Garmin celebrates global innovators and collaborations at 2025 Garmin Health Summit
Annual event recognizes top digital health solutions and connects international thought leaders
OLATHE, Kan./Sept. 19, 2025/PR Newswire – Garmin (NYSE: GRMN) today announced the recipients of the 2025 Garmin Health Awards. Presented at the annual Garmin Health Summit, the awards honored dynamic and forward-thinking digital health solutions utilizing Garmin smartwatches, fitness trackers and data integration.
“This year’s Garmin Health Awards winners illustrated the incredible impact smartwatches continue to have reshaping industries by providing new ways to access and use high-quality biometric data. On behalf of Garmin and the Garmin Health team, I want to thank the Awards applicants, finalists and winners, as well as the Summit attendees that made this such a powerful and memorable event.”
– Jörn Watzke, Senior Director Garmin Health
Here are the 2025 Garmin Health Awards honorees:
Expert’s Choice – Fimo Health
Fimo Health, a German company using Garmin smartwatches to track biometric data for quantitative monitoring and assessment of cancer-related fatigue (CrF), was selected as Expert’s Choice. By collecting vital data such as heart rate, steps and stress levels, Fimo Health analyzes the dynamic patterns of CrF, seeking to improve diagnoses and support better management of the condition for cancer patients.
People’s Choice – Optimity
Optimity, a Canadian-born technology company focused on creating daily nudges, challenges and rewards with Garmin smartwatches to drive behavioral change, was selected as People’s Choice. Through personalized micro-activities and Garmin integration, Optimity helps users build sustainable habits across physical, mental, and financial health to deliver measurable outcomes for users and enterprise partners.
Garmin Health Awards background information
This year’s finalists presented their solutions to two different panels of judges – one made up of industry experts and the other of Summit attendees. Each submission was evaluated on customer benefit, scalability, uniqueness, innovation and performance, as well as how they aligned with the Garmin Health key areas of focus: healthcare and research, insurance and employee well-being, and fitness and wellness.
Expert’s Choice and People’s Choice winners each received Garmin smartwatches and fitness trackers worth up to $10,000.
Exclusive announcements and updates
Held this year at the New York Stock Exchange, the Garmin Health Summit began with an invite-only media event attended by journalists focused on health, technology and the intersection of the two. Beginning with remarks by Susan Lyman, Garmin Vice President of Sales and Marketing, the program shared new products, a historic collaboration and exciting findings from a current research study.
- Venu 4, Bounce 2 and Instinct Crossover reveal: Joe Schrick, Executive Vice President of Garmin Fitness & Outdoor Segments, shared details about newly announced smartwatches. The Venu 4, the most advanced wellness smartwatch produced by Garmin, represents an important product offering for Garmin Health collaborators.
- Collaboration with King’s College on EMBRACE project: The Garmin Health team and King’s College made history by signing a multiyear strategic agreement to collaborate on studies like the Enhanced Maternal and Baby Results with AI-supported Care and Empowerment project, the largest Garmin Health collaboration with a research institution to date. It seeks to improve health outcomes for mothers and babies by collecting data that can assist medical professionals in mitigating risks prevalent during and after pregnancy.
- New insights about happiness from Harvard and Oxford researchers: After analyzing the survey results and biometric data of thousands of participants, the research team of the Health and Happiness Study presented its findings.
Keynote and expert presentations
The second day of the Garmin Health Summit brought together over 200 executives and industry leaders to learn, connect and share thoughts about the future of smartwatch integration into business sectors like healthcare, insurance, employee benefits, fitness and more.
- Keynote with Dr. Arjun Athreya of Mayo Clinic: Over 12 months, a groundbreaking decentralized study using Garmin smartwatches uncovered powerful insights into human behavior, physical wellness and long-term health engagement. In his keynote, Dr. Athreya explored how wearable data is redefining digital health research and opening new frontiers in personalized care.
- Expert Presentations: Dr. Mathias Basner of the University of Pennsylvania reviewed biometric data from the Polaris Dawn mission, the first space flight to use Garmin smartwatches. Nicholas Read of Vitality, Bonginkosi Shabalala of Amplify Health and Stephanie Mascia of John Hancock discussed how technology can drive habit change and risk prevention. And Gaute Sandal of SATS, a Nordic fitness chain, described how wearable integration can increase member engagement.
Held each year in a different city – with previous locations including Prague, Singapore and Rome – the Garmin Health Summit offers a unique opportunity for global Garmin Health collaborators to engage in valuable networking and learning opportunities. To learn more, visit the Garmin Health Summit webpage.
Garmin Health empowers innovative third-party digital health solutions with the Garmin Health Ecosystem, comprised of the Garmin product portfolio and its data integration services. By leveraging the Garmin Health API and SDKs, organizations can receive real-time or existing biometric data – with customizable levels of granularity – in accordance with their specific privacy policies. Garmin Health is a globally focused division of technology leader Garmin, collaborating with entities in areas like healthcare, research, employee benefits, insurance, fitness and defense. For more information, email our media team, connect with us on LinkedIn or visit us online at Garmin.com/health .