Guido Giunti

MD PhD MBA
Adjunct Professor, Senior Researcher

Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology
Faculty of Medicine

Guido Giunti

Dr. Guido Giunti is a medical doctor specialized in digital health design and development. He completed his medical studies in Argentina and received training in Family Medicine and Primary Care. Dr. Giunti has worked in academic, clinical, and industrial settings at top organizations in Europe, including the University of Oulu in Finland, TU Delft in the Netherlands, and Trinity College Dublin in Ireland.

Dr. Giunti is also an entrepreneur, having co-founded TEDxUBA, the TEDx event of the University of Buenos Aires, and designed the educational video game "Immune Defense" about how the immune system fights off infections. He has combined his medical, technological, entrepreneurial, and design expertise to lead the development of More Stamina, an evidence-driven self-management gamified digital health solution for people with Multiple Sclerosis.

Dr. Giunti's work has received numerous awards, including a Marie Sklodowska-Curie fellowship, the Best Doctoral Dissertation award in his field, and recognition as one of Finland's top healthcare innovators by the medical magazine Mediuutiset. In 2021, he was selected as one of Argentina's Ten Outstanding Young Persons by the Junior Chamber International due to his work on medical innovations. In 2024, Guido received the Changemaker in Health and Global Patient Innovator award by HIMSS

Dr. Guido Giunti is currently the leader of the Digital Therapeutics (DTx) research group.

Research interests

  • mHealth
  • Digital Therapeutics
  • Digital Health
  • Patient empowerment
  • Patient and Public Involvement

Researcher information

Contact information

E-mail

guido.giunti@oulu.fi

Phone number

+358 (0) 46 921 37 99