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Released: 27-Apr-2020 4:50 PM EDT
Tracking the COVID-19 Pandemic with an App
Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI)

Researchers and a volunteer team from Pinterest developed How We Feel, an app that lets users report symptoms of the disease caused by the novel coronavirus.

   
Released: 17-Apr-2020 5:30 PM EDT
La aplicación-web de UCLA recoge datos de ciudadanos para ayudar a paliar la propagación de COVID-19
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

Un grupo de investigadores de la Universidad de California Los Ángeles (UCLA), ha desarrollado una aplicación web que permite a todo el mundo ayudar en la lucha contra el coronavirus.

   
Released: 15-Apr-2020 2:50 PM EDT
UCI team develops smartphone application for coronavirus contact tracing
University of California, Irvine

Irvine, Calif., April 15, 2020 – On Tuesday, California Gov. Gavin Newsom suggested that reopening the state’s economy will require six steps, the first of which involves “tracing and tracking individuals” in order to identify those who need to remain in isolation. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have developed a tool that could be instrumental in this effort.

   
Released: 14-Apr-2020 12:05 PM EDT
NIH-funded MD2K Center releases app that alerts user if close contact with COVID-19 cases
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

Researchers at the University of Memphis-based Center of Excellence for Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K) have introduced a new mobile app that may support physical distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic. MD2K is supported by NIH with a grant administered by NIBIB.

   
Released: 9-Apr-2020 11:10 AM EDT
FaceTime, Faith and Zoom’ing Through Holy Week; UNH Expert on Worshipping During COVID-19
University of New Hampshire

For most religions, coming together as a community to worship is at the core of their practice, but during this unique and unsettling time of mask wearing and social distancing praying together can be a challenge as many churches remain closed during the coronavirus pandemic. Michele Dillon, a scholar of Catholicism and professor of sociology at the University of New Hampshire, finds that during one of the most holy periods on the Christian calendar clergy and parishioners are learning to make the liturgy work as online events, while continuing to follow COVID-19 guidelines.

Released: 9-Apr-2020 11:00 AM EDT
Make Backyard Discoveries With the Free Merlin Bird ID App
Cornell University

With the emphasis on staying at home, more and more people are discovering the birds in their backyards—and they want to know the names of those birds. The free Merlin Bird ID app from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology was designed to answer the simple question, “What’s that bird?

Released: 7-Apr-2020 6:40 PM EDT
UW Medicine recruiting for app to predict next outbreak
University of Washington School of Medicine

UW Medicine is recruiting 25,000 people nationwide to test out a smartphone app that's intended to predict outbreaks of infections such as cold, flu, or other virus outbreaks. The app is a project funded by the Defense Department’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which makes investments in technologies that support national security.

Released: 7-Apr-2020 5:05 PM EDT
UCLA web app will enlist public’s help in slowing the spread of COVID-19
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

UCLA researchers have launched an app called Stop COVID-19 Together, which is designed to predict the spread of COVID-19 throughout the community and to assess the effectiveness of current measures in that community, including physical distancing. The app will build a map of possible hotspots where there may be a higher risk for accelerated spread of the disease.

   
Released: 6-Apr-2020 4:50 PM EDT
Johns Hopkins Taps Twitter to Measure Success of Social Distancing
 Johns Hopkins University

By comparing Twitter data from before and after the COVID-19 outbreak, Johns Hopkins University researchers found a profound impact on the movement of Americans – indicating social distancing recommendations are having an effect.

   
Released: 6-Apr-2020 6:05 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Uses Remote Patient Monitoring to Rapidly Respond to COVID-19
Mount Sinai Health System

A new remote monitoring platform developed by the Mount Sinai Health System is helping health care providers to care for COVID-19 patients who are recovering at home.

   
Released: 2-Apr-2020 2:20 PM EDT
New App Could Help Panic Attack Sufferers During Coronavirus Pandemic
University of Vermont

A new cell phone app developed by faculty at the University of Vermont could help panic attack sufferers, whose condition may be worsened by the coronavirus pandemic, manage their anxiety. The concept is grounded in decades of research showing that enabling panic sufferers to observe their body's reaction to stress reduces panic.

Released: 1-Apr-2020 9:45 AM EDT
Mount Sinai Launches COVID-19 App to Track Spread of Virus Across New York City
Mount Sinai Health System

STOP COVID NYC Seeks Participation to Understand Transmission and Enhance Medical Response

   
Released: 31-Mar-2020 9:55 AM EDT
Some mobile phone apps may contain hidden behaviors that users never see
Ohio State University

A team of cybersecurity researchers has discovered that a large number of cell phone applications contain hardcoded secrets allowing others to access private data or block content provided by users. The study’s findings: that the apps on mobile phones might have hidden or harmful behaviors about which end users know little to nothing.

Released: 30-Mar-2020 1:05 PM EDT
Crowdsourcing app aims to fill gaps in coronavirus data
Cornell University

A recent Cornell Tech alumnus is applying his health tech skills to a crowdsourcing app that allows users to share their COVID status, to better inform individuals and health authorities.

   
Released: 23-Mar-2020 9:40 AM EDT
Explore Our Virtual Learning STEM Resources
NIH, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Did you know that we have free education resources you can use from home to engage students in science? Explore our Science Education Partnership Award Program projects and Pathways resources to find STEM learning opportunities for pre-K through grade 12.

Released: 16-Mar-2020 11:45 AM EDT
App Detects Harsh Side Effect of Breast Cancer Treatment
Georgia Institute of Technology

Many breast cancer survivors suffer from lymph collection known as lymphedema. It causes arms to swell, and sufferers often become severely depressed. A new app detects it early, and its makers hope it will help spread awareness of the disease.

   
Released: 6-Mar-2020 11:05 AM EST
Skills Training Opens ‘DOORS’ to Digital Mental Health for Patients with Serious Mental Illness
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

Digital technologies, especially smartphone apps, have great promise for increasing access to care for patients with serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. A new training program, called DOORS, can help patients get the full benefit of innovative digital mental health tools, reports a study in the March issue of Journal of Psychiatric Practice. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

   
Released: 28-Feb-2020 10:55 AM EST
URI computer science professor developing app to help people with intellectual disabilities report abuse
University of Rhode Island

Krishna Venkatasubramanian, an assistant professor of computer science at the University of Rhode Island, is looking for a way to help through technology. Venkatasubramanian has teamed with the Massachusetts Disabled Persons Protection Commission to develop an app-based tool to help people with intellectual and developmental disabilities better report sexual abuse.

21-Feb-2020 1:55 PM EST
Cardiologists: Big Data Advances Research, But Shouldn’t Do So at the Cost of Privacy
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Your doctor protects your sensitive health data. But in a new publication, experts assert it’s important to check if that app you just downloaded will, too.

   
Released: 19-Feb-2020 11:05 AM EST
New wearable tool helps manage mental health
Texas A&M University

Researchers at Texas A&M University are working on a smartphone app that can help students manage their mental health and connect to resources.

   
Released: 13-Feb-2020 10:55 AM EST
Nurse Invents App for Patients with a Left Ventricular Assist Device
Johns Hopkins School of Nursing

In the early 90s, Dr. Jessie Casida was one of few nurses working on the first patient with a left ventricular assist device. The patient’s self-management responsibility was so complicated that it inspired him to create VADcare App.

   
Released: 12-Feb-2020 9:00 AM EST
Student-Built App Wins Prize in HHS Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Competition
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has awarded a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute team $15,000 for an app called MortalityMinder, which identifies social conditions contributing to declining life expectancy at a community level.

   
Released: 11-Feb-2020 10:50 AM EST
Telehealth Interventions Associated with Improved Obstetric Outcomes
George Washington University

Physician-researchers at the George Washington University published a review suggesting that telehealth interventions are associated with improved obstetric outcomes.

   
Released: 10-Feb-2020 5:55 PM EST
Associate professor examines telemedicine as tool for alcohol use disorder management
Texas State University

Telemedicine continues to gain traction as an avenue to combat a disorder that kills an estimated 88,000 people annually in the U.S.

   
5-Feb-2020 12:45 PM EST
Patients Stick with Smartphone Activity Trackers Longer Than Wearable Devices
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

Six months after discharge, smartphone users were 32 percent more likely to continue sending health data to researchers than those using wearables

   
Released: 6-Feb-2020 10:20 AM EST
Bridging the gap between AI and the clinic(Rapprocher l’Ia de la pratique clinique)
The Neuro - Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital

Researchers trained machine learning algorithms on data from more than 62,000 patients with a meningioma. Their goal was to find statistical associations between malignancy, survival, and a series of basic clinical variables including tumour size, tumour location, and surgical procedure.

   
Released: 3-Feb-2020 1:20 PM EST
Helping Patients With Binge Eating Disorders: There’s an App for That
Mount Sinai Health System

Study suggests that adaptation of smartphone technology is a scalable option that significantly improves clinical outcomes

   
Released: 23-Jan-2020 9:00 AM EST
'Sex Tech' Study Finds Technology Facilitates Sexual and Emotional Interactions
Indiana University

Advances in technology have allowed us to interact with others across the globe, and a new study of adults who engage with "sex tech"—innovative technologies used to enhance sexuality—announced by the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University reveals that technology increasingly connects people at their most intimate moments.

   
Released: 17-Jan-2020 10:55 AM EST
Internet use reduces study skills in university students
Swansea University

Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with their studies, and are more anxious about tests.

Released: 17-Jan-2020 12:25 AM EST
Professors Create Free Research-Backed Games to Train Your Brain
New York University

University professors from New York and California designed and developed three digital games – available online and in the iOS and Google Play app stores – to help its users’ brains work more efficiently. While some digital games falsely claim to improve cognitive skills, these three games have actually proven to. Evidenced through a series of research studies, these games can help users boost memory, inhibition, and cognitive flexibility.

Released: 15-Jan-2020 3:10 PM EST
S&T-Funded SABER Helps Communities Get Back to Business During and After Disasters
Homeland Security's Science And Technology Directorate

Available both on the web and via a mobile app, SABER provides users with a means to upload and share real-time business status information with other organizations, particularly government aid entities such as FEMA, during an emergency or crisis.

Released: 7-Jan-2020 2:55 PM EST
Free Online Toolkit Helps People with Multiple Sclerosis Manage Symptoms
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A new online program can help patients receive behavioral health care for chronic pain, fatigue and depressed mood from the comfort of their home.

Released: 19-Dec-2019 8:00 AM EST
A Very Merry App for Package Delivery at the Final 50 Feet
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Researchers at PNNL are contributing artificial intelligence, machine learning, and app development expertise to a U of W project that will ease challenges with urban freight delivery. The project will provide delivery drivers with a tool to identify open parking spots in congested areas where parking is typically at a premium.

Released: 12-Dec-2019 1:40 PM EST
Engineering research project studies active shooter situations in schools
Iowa State University

Researchers at Iowa State University are creating a system that will provide students, teachers, police officers and others with accurate, real-time information in the event of an active shooter in a school.

Released: 10-Dec-2019 10:45 AM EST
Just Had a Baby? A New App Helps Keep Them Safe
Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

A new, free mobile app, Baby be Well, helps families keep their infants safe throughout the first year of life. By incorporating activities that encourage frequent return visits, the app provides users with proven guidance of safe sleep practices to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

Released: 10-Dec-2019 7:05 AM EST
Just Had a Baby? A New App Helps Keep Them Safe
Rutgers University-New Brunswick

Placing an infant to sleep safely can save lives. A new, free mobile app, Baby be Well, helps families keep their infants safe throughout the first year of life. By incorporating activities that encourage frequent return visits, the app provides users with proven guidance of safe sleep practices to reduce the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS).

3-Dec-2019 12:05 PM EST
Computer Game May Help to Predict Reuse of Opioids
NYU Langone Health

A computer betting game can help predict the likelihood that someone recovering from opioid addiction will reuse the pain-relieving drugs, a new study shows.



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