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Aram Antó is a Digital Health Developer, with a multidisciplinary background spanning telecommunications engineering, software development, and digital health research. He holds a Master’s degree in Information Technology from KTH Royal Institute of Technology and a Master’s degree in IT Strategic Management from UPF Barcelona School of Management, as well as a degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Professionally, Aram has accumulated extensive experience across industry, research, and entrepreneurship. He began his career at Ericsson in Stockholm, where he contributed to 4G standardization and co-authored patents and technical publications in wireless communications. He later co-founded Brainyphone, leading product development and customer discovery, and subsequently worked as Product Manager at Mangrana Ventures, bridging clinical and software teams in AI-driven healthcare initiatives.

In his current role as Digital Health Developer and mHealth researcher at ISGlobal, Aram focuses on the design and scientific evaluation of mobile solutions for allergic rhinitis self-management. His responsibilities include developing user-centered digital health applications, conducting infodemiology studies, and supporting research that advances evidence-based mobile health interventions through the use of large language models. 

Lines of research

• Allergic-rhinitis
• Smartphone-based symptom trackers
• Automatic screening of smartphone apps

Main publications

• Antó A, Sousa-Pinto B, Czarlewski W, Pfaar O, Bosnic-Anticevich S et al. (2022). Automatic market research of mobile health apps for the self-management of allergic rhinitis. Clinical & Experimental Allergy. 52. 10.1111/cea.14135.
• Antó A, Maurer R, Gimenez-Arnau Ana, Chérrez-Ojeda Ivan, Hawro T et al. (2021). Automatic screening of self-evaluation apps for urticaria and angioedema shows a high unmet need. Allergy. 76. 10.1111/all.15061.
• Sousa-Pinto B, Antó A, Berger M, Dramburg S, Pfaar O et al. (2022). Real-world data using mHealth apps in rhinitis, rhinosinusitis and their multimorbidities. Clinical and Translational Allergy. 12. 10.1002/clt2.12208.
• Antó A, Sousa-Pinto B, Bousquet J. (2021). Anaphylaxis and digital medicine. Current Opinion in Allergy & Clinical Immunology. 10.1097/ACI.0000000000000764.
• Sousa-Pinto B, Halonen J, Antó A, Jormanainen V, Czarlewski W et al. (2021). Prediction of Asthma Hospitalizations for the Common Cold Using Google Trends: Infodemiology Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 23. e27044. 10.2196/27044.