eHealth/mHealth
Mobile Health Boot Camp for Pediatric Obesity
Register now for the Mobile Health Boot Camp for Pediatric Obesity! It is a full-day workshop on Tuesday, Nov. 12 at The Obesity Society 2013 Annual Meeting (Obesity Week) in Atlanta, GA, Nov. 11-16, 2013. This workshop will offer participants a primer on mHealth from the ground up, including sessions on developing a transdisciplinary team, sensor systems designed to capture energy balance behaviors, collecting and storing "big data," analyzing large datasets, and using real- and near-time data to customize interventions on the fly. Sponsored by TOS eHealth/mHealth Section (EMS), TOS Pediatric Section (POS), & the National Collaborative for Childhood Obesity Research (NCCOR) Strategic Partnership, this workshop will explain tools, techniques, measurement, and collaborations to further their mHealth work. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to inform the next generation of tools and research directions, and learn about relevant funding announcements and funding agency interests in mHealth.
Purpose of the Section
Rapid advancements in the capabilities of mobile technology and electronic media have greatly increased the possibilities for enhancing the treatment and prevention of obesity. The section will leverage the expertise within The Obesity Society to improve the lives of those affected by obesity by realizing the potential from these new technologies.
Goals
- Form a core of investigators whose interests focus on the use of mobile technologies, social media, web-based interventions, and other new technologies for obesity research, prevention and treatment
- Foster collaboration between researchers, developers, and clinicians with interests in eHealth/mHealth
- Advance the development of an evidence-base to guide the use of new technologies in clinical and public health interventions
- Promote dissemination of promising eHealth/mHealth initiatives
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Leadership
Susan J. Woolford, MD, MPH (Chair 2012-2013)
Dr. Woolford is the Medical Director of the C. S. Mott Children’s Hospital Pediatric Comprehensive Weight Management Center and an Assistant Professor in the Child Health Evaluation and Research (CHEAR) unit in the Division of General Pediatrics at the University of Michigan. Dr. Woolford serves as the Co-Chair of the Healthy Kids, Healthy Michigan Health Policy Action Team, a statewide coalition working to advance policies to reduce the prevalence of childhood obesity in Michigan. Her research, funded by the National Institutes of Health NICHD, focuses on behavioral interventions in the clinical setting for the treatment of obesity, and using communications technology to enhance patient engagement and adherence to treatment recommendations. In recognition of her innovative work in the area of childhood obesity, Dr. Woolford has received awards from the Academic Pediatric Association and from the Society for Adolescent Medicine.
Donna Spruijt-Metz, MFA, PhD (Chair-Elect 2012-2013)
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine, Director, Responsible Conduct in Research USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Spruijt-Metz's research focuses on human motivation and adolescent health, particularly in the areas of diet and physical activity. Why do adolescents participate in behaviors that they know may negatively impact their health and well-being, and shun behaviors that they know might help them reach their personal goals? She has extensive experience in mHealth. She has participated in NIH panels to on this topic, and as faculty at NIH mHealth institutes.
Brie Turner-McGrievy, PhD, MS, RD (Secretary/Treasurer 2012-2013)
Assistant Professor Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina. Dr. Turner-McGrievy’s research interests focus on emerging technologies to create health behavior changes, plant-based dietary approaches in the prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, diet quality, and obesity prevention and treatment.
Monica L. Baskin, PhD (Councilor 2012-2013)
Assistant Professor Department of Health Behavior, School of Public Health, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Baskin’s research focuses on childhood obesity prevention, particularly among African Americans. Much of her work links academic partners to community- and faith-based networks. Dr. Baskin has published in the areas of obesity, culturally competent interventions, health promotion programs in Black churches, and motivational interviewing.
Jon K. Moon, PhD (Councilor 2012-2013)
President, MEI Research, Ltd. Dr. Moon received his Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering from MIT, followed by Masters and Doctorate degrees from The University of Texas at Austin in Biomedical Engineering. In 2004 Dr. Moon and three other engineers founded the medical device design engineering services company Devicix, LLC which ultimately led to the creation of MEI Research an applied engineering research firm that creates technologies and services to support research and clinical applications in energy balance measurement and interventions. Projects focus on designing, building and renovating whole-body respiration calorimeters for laboratory based measurements, and in for free-living settings, creating sensors and algorithms around mobile smartphones to measure energy expenditure and dietary intake, along with related social / environment context, in close to real time.
Steering Committee:
Susan J. Woolford, MD, MPH
Donna Spruijt-Metz, MFA, PhD
Brie Turner-McGrievy, PhD, MS, RD
Monica L. Baskin, PhD
Jon K. Moon, PhD
Thomas Baranowski, PhD
Elsie M. Taveras, MD, MPH
