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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Multiple media outlets cited our paper on digital assessments of college students’ eating behaviors
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.
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Kang Shen publishes in high-impact journal as a first author
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.
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Dr. Hong receives a new R01 award from NIA
Dr. Hong has received a new R01 grant entitled “WECARE: A personalized intervention for underserved Chinese American dementia caregivers” from National Institute of Aging. This.
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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.