Viswanath, Varun K. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6299-5777
Navaneethan, Shreenithi
Burks, Jamison H.
Soltani, Severine
Kasl, Patrick
Hartogensis, Wendy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4979-8661
Dilchert, Stephan https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6733-576X
Hecht, Frederick M. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5782-1171
Mason, Ashley E.
Wang, Edward J.
Smarr, Benjamin L.
Article History
Received: 28 October 2024
Accepted: 23 February 2026
First Online: 16 March 2026
Competing interests
: A.E.M. has received remuneration for consulting work from Ouraring Inc. but declares no non-financial competing interests. B.L.S. has received remuneration for consulting work from, and has a financial interest in, Ouraring Inc. but declares no other non-financial competing interests. A.E.M., PhD, and B.L.S., PhD, are listed as co-inventors on the following patent applications. All applications cover the use of wearable device data to detect illness onset. (1) CA App. No. 3,187,943, filed Dec. 21, 2022, entitled "ILLNESS DETECTION BASED ON TEMPERATURE DATA" is currently pending. (2) CN Pub. No. 202180051959.6, filed June 25, 2021, entitled "ILLNESS DETECTION BASED ON TEMPERATURE DATA" is currently pending. (3) JP Patent No. 7608486, filed June 25, 2021, entitled "DISEASE DETECTION BASED ON TEMPERATURE DATA" is issued. (4) JP Pub. No. 2025-031791, filed Dec. 18, 2024, entitled "DISEASE DETECTION BASED ON TEMPERATURE DATA" is currently pending. (5) US Pub. No. 2021/0407684, filed June 24, 2021, entitled "USING TEMPERATURE DATA FOR DETECTING ILLNESS" is allowed.