Theresa is the Department Head of Digital Health Engineering at Fraunhofer IESE, where she leads interdisciplinary research on innovative digital health solutions,artificial intelligence, and interoperability for healthcare. With over ten years of experience in medical research, she has worked on diagnostic assay development and cancer therapies, including liquid biopsy techniques for circulating tumor cell analysis. She has held various postdoctoral positions incancer research, including work funded by the Marie Curie Fellowship, and has been involved in health technology assessment for medicinal products, particularly in immune-mediated and orphan diseases.