Dr. Y. Alicia Hong
Researcher, Educator, and Public Health Communicator
team members
2024 – present: Yiwen Li, PhD student in health services research
2022 – 2025: Arion Lillard-Green, PhD student in Health Services Research – Website
2021 – present: Kang (Kathy) Shen, MS, PhD student in Health Informatics- LinkedIn
2024 – 2025: Sai Kumar Koneti, MS in Health Informatics – LinkedIn
2024 – 2025: Laxmi Abhay Prakash Salagrama, MS in Data Analytics – LinkedIn
2023 – 2024: Shema Salim, MS in Health Informatics – LinkedIn
2023 – 2024: Wei-Hsuan (Wish) Chang, MA in Childhood Psychology – LinkedIn
2022- 2023: Sanjana Govindu: MS in Computer Science – Website
2022 – 2023: Claire Kim, MS in Health Informatics – LinkedIn
2021 – 2023: Jo-Vivian Yu, MS in Health Informatics – LinkedIn
2021- 2022: Samapriya Dandibhotla, MS in Computer Science – LinkedIn
2021 – 2023: Zerena Martinez Murillo, BS in Community Health – LinkedIn
Team members prior to 2021, please refer to the CV.
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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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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.