My core research interests include: (1) Digital health systems in healthcare (more specifically, AI in mental health). (2) Health economics (more specifically, behavioral economics, cost-effectiveness, and health technology assessment (HTAs)). I had my master’s degree from the University of Gothenburg in public health with health economics, and my licentiate degree from Halmstad University in health and lifestyle.
The following are my publications:
- Auf H, Svedberg P, Nygren J, Nair M, Lundgren LE. The use of AI in mental health services to support decision-making: scoping review. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 2025 Jan 24;27:e63548.
https://doi.org/10.2196/63548 - Auf H, Nygren J, Lundgren LE, Petersson L, Svedberg P. Healthcare Professionals’ perspectives on AI-driven decision support in young adult mental health: an analysis through the lens of a shared decision-making framework. Frontiers in Digital Health. 2025 Sep 25;7:1588759.
https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2025.1588759 - Auf H, Dagman J, Renström S, Chaplin J. Gamification and nudging techniques for improving user engagement in mental health and well-being apps. Proceedings of the Design Society. 2021 Aug;1:1647-56.
https://doi.org/10.1017/pds.2021.426 - Auf H. Utility of AI-based decision support systems in mental health: Needs and challenges for shared decision-making (Doctoral dissertation, Halmstad University Press).
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Work Experience
Master's Thesis
Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) - Sweden
Gamification and nudging: Improving users engagement in mental health promotion mobile applications.
#Digital mental health platforms (mhealth/ehealth)
#Gamification & Nudge theory
#Behavior science #Engagement
Project Manager
GU Ventures - Sweden
Working with consultation using verification of utilization method on research-based project, which includes performing User and Market need analysis.
Health economic modelling (Intern)
Research Institutes of Sweden (RISE) - Sweden
Working on health economic modelling for health interventions using cost-effectiveness.
Communication manager (Volunteer)
NFGL Gothenburg - (Network for global leaders) - Sweden
- Managing communication with scholarship holders, including Master's and Phd students in Gothenburg, sponsored by the Swedish Institute and participating in organizing events to UN city, Volvo ..etc.
- Facilitate the communication within the group by developing mobile application.
Webmaster and Newsletter Coordinator (Volunteer)
SNIH (Swedish Network for International Health) - Sweden
WebMaster duties including:
Administration and maintenance of the website, developing new mobile application for the organization, developing new paid online membership portal and being part of organizing body of the annual SNIH conference.
Newsletter coordinator duties including:
- Coordinating and leading team of Writers and Editors, helping them with publishing their articles on SNIH.
- Posting new articles on the website.
Election committee member (Volunteer)
SAKS (Sahlgrenska akademins Studentkår) - Sweden
Coordinating parlimant election for student union of Sahlgrenska academy (Medical departments of University of Gothenburg).
Founder
Online Medical & Dental Solutions - Online
Developing & Selling Medical / Educational Apps, Websites and Social media accounts, founder of "Auf Spot" (Google play store) and a co-founder of "IHAPPS".
Having successful projcts with +50,000 facebook follower, and more +10,000 mobile applicaiton downloads with high score on goolge play.
Projects:
- Denteach
- Dentora
- DrPosts
- TwoJaws
and more.
Dentist
Dental centers - Egypt
Delivering different dental clinical treatment: Root canal treatment (RCT), Minor oral surgery (Extractions), Operative (Fillings) both cosmetic
and amalgam fillings, Periodontal treatment (Scaling and polishing) , Crowns and bridges and other dental treatments.
Game Designer
Mathnook - Online
Working with online educational company from the United States on:
- Developing Flash math games based on Actionscript 3 coding language (Similar to Java script).
- Managing the production of new games by coordinating and working with professional game
developers as a team.
- Developing Arabic Version for the famous website (back then).
2D animation & Web developer
Stirring interactive - Syria
Working with team of web developers and graphic designers on web services, including design developing websites, 2D animated advertisement, ..etc for international companies like (Chevrolet, Cadillac, Lavash kiri and others)
Duties include: Design 2d Animation using Adobe Flash (Adobe Animate now), working on projects including html, css, php based coding.
Education
Master's Public health with specialization in Health economics
University of Gothenburg - Sweden
Projects
Dentora (App)
-Owner-
Dentora – Dental Radiology App aims to help dentists and dental students to develop their skills in radiographic interpretation.
Denteach (App)
-Owner-
Self learning platform (Website, Membership and Mobile application) for dentists and students helping them study dentistry and developing their skills.
Qanat GIS (Website)
-Developed-
Website of QanatGIS – Qanat GIS is a project based on a global database for groundwater in arid and semi-arid regions, aims to provide location and the estimation of renewable water that could be used for water management organizations.
SNIH (App)
-Developed-
Developing app and membership portal for SNIH – Swedish Network for International Health (SNIH) is a student-led organization for Public/Global health with active members from 6 top Swedish universities, that facilitates interaction between its members and provides tools for improving knowledge.
Skills
Digital skills
Web Development, Graphic & Advertisement industries
2D Graphic design & Animation:
- Adobe Animate Pro
- Photoshop
Social media:
- Development strategy
- Administration
eLearning:
- Developing eLearning platforms and communities
eHealth:
- Developing dental consultation platforms
- Developing dental health promotion platforms for patient
- Developing education platforms for dentists and patients
Video production:
- Screen casting
- Educational videos directing, design & editing
Developing websites:
- Html/CSS
- Wordpress
- Administration
- Developing membership platforms
Developing Mobile applications:
- Actionsscript 3
Analytical skills
Data science industry
- SPSS (Proficient)
- STATA (Intermediate)
- R (Beginner)
- Python (Beginner)
Leadership & Management & Communication skills
Work management
Teamwork:
- Small clinical group (1-4) members (Dental team)
- Intermediate team (4-9) (Research group, Developer group, Newsletter group)
- Huge teams (Thousands) (Social media)
Multicultural & Multidisciplinary teamwork:
- Research group during my licentiate.
- Working with SNIH international team.
- Working with developers online from different countries.
- Working online with volunteers from all around the world.
Languages
Communication
- Arabic (Native)
- English (Proficient)
- Swedish (Beginner)
My Interests
My passion is working on technologies that have a positive viral spread in both health and education, because I believe that both are very important within development of humanity and social determinant prosperity and equity. From what I witnessed while working on previous projects, online technologies have a huge potentials in supporting quality, access, and equality, affecting positively on the two fields, which is not fully explored yet by research and academia!
- eHealth & Digital health
- eLearning
- Online platforms design
- Assessment of health technologies
- Health systems
- Swimming