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.
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Shema Salim graduates with honors and presents capstone project
Shema Salim gave a wonderful presentation of her capstone project, “Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantages and Nursing Home Quality: A Perspective of Social Determinants of Health,” and graduated with the Master of Health Informatics with honors. Congratulations, Shema! After graduation, Shema will…
Kang Shen and Dr. Hong presented at UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media 8th Annual Conference
Shen K, Hong YA, Chang WH, “Process Evaluation of a Digital Health Intervention for Chinese American Dementia Caregivers: Results from Weekly Assessments,” and “Two-year follow-up of dementia caregivers after a digital health intervention,” presented 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…
Lab members presented a poster at the Society for Behavioral Medicine Annual Conference
Hong YA, Yu JV, Xue H, Zhou G, “Eating behaviors and eating environment among college students: A longitudinal study using mobile tracking and surveys,” presented in Philadelphia, PA, March 13–16, 2024.
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
Dr. Hong 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 their caregivers.
Study Explores Caregiving Stress Among Chinese American Dementia Caregivers
Our qualitative study entitled ‘It’s a lonely journey’: caregiving experiences and psychosocial distress among Chinese American dementia family caregivers, was published on Aging and Mental Health. It also includes a conceptual framework that shows multilevel factors contributing to caregiving stress.
Dr. Alicia Hong Joins NIMHD Panel on Minority Health Technologies
Dr. Alicia Hong was invited to serve on National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Special Emphasis Panel of Technologies for Improving Minority Health Eliminating Health Disparities.