We know digital literacy is the #1 barrier to digital health. But we cannot improve it if we cannot measure it. Still, what use is a score if it does not lead to action? In response, we created a new tool to match digital literacy needs to lessons/tools:
link.springer.com/epdf/10.10…
Thrilled to share that I've been awarded an @alzassociation Research Fellowship (AARF) to continue my research on real-world assessment of cognition and behavior in older adults at risk for Alzheimer's disease. #ALZFunded
📣 #WEBINAR: Explore 'From Signals to Solutions: Making Digital Phenotyping Clinically Meaningful.'
Join @DrAbbyOrtiz & @JohnTorousMD on August 28 to learn about bridging the gap between algorithm development and practical clinical use.
Register: hubs.la/Q03CQF2f0
Well, at least the AI chatbots don't encourage teens to use cocaine! In this paper, a psychiatrist presented cases asking chatbots to validate harmful ideas - and sadly, more than one agreed. Free to read in @JMIR_JMHmental.jmir.org/2025/1/e7841…
BREAKING: MIT just completed the first brain scan study of ChatGPT users & the results are terrifying.
Turns out, AI isn't making us more productive. It's making us cognitively bankrupt.
Here's what 4 months of data revealed:
(hint: we've been measuring productivity all wrong)
This new review (search up to March 2023) on technology-enhanced practice competencies finds that while there is much work to be done, the vast majority of progress to date has been in the #mentalhealth space: frontiersin.org/journals/dig…
Funding from @NIHAging was crucial in supporting this study, its investigators and our respective institutions. I'm hopeful this support will continue as there are many open questions in the use of #DHTs to solve problems in aging and AD.
We all know digital literacy is a social determinant of health and a key barrier to uptake/success of digital health efforts. That is why our team has developed and is sharing our smartphone laptop modules, slides, lessons, handouts, assessments etc:
digitalpsych.org/doors-progr…
Thank you @NIHAging for an amazing 3 days at the #ButlerWilliams Scholars program last week packed w/ great talks, insider grant writing tips, mock study section, and new connections w/ VERY impressive (and wonderful) interdisciplinary scholars in aging science. 10/10 recommend!