Technology Archives

02.24.2021 a person's hands folded on a table

Keeping Elderly Loneliness at Bay

Intuitive, affordable, and usable technology can help mitigate the social and emotional loneliness seniors face during Covid-19.

Guest Authors Kristina M. Conroy, Sonny S. Patel

01.08.2021 a graph of health data

Digital Footprints and our Health

All data is health data. Your patterns of technology use, also known as a digital footprint, say a lot about your health.

Fellow Pat Williams

07.23.2020 a graph of different sizes and colors

Health Equity

Race and Algorithms

Health algorithms measure risk with data established in conditions of inequity, and as a result, they reproduce racial disparities.

Fellow Edward Alexander

07.02.2020 a map of the united states

Health Equity

Narrowing the Digital Divide

Telemedicine is often lauded as a solution for delivering care to medically-underserved areas, but most vulnerable rural groups do not have internet access.

Fellow Gray Babbs

03.25.2020 a person holding a phone

Visualizing Climate Change

The goal of the vulnerability mapping is to help public health agencies and communities understand the interactions between climate, people, and health.

Guest Author Michael Schmeltz

01.27.2020 a close up of a game controller

Predicting Youth Aggression

Kids who play more aggressive video games show no more problem behaviors than those who play fewer, challenging other results from the same dataset.

Guest Author Chris Ferguson

12.05.2019 a woman's hand touching a cell phone

Just Google It

Searching the internet for abortion services may work for some, but it will leave those living far from an abortion provider without good information.

Guest Author Laura Dodge

12.04.2019 a woman smiling at the camera

Health Equity

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

Oluwatobi Alliyu profiles Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo to define precision medicine and highlight its uptake in health systems for at-risk populations.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

11.15.2019 a graph of a bar chart

Mental & Behavioral Health

Updating Your Health Status

Questions about privacy and consent arise as researchers predict diagnoses by analyzing individuals' Facebook status updates and electronic medical records.

Fellow Oluwatobi Alliyu

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