Melanie Roth

Melanie Roth is a Ph.D. Research Group Leader and Health Sciences Senior Researcher at Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, with a focus on primary healthcare, interprofessional collaboration, and health technology applications. Her work contributes to several UN Sustainable Development Goals related to health and well-being.

Her research interests span multiple areas of healthcare innovation:

• Primary care systems and interprofessional collaboration
• Diabetes management and mobile health (mHealth) interventions
• Nursing education and practice improvement
• Osteoarthritis progression and biomarker studies
• User-centered healthcare design and citizen science approaches

Dr. Roth leads multiple research projects including REALISE (Collaborative, digital and green/sustainable skills via multimodal simulation), RehabHeat 2.0, and HealthMeetsSustainability, focusing on innovative approaches to healthcare delivery and professional training.

Her scientific contributions have been recognized with several awards:

• Best Abstract (2022)
• Gait patterns in bilateral spastic cerebral palsy on an uneven surface (2012)
• Leistungsstipendium (2013)
• OIS:zam Preis (September 2023)

Dr. Roth is actively involved in knowledge dissemination through conference presentations and media engagement, particularly around the "Ganz Salzburg Bewegen" (Whole Salzburg Moves) citizen science initiative aimed at addressing physical inactivity and promoting heart health in the Salzburg region.