.v1
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Supplementary Material for: Exploring the Association between Statin Use and the Risk of Parkinson’s Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
Nguyen, P.-A. (Creator), Poly, T. N. (Creator), Shabbir, S.-A. (Creator), Yang, H.-C. (Creator), Islam, M. M. (Creator), Li, Y.-C. J. (Creator), Huang, C.-W. (Creator) & Walther, B. A. (Creator), Karger Publishers, 2017
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.5607109.v1, https://doi.org/10.6084%2Fm9.figshare.5607109.v1
Dataset
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COVID-19 infodemic and digital health literacy in vulnerable populations: A scoping review
Choukou, M.-A. (Creator), Sanchez-Ramirez, D. C. (Creator), Pol, M. (Creator), Uddin, M. (Creator), Monnin, C. (Creator) & Syed-Abdul, S. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2022
DOI: 10.25384/sage.c.5861297.v1, https://sage.figshare.com/collections/COVID-19_infodemic_and_digital_health_literacy_in_vulnerable_populations_A_scoping_review/5861297/1
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sj-docx-2-dhj-10.1177_20552076221076927 - Supplemental material for COVID-19 infodemic and digital health literacy in vulnerable populations: A scoping review
Choukou, M.-A. (Creator), Sanchez-Ramirez, D. C. (Creator), Pol, M. (Creator), Uddin, M. (Creator), Monnin, C. (Creator) & Syed-Abdul, S. (Creator), SAGE Journals, 2022
DOI: 10.25384/sage.19142448.v2, https://sage.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/sj-docx-2-dhj-10_1177_20552076221076672_-_Supplemental_material_for_Mobile_phone_apps_for_family_caregivers_A_scoping_review_and_qualitative_content_analysis/19142448/2
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