Dr. Y. Alicia Hong
Researcher, Educator, and Public Health Communicator
Research
Research Interests:
- Chronic care and self-care
- Community-engaged user-centered design
- Application of low-cost digital tools and artificial intelligence in behavioral interventions
Select research projects: iCanFit – Personalized health care
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September 3, 2025
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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August 31, 2025
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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July 20, 2025
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 16, 2025
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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November 20, 2024
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.