Dr. Y. Alicia Hong
Researcher, Educator, and Public Health Communicator
team members
2024 – present: Yiwen Li, PhD student in health services research
2022 – present: Arion Lillard-Green, PhD student in Health Services Research – Website
2021 – present: Kang (Kathy) Shen, MS in Health Informatics- LinkedIn
2024 – 2025: Sai Kumar Koneti, MS in Health Informatics – LinkedIn
2024 – 2025: Laxmi Abhay Prakash Salagrama, MS in Data Analytics – LinkedIn
2023 – 2024: Shema Salim, MS in Health Informatics – LinkedIn
2023 – 2024: Wei-Hsuan (Wish) Chang, MA in Childhood Psychology – LinkedIn
2022- 2023: Sanjana Govindu: MS in Computer Science – Website
2022 – 2023: Claire Kim, MS in Health Informatics – LinkedIn
2021 – 2023: Jo-Vivian Yu, MS in Health Informatics – LinkedIn
2021- 2022: Samapriya Dandibhotla, MS in Computer Science – LinkedIn
2021 – 2023: Zerena Martinez Murillo, BS in Community Health – LinkedIn
Team members prior to 2021, please refer to the CV.
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Dr. Hong receives a new NSF award
Dr. Hong has received a new NSF grant (2517316), as a Co-PI for a project entitled “Enhancing AI Literacy and Resilience through Intergenerational Digital Storytelling.
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Former lab member Dr. Lisa McKeown will make two oral presentations at APHA!
Part of Dr. Lisa McKeown’s thesis research will be published as conference presentations at 2025 APHA in Washington DC as oral presentation. One is “Provider-Interacting.
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Two Lab Members Presented at Academy Health Annual Research Meeting in Minneapolis
Yiwen Li made an oral presentation entitled Evaluation of WeCare 2.0: A Digital Health Intervention for Chinese American Dementia Caregivers. Sai made a poster presentation.
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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. 2024 Dec 31:1-8. has been published. PubMed.
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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.
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