About
Sara Riggare is a researcher at Uppsala University, affiliated with the Department of Women's and Children's Health and the Center for Disability Research. Her work focuses on digital health, patient empowerment, and self-tracking in chronic disease management, particularly for Parkinson's disease.
- Academic Affiliation: Uppsala University
- Departments: Department of Women's and Children's Health, Center for Disability Research
- Emails: sara.riggare@uu.se, sara.riggare@cff.uu.se
- Academic Rank: Researcher
Her research explores patient-centered approaches to healthcare innovation, including co-creation methodologies, the impact of digital health technologies, and patient-driven research models. She actively investigates how patients can contribute to medical knowledge through self-tracking and citizen science initiatives.
Recent publications highlight her work on generative AI in clinical documentation, empowering capabilities of chronic disease patients through digital tools, and ethical dimensions of patient-initiated research. While no formal awards are listed, her contributions span collaborative studies on safety-netting strategies, user-led interventions, and democratization of healthcare decision-making.
Sara's collaborations include studies on patient-clinician communication, Nordic health data policies, and global comparisons of patient engagement with medical records. She advocates for patient-driven innovations and plays a key role in conferences like PxP, which prioritize patient perspectives in research.
