Wendy Nilsen*, National Institutes of Health/Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research, Bethesda, United States Track: Research Presentation Topic: Public (e-)health, population health technologies, surveillance Presentation Type: Oral presentation Submission Type: Single Presentation Building: LKSC Conference Center Stanford Room: Lower Auditorium 120 Date: 2011-09-18 03:00 PM – 04:30 PM Last modified: 2011-08-15

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This session will focus on funding and training opportunities for mobile health technologies at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The use of mobile technologies to more rapidly and accurately assess and modify behavior, biological states and contextual variables (e.g., current activities, mood, and environmental factors), has the potential to improve health and transform how health research is conducted. In addition, these technological advances can also help elucidate mechanisms underlying health and behavior change. For health interventions, mobile technologies provide an opportunity for researchers to develop scalable methods that can be individualized and operate in real time. In healthcare settings, mobile technologies offer a potential source of information, patient-and family-doctor communication and continuation of care beyond the clinic. Despite the tremendous promise of these technologies, researchers using mobile technologies are often faced with moving the science into areas that challenge traditional funding and disciplinary boundaries. To address these issues in the behavioral and social sciences research, the National institutes of Health are working on numerous initiatives. Past funding has supported the development of range of mobile devices to assess in real-time biological functioning, stress responses, diet, activity and mood, as well as supporting mobile interventions to improve health in areas such as medication adherence, vaccination rates and overall functioning in people with chronic diseases. This session will highlight current funding and training opportunities across the NIH Institutes and Centers, as well as ongoing activities designed to facilitate mobile health technology research.