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 continues to serve on NIH study sections for Clinical Care and Health Informatics, and Lifestyle Change and Behavioral Health
Dr. Hong continues her NIH grant review service this year on two study sections at the Center for Scientific Review. In April 2026, she served.
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Dr. Hong invited to review for European national science foundations
Dr. Hong has been invited to serve on grant review panels for two European national science foundations. In November to December 2025, she reviewed for.
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Dr. Hong invited to deliver Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture at UMass Amherst
Dr. Hong has been invited to deliver the Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture at the UMass Amherst Center for Research on Families on April 28, 2026..
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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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Artificial Intelligence and Health Graduate Certificate available in Spring 2026, Dr. Hong designed the program
The new Graduate Certificate in Artificial Intelligence in Health is available from Spring 2026. AI is reshaping public health and healthcare in real-time; how can.