Researcher, Educator, and Public Health Communicator
Since the publication of “The dynamics of eating behaviors and eating environment in college students: discrepancies between app-tracked dietary intake and self-perceived food consumption,” multiple news outlets have cited our study — including Vice, Gizmodo, Europe Says, Knowridge, The University…
Since the publication of The dynamics of eating behaviors and eating environment in college students: discrepancies between app-tracked dietary intake and self-perceived food consumption multiple news outlets have cited our study, for example, Why is the ‘freshmen 15’ phenomenon so…
Kang (Kathy) Shen, publishes the research article entitled “Process evaluation of a digital health intervention for dementia caregivers: Integrating active and passive measurements” as the first author on the journal of Alzheimer’s & Dementia, the leading journal in the field…
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 link.
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
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.
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%.
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…
The WECARE protocol was published on JMIR Aging! It details the protocol development process and the main features of WECARE.
The results of a KakaoTalk-based intervention promote HBV screening and liver cancer prevention among Korean Americans were published on Digital Health. This study was funded by Potomac Health Foundation, PI was community partner Ms. Soo Yee, Founder and President of…
Dr. Alicia Hong, along with Dr. Sojung Kim and Dr. Emily Ihara received a grant of $45,000 from Virginia Center for Aging Alzheimer’s and Related Diseases Research Award Fund for the project entitled “Alzheimer’s Research Inquiry and Care for Asian…