Research Projects

Recent research indicates balance is vital to health and well-being, however humans experience stress and imbalances through lack of attention to mental and physical states when meeting work and life demands. This research proposes to improve health and wellbeing in individuals through awareness of their personal rhythms, which are repeated cycles of internal and external events including biological, mental, social, and environmental read more...

MoodRing: Mobile Application Detecting Changes in Adolescent Depression

Adolescent depression and suicide are increasingly prominent health issues that require thorough diagnosis, assessment and treatment initiatives by pediatric health care. Minimal reassessment and follow up care of adolescents’ depression can lead to worsening symptoms, increased costs to the child’s health, and increased healthcare utilization read more...

Predicting the Probability of Readmission After Cancer Surgery with LSTM

Hospital readmissions cost the US healthcare system billions of dollars annually, are associated with high mortality rates and are a source of stress and suffering for patients and family members. Traditional approaches to readmission risk stratification rely on static administrative and medical record data and generally classify all surgical oncology patients at high-risk. However, different factors related to daily behavior and activities may contribute to or signal increased or decreased risk of readmission. Our research read more...

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