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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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.
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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 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.