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Dr. Mirela Habibovic serves as Associate Professor in the Department of Medical and Clinical Psychology within the Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Tilburg University. Her research centers on health behavior change using innovative technologies in patients with cardiovascular disease. She examines psychological factors such as distress, Type D personality, behavioral flexibility, and psychosocial influences on technology adoption for health monitoring and intervention. Key areas include behavioral interventions for implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients, web-based distress management programs, patient-physician communication, and smartwatch applications for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest detection. Her studies contribute to improving cardiac rehabilitation, lifestyle adherence, and secondary prevention through eHealth solutions.

Habibovic is co-investigator in the BECA project (2022-2025), developing smartwatch-based systems to activate the chain of survival for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, and the TIMELY project (2020-2024), creating a patient-centered eHealth and AI-supported lifestyle program for coronary artery disease patients. With over 50 research outputs, notable publications include "Patient and physician perspectives on smartwatch-based out-of-hospital cardiac arrest detection" (Digital Health, 2025), "Integrating smartwatch-based out-of-hospital cardiac arrest detection into resuscitation systems: A focus group study of community responder perspectives" (Resuscitation Plus, 2025), "The Association of Psychological Factors With Willingness to Share Health-Related Data From Technological Devices: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study" (JMIR Formative Research, 2025), and "Web-based distress management program for implantable cardioverter defibrillator patients (WEBCARE)" (Health Psychology, 2017). She teaches Psychology courses such as Stress and Health, Medical Psychology: Theory & Research, Psychopharmacology Medical Psychology, Clinical Health Psychology in Medical Science, and Dutch equivalents. In 2024, she was nominated for Teacher of the Year at Tilburg University. Her research supports UN Sustainable Development Goals 3, 9, and 10.