After finishing her master Technical Medicine from the University of Twente, Myrte Schoenmakers joined the SiA team to work on research theme two. Her background focusses on combining scientific medical and technical knowledge for innovating and improving in health care. In line with that, her previous research works shows a variety of topics including techniques ranging from respiratory inductance plethysmography and subcortical electro encephalography to innovative methods, applied in various hospital departments and beyond, all for health care improvement for the individual patient.

“How accurately can the blood pressure (BP) be determined using a continuous, non-invasive monitoring system via the pulse transit time?”

Instead of the ambulatory BP monitoring cuff system, I aim to determine blood pressure values using impedance cardiography, electrocardiography and bio-impedance which may enable non-invasive minute-to-minute blood pressure measurement in daily life. In addition, I contributed to the development of and the continuous updating of the SiA Wearables Database: a comprehensive, well-sustained database of physiological wearable devices, providing general device information, recorded signals, technical specifications and data access, combined with a systematic validity, reliability and usability review of the available literature on each device. This database provides a method for well-informed selection of a wearable for (stress) research.

PhD student,
VU Amsterdam

Myrte is part of the Junior Think Tank