Dr. Danielly de Paula is a senior researcher at Digital Health Cluster at the Hasso Plattner Institute. He research focuses on user research and digital health innovation. Danielly de Paula received the master’s degree in computer science from the Universidade Federal de Pernambuco (UFPE), Brazil, in 2015, and a PhD degree from the University of Galway, Ireland, in 2019. She is a member of the HPI-MIT Designing for Sustainability Program.
Research Interests
My research focuses on user research and digital health innovation. Currently, I am leading a project that aims to develop and test a Human-AI collaboration approach that enhances text conversations in peer-to-peer support forums. This project is collaboration with the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab at MIT, and is funded by the HPI-MIT Designing for Sustainability Program.
Teaching
- Since 2022: Main Lecturer, Designing Human-Centered Digital Health Applications.
- 2019 – 2022: Co-Teaching, Global Team-based Innovation
- 2020 – 2021: Co-Teaching, Human-Centered Requirements Engineering
Short Resume
I am a Senior Researcher at the Hasso-Platter-Institut. I have a background in Information Systems (B.Sc.), Computer Science (M.Sc.), and a PhD from the College of Engineering and Informatics at the University of Galway, Ireland.
Publications
- de Paula, D.; Juehling D., Uebernickel, F. (2025). Designing Digital Health Innovation For Stigma-Affected Health Conditions: A Systems-Based View To Managing Chronic Pelvic Pain. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction.
- de Paula, D., Sasso, A., Coester, J., & Boettinger, E. (2023). Core determinants of quality criteria for mHealth for hypertension: evidence from machine learning instruments. arXiv Preprint arXiv:2311.05434. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2311.05434
- de Paula, Danielly, Zarske Bueno, Jan; Viljoen; Altus. (2021). Defining Archetypes and Requirements for mHealth Interventions in Rural Kenya: An Investigation at CURAFA™ Health Camps. In Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS)