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Design for Health Lab

Design for Health Lab

At the Design for Health Lab, we envision a future where innovative research and human-centered design incrementally improve public health and healthcare in Norway.

Our mission is to address unmet needs: identifying and solving real-life health challenges through multidisciplinary collaboration.

By integrating various design disciplines and combining physical products, digital and interactive products, and sustainable services, we create solutions that enhance well-being.

Our approach leverages advanced technologies and combines expertise from multiple fields, driving the development of intelligent products and services that improve health outcomes and quality of life.

Through this lab we hope to collate and showcase all work related to health at the Department of Design.


Research Areas

  • Products and services related to welfare technologies, emergencies, elderly homes, adolescents and students
  • Decision support systems and AI for health care experts
  • Intelligent environments, products and services
  • Circular economy
  • Value based design
  • Medical education
  • Health literacy
  • Service related to patient pathways

PATHS (2025–2029)
Promoting Access to Health Services through Participatory Approach: E-Health Intervention to Promote Good Health Seeking (PATHS).
Project leader: Ashis Jalote Parmar
Grant: NordForsk

Sunn Utøver (2025–2026)
Innovative E-Learning Platform for Prevention of REDs among Young Athletes.
Project Leader: Ashis Jalote Parmar
Grant: NTNU Innovation discovery

PreViS2 Project (2024–2028)
Design Driven Development and Implementation of Prehospital Video as Decision Support
Project leader: Nils Halvor Gryting
Collaborator: Mari Eyde Bjerck
Funded by: Sykehuset Innlandet and Interreg

BingeAware (2023–2025)
Self Assessment Tool for Binge Eating Disorder.
Project Leader: Ashis Jalote Parmar and Trine Tetlie Eik-Nes
Grant: NTNU Innovation discovery 

AMRageddon (2023–2027)
Integrating Persuasive Educational Intervention in Health Education to reduce Antimicrobial Resistance.
Project Leader: Vikram Singh Parmar
Grant: NTNU Health

Studywell (2022–2026)
Improving Students' Mental Health and Quality of Life Through Service Design and Relational Well-being.
Project leader: Brita Fladvad Nielsen
Grant: NTNU Health

#Care4YoungTeeth<3 (2021–2025)
Promoting Oral Health of Adolescents.
Project leader: Marikken Høiseth 
Grant: Norges Forskningsråd

Sensory Nourishment (2020–2025)
Exploring Inclusive Design Practices that Support Neurodivergent Sensory Needs, in the Context of Clothing. 
Project leader: Trond Are Øritsland
Researcher: Maureen Selina Laverty
Grant: NTNU, Faculty of Architecture and Design

Ongoing Master's Projects (June 2025)

Mathilde Bogen and Molly Prescot Gibson (2025): Interactive decision support and planning tool for multi-disciplinary lung cancer surgery team.

Bjørn Ravlo-Leira (2025): Patient-centred service design for lung cancer treatment pathway (June 2025).

Emma Hansen (2025): Designing user interface of an artificial intelligence guided point-of-care ultrasound of cardiac care (AI POCUS AAA project).

Anine Aurora Skote (2024): Digital service for improving maternal health card (June 2025).

Zahra Moravvejdini: An interactive design intervention to enhance teenagers' undcrstanding and retention of dental health advice during consultations.

Sunniva Hveem Valvik: Human-centered design of a digital treatment program for birth trauma with an emphasis on exposure therapy.

Sofie Elena Bronfield: A study on digital interventions aimed at reducing excessive, unintended binge-watching on streaming platforms.

Completed Master's Projects

Torp, Synnøve Antonsen (2024): Innovative e-learning platform for prevention of REDs among young female athletes.

Gamborg-Nielsen, Bjørg Madelén (2024): Digital self-management service as a supplement for social anxiety treatment for people with intellectual disability.

Breivik, Linea Madelaine (2024): Persona based film for early identification of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) for healthcare professionals.

Guldbrandsøy, Ida (2024): Designing B2B digital grocery services for Oda - A case study on Norwegian kindergartens.

Porras Elizo, Andrea (2024): Design of educational digital tool to mitigate the impact of technology in mental and physical health of adolescents and teens.

Tronstad Gahre, Greger (2024): Improving perinatal simulation training for health care workers in Tanzania.

Skretting, Juan Francisco Soto (2023): Redesign of automatic baby cradle and services for relief of sleep problems.

Fridtjof Agnalt (2023): Redesigning future emergency rooms in hospitals. A human centered service design approach to optimize workflows.

Horn, Ruben Kive (2022): Motion analysis and digital services for osteoarthritis treatment.

Sommerseth, Petter (2022): Motion analysis and digital services for osteoarthritis treatment.

Kristiansen, Henrik Martin (2021): Virtual reality for nursing education.

Lam, Wai Tung (2021): A user-centered design project of mental health well-being of undocumented migrants in Norway.

Gudmundsen, Eivind Årvik; Hagen, Marius Bryde; Ikhsani, Herman Storeng; Torhaug, Trym (Bachelor's thesis 2021): Nevro - Et nevropsykologisk testverktøy for utredning av pasienter.

Dalai, Giampiero (2018): Eye tracking as a supporting diagnostic tool for Autism Spectrum Disorders.

Syverinsen, Ida Ellinor (2017): An Ace up the Sleeve: Supporting Responsible Gambling Through Persuasive Design.

Høiseth, M., & Nakrem, S. (2025). Co-creation in digital health services for older people: a realist review of enabling factors and barriers. Design for Health, 1-19.

Gjærde, Kari Bjerke (2024). Implementering og brukersentrering gjennom tjenestedesign. PreViS - Prehospital video i samverkan. PreViS Halvtidskonferanse, Lillehammer 19.11.2024.

Høiseth, M., Støylen, M., Eide, A. H., Ofstad, D. S., & Hansen, E. (2024). Recommendations from children and young people with disabilities for enhanced participation in local communities. Cogent Public Health, 11(1), 2357855.

Høiseth, M., Bøthun, S., & Jasbi, A. (2024). Designing for Co-designing: The Case of Oral Health Promotion in Adolescents. In Service Design, Creativity, and Innovation in Healthcare: Challenges, Insights, Solutions (pp. 265-287). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.

Jalote Parmar, A, Topranin, V, Taylor, M, Parmar, V.S and Sandbakk, O (2024). Development of an Innovative User Centered Design Driven Health App for Female Athletes - “The Coral App”. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Sarawak, Malaysia 6–10 October, pp 5245–5251, doi: 10.1109/SMC54092.2024.10831204.

Lassemo, Eva Irene Samant; Rodd, Helen; Skeie, Marit Slåttelid; Johnsen, Jan Are Kolset; Nermo, Hege; Sand, Kari (2024). Mange tannleger sliter med å motivere unge til puss og tannstell. Gemini Popular.

Jasbi, Arefe; Sand, Kari; Marshman, Zoe; Høiseth, Marikken (2024). Investigating hope in oral health promotion for adolescents: an exploratory study based on observations at the dental clinic. Frontiers in Oral Health.

Høiseth, Marikken; Seyedmehdijasbi, Arefehsadat. (2024). Adolescents' views on oral health care and promotion in Norway: everyday practices, recommendations, and future visions. Frontiers in Oral Health.

Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Reed, Nina Petersen; Ness, Ottar; Bjerck, Mari Eyde; Pinto, Arnfrid Farbu; Memet, Ipar Ehet. (2024) StudyWell: a co-design project for enhancing student mental health and wellbeing through service design and relational welfare. Proceedings of the Design Society.

A A Nowbuth, E Charani, S Jere, M Makashinyi, M M Mwanza, N Tazinkeng, A W Asombang, V S Parmar, Global insights of AMR education within One Health, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 34, Issue Supplement 3, November 2024, ckae144.1873, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1873

A A Nowbuth, V S Parmar, Integrating SDGs, One Health and transdisciplinarity into AMR Education Strategies, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 34, Issue Supplement 3, November 2024, ckae144.135, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.135.

De Grandis, Giovanni; Murashova, Natalia; Bonnevie, Tora; Falkenberg, Liv Eggset; Jamtøy, Ann Iren; Arntsen, Trude Jeanett. (2024) Visions for sustainable healthy futures for Norway. Citizen Involvement Workshop Executive Report. OSF Preprints.

Pande, A., Mishra, D., Bhuthegowda, B. N., & Inal, Y. (2024). Exploring the Use of Social Robots as a Game Associate in the Health Sector: A Systematic Review. International Conference on Advanced Network Technologies and Intelligent Computing, Varanasi, India. (pp. 186-209).

Dugstad Wake, J., Rabbi, F., Inal, Y., & Nordgreen, T. (2024). User-centred design of clinical dashboards for guided iCBT. Innovations in Systems and Software Engineering, 20, 251-267.

Watten, Reidulf G.; Volden, Frode Strand; Trå, Hilde Visnes. Sensory Processing Sensitivity, and Not Gender, Drives Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity and Nature Connection. Ecopsychology 2024.

Ingeborgrud, Lina; Koch, Per M.; De Grandis, Giovanni; Bonnevie, Tora; Arntsen, Trude Jeanett. (2023) Framtidslaboratorium om bærekraftig helse i Norge i 2070. Briefs.

A Healthy Future (2023), NTNU Health website. https://www.ntnu.no/helse.

Arntsen, Trude Jeanett; Berndtsson, Christin Høiberget; Dybvig, Dagfinn Døhl; Emstad, Anne Berit; Farshchian, Babak A.; Gaustad, Svein Erik. (2023) Tjenesteinnovasjon i helse og velferd. NTNU Rapport. https://digipub.idi.ntnu.no/nb/2023/12/21/tjenesteinnovasjon-i-helse-og-velferd

Seyedmehdijasbi, A., & Høiseth, M. (2023). Introducing hope in design for health and well-being. IASDR 2023: Life-Changing Design, 9-13 October, Milan, Italy.

Kalkman, K., & Høiseth, M. (2023). Enhancing Seldom Heard Perspectives in Human-centred Service Design for Health and Social Care Transformation. In Human-Centered Service Design for Healthcare Transformation: Development, Innovation, Change (pp. 73-86). Cham: Springer International Publishing.

Nowbuth AA, Asombang AW, Alaboud K, Souque C, Dahu BM, Pather K, Mwanza MM, Lotfi S, Parmar VS, Gamification as an educational tool to address antimicrobial resistance: a systematic review, JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance, Volume 5, Issue 6, December 2023.

A A Nowbuth, A W Asombang, K Alaboud, C Souque, B M Dahu, K Pather, M M Mwanza, S Lotfi, V Parmar (2023). Evaluating Gamification of Antimicrobial Resistance as an Educational Tool: A Systematic Review, European Journal of Public Health, Volume 33, Issue Supplement 2, October 2023, ckad160.1013, https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckad160.1013.

Nava E & Jalote-Parmar A, (2023) Visualization Techniques in Virtual Reality for Vocational Education: Comparison of Realism and Diegesis on Performance, Memory, Perception and Perceived Usability. 5th International conference on soft computing and its engineering application (Ic SoftComp 2023) Springer, 07–09, 2023, Changa, India.

Jalote-Parmar, A, Hara, D.T, Guldbransoy, I, Woodhouse, A, & Hara, K.W (2023). Multistakeholder Service Design Framework for Design of Patient Care Pathways – A case of joint management of pain patients in the health, labour and welfare services in Norway. ServDes 2023, Linköping University Electronic Press 11–14 July, Rio de Janeiro.

Lassemo, Eva Irene Samant; Rodd, Helen D.; Skeie, Marit Slåttelid; Johnsen, Jan Are Kolset; Nermo, Hege; Sand, Kari (2023). Dental professionals’ views on motivational interviewing for the prevention of dental caries with adolescents in central Norway. BMC Oral Health.

Høiseth, Marikken; Hafell, Bjørnar; Robertsen, Cecilie Yttervik; Eftedal, Randi Krog; Nermo, Hege; Bøthun, Silje (2023). Vi må tenke nytt for å bedre ungdommers munnhelse. Dagens medisin.

Jalote-Parmar, A (2023). Tjenestedesign og formidling mangler når kvinnehelse skal bedres. Dagens medisin.

Jalote-Parmar, A (2023). Tjenestedesign og formidling mangler når kvinnehelse skal bedres. Fysioterapeuten.

Jalote-Parmar, A (2023). Kvinner får nå lettere hjelp til å trene bekkenbunnen. Forskersonen.no.

Jalote-Parmar, A (2023). Women get help with pelvic floor exercises. Norwegian Sci-Tech News.

Jalote-Parmar, A (2023). Kvinner får hjelp til å trene bekkenbunnen. Gemini.no.

Nava E & Jalote-Parmar A (2022). Virtual Reality Revolution: Strategies for treating mental and emotional disorders, IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) 9–12 October 2022, Prague, pp 3370–3375.

Eide, Arne Henning; Ofstad, Dag; Støylen, Marit Karin; Hansen, Emil; Høiseth, Marikken (2022). Participation and Inclusion of Children and Youth with Disabilities in Local Communities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH).

Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Torkildsby, Anne Britt; Sinkaberg, Rannveig F.; Ringsø, Torill (2022). Urgent: A call to people with disabilities. www.universitetsavisa.no Reader posts.

Myklebost, S.B., Amundsen, O.M., Geraghty, A.W.A., Inal, Y., Hammar, Å., & Nordgreen, T. (2022). Developing an internet-delivered intervention targeting residual cognitive symptoms after major depression: A person-based approach. Journal of Mental Health, 31(6), 842-850.

Visnes Trå, Hilde; Volden, Frode; Watten, Reidulf G. High Sensitivity: Factor structure of the highly sensitive person scale and personality traits in a high and low sensitivity group. Two gender-matched studies. Nordic Psychology 2022.

Myklebost, S. B., Gjestad, R., Inal, Y., Hammar, Å., & Nordgreen, T. (2022). Predictors of treatment response to an internet-delivered intervention targeting residual cognitive symptoms after major depressive disorder. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 558.

Kenter, R. M. F., Schønning, A., & Inal, Y. (2022). Internet-delivered self-help for adults with ADHD (MyADHD): Usability study. JMIR Formative Research, 6(10), e37137.

Lamo, Y., Mukhiya, S. K., Rabbi, F., Aminifar, A., Lillehaug, S. I., Tørresen, J. et al (2022). Towards adaptive technology in routine mental health care. Digital Health, 8, 20552076221128678.

Nordgreen, T., Rabbi, F., Tørresen, J., Skar, Y. S., Guribye, F., Inal, Y. et al (2021). Challenges and possible solutions in cross-disciplinary and cross-sectorial research teams within the domain of e-mental health. Journal of Enabling Technologies, 15(4), 241-251.

Mukhiya, S.K., Wake, J.D., Inal, Y., & Lamo, Y. (2020). Adaptive systems for Internet-delivered psychological treatments. IEEE Access, 8, 112220-112236.

Mukhiya, S.K., Wake, J.D., Inal, Y., Pun, X. & Lamo, Y. (2020). Adaptive elements in Internet-delivered psychological treatment systems: Systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(11).

Inal, Y., Wake, J., Guribye, F., & Nordgreen, T. (2020). Usability evaluations of mobile mental health technologies: A systematic review. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 22(1).

Inal, Y. (2019). Heuristic-based user interface evaluation of the Mobile Centralized Doctor Appointment System in Turkey. The Electronic Library, 37(1), 81-94.

Volden, Frode; de Alwis Edirisinghe, Viveka; Fostervold, Knut Inge. Human Gaze-Parameters as an Indicator of Mental Workload. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing 2019; Volum 827. s. 209-215.

Jalote-Parmar A, Badke-Schaub P, Wajid, A, Samset, E (2010). Cognitive processes as the foundation towards developing an intra-operative visualization system. Journal of Biomedical Informatics; 43(1):60-74.

Jalote-Parmar A. Workflow in design of decision support systems (2010). Annual Symposium of American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA 2010). Washington DC, Nov 13-17.

Jalote-Parmar A and P Badke-Schaub (2010) Situation awareness in medical visualization to support surgical decision making, European Conference for Cognitive Engineering, Delft.

Badke-Schaub, PG., Cardoso, C., Daalhuizen, JJ., Lauche, K., Jalote-Parmar, A., Neumann, A., Roozenburg, NFM., Secomandi, F. & da Silva Vieira, S., 2010, Solving an unresolvable puzzle? How to support the designer in context, Design research in the Netherlands 2010 Proceedings of the symposium. Achten, H., Vries, B. & Stappers, PJ. (eds.). Eindhoven: Design Systems, p. 79-90 12 p.

Parmar, V., G. Groeneveld, Jalote-Parmar, A. and D. Keyson (2009), Tangible user interfaces for increasing social interaction among rural woman, Tangible Embedded Interaction 2009, ACM digital library, pp. 139-145.

Jalote-Parmar A and P Badke-Schaub (2008) “Workflow Integration Matrix: a framework to support the development of surgical information systems”, Design Studies, Vol 29 (4),pp 338-368.

Lambata. P, Jalote-Parmar, Lambata. F and Deckleric. J (2008) ” The Resection Map, a proposal for  intraoperative hepatectomy guidance” International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery, Vol 3 (3-4), pp 299-306.

Jalote-Parmar A and P Badke-Schaub” Critical Factors Influencing Intra-operative Surgical Decision-making” IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2008), Singapore, 12-15 October.

Jalote-Parmar A and P Badke-Schaub” Surgical decision-making: Insights for developing expert system for minimally invasive surgeries” 27th European Annual Conference on Human Decision-Making and Manual Control, Delft, The Netherlands, 2008.

Lambata. P, Jalote-Parmar, Lambata. F and Deckleric. J” The Resection Map, a proposal for intraoperative hepatectomy guidance” Computer Assisted Radiological Imaging, CAR, 2008, Barcelona.

Jalote-Parmar A, Van Alfen.M and Hermans,J, Workflow driven user interface for radiological system: a human factors approach for PAC ” Computer Assisted Radiological Imaging, CAR, 2008, Barcelona.

Jalote-Parmar A, Pattynama PMT, de Ridder H, Goossens RHM, Freudenthal A, Samset, E (2007) Surgical Workflow Analysis: Identifying User Requirements for Surgical Information Systems, In: Pikaar R, Ernst K,  Settels, (eds), Diversity in Ergonomics, Oxford: Elsevier, pp 229-41.

Jalote-Parmar A, Pattynama PMT, Van der Plas AP, Heer P D (2007) Towards Intuitive Surgical Interfaces: Strategies from Video Games, In: Casciaro S, Distante A (eds), New Technology Frontiers in Minimally Invasive Therapies, Italy: Lupiensis Biomedical Publications, National Research Council, pp 101-111.

Jalote-Parmar A, Pattynama PMT, Goossens RHM, Freudenthal A, Samset, E, de Ridder H (2006), Bridging the Gap: A User centered Design Approach Towards Developing Technological Solutions, In: Casciaro S, Distante A, (eds). Minimally Invasive Therapies & Novel Embedded Technology Systems, Lupiensis Biomedical Publications, National Research Council, Italy pp 93-101.

Freudenthal A, Pattynama PMT, Samset E, Jalote-Parmar A, B.Gersak and S Casciaro. (2006) Design approach to bridge the gap between surgeons and technologist in minimally invasive surgery. In: Casciaro S, Distante A, (eds). Minimally Invasive Therapies & Novel Embedded Technology Systems, Lupiensis Biomedical Publications, National Research Council, Italy, pp 180-188.

Freudenthal, A., Pattynama, PMT., Samset, E., Jalote Parmar, A., Gersak, B. & Casciaro, S., 2006, Technology assessment as guidance in product development for - real time - radiology based information for the surgeon, Minimally Invasive Therapies and Novel Embedded Technology Systems: Casciaro, S. & Distante, A. (eds.). Oslo: Ariser Network / IFC-CNR, p. 197-205 9 p.

Morvan T, Martinsen M, Jalote-Parmar A, Reimers M, Elle.Ole Jakob, Samset. E (2006). A generic monitoring system for surgical robotic manipulators. In: Casciaro S, Distante A, (eds). Minimally Invasive Therapies & Novel Embedded Technology Systems, Lupiensis Biomedical Publications, National Research Council, Italy, pp 158-165.

Jalote Parmar Ashis, Kun-Pyo Lee (2004) Viewpoints/ Concerns on empirical methodologies for Socio/cultural studies, Fall Conference of KSDS, Seoul

Lab members

Leader

Photo of Ashis Jalote ParmarAshis Jalote Parmar
Associate Professor
ashis.jalote.parmar@ntnu.no
www.design4gh.com

Faculty Members

Photo of Anders-Petter AnderssonAnders-Petter Andersson
Associate Professor
anders.p.andersson@ntnu.no

Photo of Trude J ArntsenTrude J. Arntsen
Innovation Manager
trude.arntsen@ntnu.no

Photo of Mari Eyde BjerckMari Eyde Bjerck
Associate professor
mari.bjerck@ntnu.no

Photo of Marikken Høiseth

Marikken Høiseth
Associate Professor
marikken.hoiseth@ntnu.no

Photo of Yavuz InalYavuz Inal
Associate Professor
yavuz.inal@ntnu.no

Photo of Aliaksei MiniukovichAliaksei Miniukovich
Associate Professor
aliaksei.miniukovich@ntnu.no

Photo of Brita Flatvad Nilsen

Brita Flatvad Nielsen
Associate Professor
brita.nielsen@ntnu.no

Photo of Martin Høgh OlsenMartin Høgh Olsen
Associate Professor
martin.o.hogh@ntnu.no

Photo of Jon Herman RismoenJon Herman Rismoen
Associate Professor
jon.rismoen@ntnu.no

Photo of Nils Henrik Stensrud

Nils Henrik Stensrud
University Lektor
nils.h.stensrud@ntnu.no

Photo of Anne Britt TorkildsbyAnne Britt Torkildsby
Associate professor
anne.torkildsby@ntnu.no

Photo of Frode Strand VoldenFrode Strand Volden
Associate Professor
frodv@ntnu.no

Photo of Trond Are Øritsland

Trond Are Øritsland
Associate Professor
trond.are.oritsland@ntnu.no

PhD Candidates

Photo of Carly Grace AllenCarly Grace Allen
PhD Candidate
carly.g.allen@ntnu.no

Photo of Kari Bjerke GjærdeKari Bjerke Gjærde
PhD Candidate
kari.gjarde@ntnu.no

Photo of Maureen S LavertyMaureen Selina Laverty
PhD Candidate
maureen.s.laverty@ntnu.no

Photo of Katie LineerKatie Aurora Lineer
PhD Candidate
katie.aurora.lineer@ntnu.no

Photo of Ole Edward WattneOle Edward Wattne
PhD Candidate
ole.wattne@ntnu.no

Photo of Arefe JasbiArefe Jasbi
PhD Candidate
arefehsadat.seyedmehdijasbi@ntnu.no

Student Researchers

Photo of Mathilde BogenMathilde Wessmann Bogen
Master's student
mathilwb@stud.ntnu.no

Photo of Molly GibsonMolly Prestholdt Gibson
Master's student
mollypg@stud.ntnu.no

Photo of Emma S HansenEmma Shang Hansen
Master's student
emma.s.hansen@ntnu.no

Photo of Bjørn Ravlo LeiraBjørn Ravlo Leira
Master's student
bjornrav@stud.ntnu.no

Photo of Zahra MoravvejdiniZahra Moravvejdini
Master's student
zhara.moravvedjdini@ntnu.no

Photo of Anine Aurora SkotteAnine Aurora Skotte
Master's student
anineas@stud.ntnu.no

Photo of Synnøve Antonsen TorpSynnøve Antonsen Torp
Master's student
synnove.a.torp@ntnu.no

Photo of Sunniva H ValvikSunniva Hveem Valvik
Master's student
sunniva.h.valvik@ntnu.no