Summary

The UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media 4th Annual Conference:
Building an Evidence Base for Commercially Available Technology

May 14-15, 2020

The UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media 2020 Annual Conference will seek to catalyze research on commercial technologies and to lay out a roadmap for best practices for this research, including how to navigate the myriad methodological and ethical challenges. It will feature keynote speakers with expertise in a wide breadth of health research topics (e.g., obesity, cancer survivorship, stress and trauma, cancer prevention, nutrition, physical activity, ethics) and commercially available technology (e.g., mobile apps, social media, wearables). Attendees will participate in networking sessions based on topics of interest and be encouraged to workshop research questions in a sandbox style format. Investigators and students will have the opportunity to present their work in a poster session. Post-conference sessions will take place on Friday, May 15 and will discuss strategies for leveraging technology for behavioral research. Conference attendees will have assistance from keynote speakers and Center faculty in refining their research ideas and preparing an application for a Seed Grant co-sponsored by the Center and InCHIP.

Registration Deadline: Monday, May 11, 2020