Biography:

Prof. Rio is an Assistant Professor in digital health at HE-Arc since 2022. Between 2015-2021, as a Research Associate at the Lausanne University Hospital, she investigated how new technologies could help parents and their children in the neonatology and pediatric context. In particular, she focused on the parental challenges and needs in the NICU and showed that despite parents feeling mostly ready to go home they expressed a lack of support around during the NICU period and when transitioning home and showed high rates of rehospitalization. She has published more than 10 peer-reviewed articles that include new technologies.