January 2025: New publication from the team:
Our paper Two-year follow-up of dementia caregivers after a digital health intervention WECARE: a mixed-method study: Aging & Mental Health: Vol 0, No 0 – Get Access has been published. PubMed link.
Dr. Y. Alicia Hong
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Dr. Alicia Hong Receives Funding for ADRD Awareness Project
Dr. Alicia Hong received funding from Virginia Center for Aging Geriatric Training and Education (GTE) Initiative to support her innovative research. This one-year project, entitled ““Bridging the Gap: Enhancing ADRD Awareness Early Detection and Care through Community Health Worker Training…
Dr. Alicia Hong Joins NIH Panel on Lifestyle and Behavioral Health
Dr. Alicia Hong was invited to serve on the NIH Study Section of Lifestyle Change and Behavioral Health (LCBH), which reviews grant applications focusing on the adoption or uptake of health promoting behaviors or lifestyle changes to reduce health risks…
Dr. Alicia Hong Discusses Recruiting Dementia Caregivers at UCSF Brain Trust
Dr. Alicia Hong was invited to give a virtual presentation at the UCSF CARE Registry Brain Trust meeting. Her presentation, entitled “Recruiting Underserved Asian Americans Dementia Caregivers into Digital Interventions” is available here (30:50).
Lab Members Present at Academy Health Annual Research Meeting
Lab members Shema Salim, Kang Shen, Jo-Vivian Yu, Wish Chang, and Dr. Alicia Hong made multiple presentations at Academy Health Annual Research Meeting in Baltimore, MD, June 29 to July 1, 2024:
Shema Salim Graduates with Honors and Joins Fairfax County as Data Analyst
Shema Salim did a wonderful presentation of her capstone project entitled “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantages and Nursing Home Quality: A Perspective of Social Determinants of Health” and proudly graduated with the Master of Health Informatics with honors. Congratulations Shema! After graduation,…
Kang Shen and Dr. Alicia Hong Present at UConn mHealth Conference
Kang Shen and Dr. Alicia Hong presented at the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media 8th Annual Conference, May 16~17, 2024.
Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference
Lab members made a poster presentation at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference in Philadelphia, PA, March 13~16, 2024: Hong YA, Yu JV, Xue H, Zhou G. Eating behaviors and eating environment among college students: A longitudinal study using…
Dementia Care and Caregiving Support Intervention Research
Dr. Alicia Hong was invited to serve on NIA Special Emphasis Panel on Dementia Care and Caregiving Support Intervention Research. The panel reviews grant applications on support and services for people living with Alzheimer’s Disease and related dementias (ADRD) and…
New Study on Mobile Health Tracking for Cancer Survivors Published in Mhealth
A new paper entitled “Mobile health and behavior tracking (mHBT) among cancer survivors: results from a large and diverse sample” was published on Mhealth. PMID: 38323153