In the past couple of years I've been involved with new projects targeting the use of mobile computing (applications and services) targeting health applications. After a very good training provided by NIH (2012 Mobile Health Institute), I decided to invest my efforts in the area because of the importance of providing new solutions that can improve people's lives.
Some mHealth projects I'm involved with:
| Project 1: Tobacco cessation with guided-imagery | ||
| Goals: |
The present project aims to develop and test the feasibility of a mobile health application using guided imagery in order to increase smoking cessation, healthy eating, and physical activity among a population of weight-concerned women smokers.
Intervention website: http://www.seemesmokefree.org |
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| Collaboration: |
PI -
Dr. Judith Gordon (Family and Community Medicine Dept.) CoI, Dr. Melanie Hingle (Nutritional Sciences Dept.) CoI, Dr. Peter Giacobbini (West Virginia University) |
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| Status: |
NCI (National Cancer Institute) Grant awarded! 2014-2015. |
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| Project 2: Foodtracker | ||
| Goals: |
Nutritional advice for healthier food intake |
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| Collaboration: |
Dr.
Melanie Hingle (Nutritional Sciences Dept.) |
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| Status: |
Prototype working.
Working on new research problems. Funded by CREU/CRA-W, 2012-2013. website: http://foodtrackerCREU.cs.arizona.edu Thienne JOHNSON, Jorge Vergara, Chelsea Doll, Madison Kramer, Gayathri Sundararaman, Harsha Rajendran, Alon Efrat, Melanie Hingle. A Mobile Food Recommendation System Based on The Traffic Light Diet. (pdf) CREU extended report, 2013. |
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| Project 3: Emotion detection with smart devices | ||
| Goals |
Use smart devices (smartphones, smart watches) for emotion detection. |
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| Collaboration: |
Drs. Chris Gniady and Beichuan Zhang (Computer Science), Prof. Jo Ueyama (Universidade de Sao Paulo) |
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| Status: |
Application design and development |
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| Project 4: Transitions of care from hospital to home | ||
| Goals: |
Improve treatment adherence with mobile computing and interactive devices. |
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| Collaboration: |
Drs. Chris Gniady and Beichuan Zhang (Computer Science),
Dr. Kathie Insel, PhD., RN. (Nursing Dept.) and Dr. Jeannie Lee, PharmD, BCPS, CGP (Pharmacy Dept.) |
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| Status: |
We are investigating user interfaces design and user interaction, targeting older adults and medication adherence. |
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| Project 5: Chains of trust for on-demand exchange of medica records | ||
| Goals: |
Establish on-demand trust among EHR providers. |
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| Collaboration: |
Student Jorge Vergara. |
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| Status: |
Honors thesis completed. Prototype working. Vergara, J.; JOHNSON, T. Chains of Trust for On-Demand Requests of Electronic Health Records. In Proc. WCNC 2015. |
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