ISfTeH Student Contest and Award 2026 (session 1)

The ISfTeH organizes each year a contest among its student members, whose presentations are assessed by a jury of ISfTeH members. In a first session of the 2026 contest, the following selected papers are presented: Digital Immunoprofiling of B-Cell Driven Mechanisms of Ovarian Cancer Relapse Alejandra Rodriguez, Clemson University, USA Experience Report: Implementing Innovation through the Creation of a Telemedicine League Diogo Pereira Vidal de Oliveira, UNIFESO, Brazil TeleFarmas: pharmaceutical teleconsultations for patients with asthma and/or COPD Eduarda Agostini Dolfini, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil Bridging The Forest: Low Adherence and High Failure Rates of Teleconsultation Among Older Adults in The Brazilian Amazon Lucas Wiesbauer Pasetti, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil Telemedicine in Health Management Beyond COVID-19: Health Care Provider Perceptions, Barriers to Adoption and Strategies for Sustainable Growth Arisha Muqaddas, Khyber Medical College, Pakistan Artificial intelligence models for cardiovascular risk prediction in adults: an overview of systematic reviews Marcelle Soares Viana, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil A mHealth Solution to Support Adolescent Sexual Education Maria Eduarda Machado Silva, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil Telemedicine in Georgian Penitentiary Healthcare: Integrating National Utilization Data with Incarcerated Individuals Mariami Ambroladze, Faculty of Medicine, Tbilisi State University, Georgia HERALD: A FHIR-Native Federated Architecture for Privacy-Preserving Fine-Tuning of Clinical Language Models Fernando Barcelos Rosito, Federal University of Health Sciences of Porto Alegre, Brazil