Woldaregay, Ashenafi Zebene is a researcher at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, affiliated with the Faculty of Health Sciences and the Department of Clinical Medicine. His work bridges digital health, artificial intelligence, and clinical applications, particularly in diabetes management and infectious disease surveillance. He is a key contributor to the EDMON (Electronic Disease Surveillance and Monitoring Network) project, which leverages self-recorded health data from people with Type 1 diabetes for early outbreak detection. PhD in Digital Health / Health Informatics (2021) Master’s in Electronic Disease Surveillance (2016) His research focuses on applying machine learning, data science, and AI to solve pressing healthcare challenges. Key areas include blood glucose pattern analysis in diabetes, anomaly detection, mHealth adoption, wearable technology, and syndromic surveillance. He has developed models for infection detection, surgical risk prediction, and deidentification of clinical text. His work emphasizes real-world applicability, patient engagement, and data privacy. The most recent articles show a strong trend toward transformer models, synthetic data, and instruction-guided NLP in clinical contexts, alongside continued work in mHealth usability, caregiver support, and personalized health monitoring. His publications span journals in health informatics, medical informatics, and digital health, reflecting interdisciplinary collaboration. Scientific contributions include: Development of the EDMON system for real-time infection monitoring Creation of datasets for wearables and mHealth motivation factors Systematic reviews on reinforcement learning in diabetes and AI in healthcare security Innovation in cluster detection algorithms (K-CUSUM) for outbreak detection While direct information on grants and advising is not provided, his role as a doctoral candidate and co-author on numerous student-led studies suggests involvement in research mentoring. He collaborates extensively with researchers such as Gunnar Hartvigsen, Eirik Årsand, and Karl Øyvind Mikalsen, indicating membership in a large, active digital health research group. He is involved in a multidisciplinary research lab focused on digital health innovation, mHealth systems, and AI-driven clinical decision support. The team works on real-time monitoring, data privacy, and user-centered design of health technologies, with applications in chronic disease management and public health surveillance.











