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Digital Health Lab Members

Current Lab Members

  • Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine; Associate Professor on Term, Biostatistics

    Dr. Abujarad's research is interdisciplinary and focuses on the design, development, and use of digital health tools in the domain of public health, clinical, as well as health services research.He is currently studying the use of automated screening, motivational interviewing, virtual coaching, and digital health to enhance identification of elder mistreatment at the point-of-care. The "Virtual cOaching in making Informed Choices on Elder Mistreatment Self-Disclosure (VOICES)" tool was developed under an R01 supported by the National Institute of Aging (NIA) to provide a self-administered screening and educational process in the emergency department setting. VOICES continues to be expanded upon in additional research projects exploring other populations such as older adults with cognitive impairments and settings such as the primary care setting. Dr. Abujarad is also studying the use of...
  • Research Support Coordinator 4

    I assist Dr. Fuad Abujarad on the development of digital health projects such as the “Virtual cOaching in making Informed Choices on Elder Mistreatment Self-Disclosure (VOICES)” tool, aimed to increase identification of elder mistreatment cases that often go unnoticed by enabling older adults to self-disclose their mistreatment on tablet devices, and the “Patient Centered Virtual Multimedia Interactive Informed Consent (VIC)” tool, an interactive informed consent coach that enhances the informed consent process to safeguard participant health literacy and improve trust in research. My research primarily focuses on the field of digital health to improve patient outcomes, and in particular my recent work with the Digital Health Lab has explored improving outcomes for older adults experiencing mistreatment.

Previous Lab Members

  • Kristina Carlson
  • Oreoluwa Arowojoluore
  • Ceclin Begbie
  • Hythem Bishtawi
  • Marissa Chantorn
  • Allissa Desloge
  • Chandrakanth Diddela
  • Eva Dunder
  • Bobby Gonzalez
  • Hagar Ibrahim
  • Allison Janak
  • Sneha Kannoth
  • Mahima Kaur
  • Abi Kelkai
  • Grace Kim
  • Kristen Kraemer
  • Haleigh Larson
  • Madeleine Lee
  • Leo Lizbinski
  • Brett Martini