Researcher, Educator, and Public Health Communicator
EMBRACE Project Funded! Dr. Alicia Hong led a team of interdisciplinary scientists (Dr. Amira Roess, Dr. Ali Weinstein, and Dr. Siddhartha Sikdar) and received the inaugural Network Catalyst Grant from the Mason Institute of Sustainable Earth. The funded project entitled…
WECARE 1.0 pilot study was published on JMIR Aging! Our trial showed that WECARE significantly decreased depressive symptoms (effect size=.89) and caregiving burden (effect size=.48) among Chinese American dementia caregivers; the retention rate was 96%.
Kang Shen stood out from hundreds of applicants and became CDC Public Health Informatics Fellow. Under this 2-year fellowship starting in August, she will be working in the Office of Assistant of Secretary at the Department of Health and Human…
WECARE 2.0 was funded by National Institute of Aging Roybal Caregiving Center! The project entitled “WECARE: A social media-based personalized intervention to enhance caregiving mastery among Chinese American dementia caregivers received $115,000 from Emory Royball Center for Dementia Caregiving Mastery.…
Dr. Alicia Hong was invited to serve on National Institute of Aging Special Emphasis Panel on Dementia Care and Caregiving Support Intervention Research. This panel reviews research grant applications on interventions and support services for people living with dementia and…
Stronger2 Project received no-cost extension from Office of Minority Health. The Stronger Partnership Stronger Community: Using Health Literacy to Increase Resilience (Stronger2 Project) was funded by the HHS Office of Minority Health and led by Fairfax County Health Department for…
Jo-Vivian Yu made an impressive presentation of her capstone project entitled “Eating Environment and Eating Behaviors of College Students” and proudly graduated with the Master Science in Health Informatics with honors. Congratulations Shema! Jo-Vivian now works as a statistician/data analyst…
Dr. Alicia Hong was invited to the panel of “How Can Public Health Better Utilize Social Media – Challenges and Opportunities” at UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media 7th Annual Conference. She shared her experiences on using social media…
Dr. Alicia Hong was invited to present at UCSF Promoting Research in Social Media and Health Symposium (PRISM) panel of International Perspectives on Social Media and Global Health. She shared her experiences on using WeChat to reduce stress, stigma and…
Dr. Lisa McKeown’s first manuscript from her thesis was published! The article entitled Trends and Differences in Perceptions of Patient-Centered Communication Among Adults in the US” was published on Patient Education and Counseling. Lisa graduated in August 2023 and works…