I would like to congratulate 4 of my former students (from my class and my lab group) who were accepted to the 2024 MIT DeltaV entrepreneurial program this summer and are presenting their startups at the large annual DemoDay showcase today: entrepreneurship.mit.edu/acc…

My former grad student, Honey Bajaj, and her health startup were selected to present at this year's prestigious G20 meeting held in India. Congrats to her team! thefirstparents.com/ @thefirstparents #G20India2023

Our Tech for Mental Health and Wellness class 2023 is off to a great start! The class is completely full (30+) with over two-thirds grad students from Harvard. We are looking forward to working with so many great students! web.mit.edu/afs/athena.mit.e…

Attending the annual behavior medicine conference #SBM2023, I met these researchers from University of Georgia who have developed a non-invasive way to check if people are eating enough green vegetables using a color vision test (macular pigment optical density). Brilliant!

As we reflect on 2022, and make individual plans for a healthy new year, I would like to share a nice article by a friend who founded a successful women's health company: deepbajaj.medium.com/do-you-…

Tonight we celebrated the 10-year anniversary of the Recovery Research Institute at MGH. Very grateful to be affiliated with such a wonderful organization that has impacted so many lives of people in recovery and helped us better understand the science. recoveryanswers.org/

I'm very grateful to report that our interdisciplinary team at Harvard/MIT/MGH/BI/PIH Rwanda won the $0.5M first place award in this year's NIH Tech Innovation prize (NTAC). The MIT News published a nice story today on this project: news.mit.edu/2022/protecting… #mhealth #AI4Good

Our hearts go out to our partners in India and Bangladesh who are experiencing a devastating wave of #COVID19 caused by the new double mutant #B1617 strain that also affects younger age people. We must not become complacent, since this is a global problem. #CovidIndia

#globalhealth After a painful 55hr journey to a hospital from deep in the jungle, @ashleyjudd selflessly and eloquently describes the sad status of healthcare, and the plight and warm spirit of the DRC people and how we are all connected. instagram.com/tv/CLMjGS6HtAt…

The 1918 flu: Why did young healthy adults have more excess deaths than the elderly? This fascinating lecture explains how your body's antibody response is not just a function of #vaccines and age, but also your specific viral exposure as a young child. youtu.be/48Klc3DPdtk

As of Jan 1, 2021, there are now many dozens of strains of #COVID19. These strains can be tracked by genotype and geographic location at this web site: nextstrain.org/ncov/global

We are happy to announce the latest release of our Pulmonary Screener #mhealth mobile app (Android), which helps to calculate your risk of having specific pulmonary diseases (such as #COPD or #Asthma) that can be important comorbidities for #COVID19. play.google.com/store/apps/d…

who.int/campaigns/world-ment… The pandemic has psychologically affected our planet, but women, people of color and marginalized groups have been hit especially hard. After 2020, let's hope academia and industry will start investing more in mental health research, including technology.

The startup in Rwanda is Insightiv.ai Aside from #COVID19, we are also working with Insightiv and Harvard Medical School to develop and test a mobile app for community health workers that uses #AI to detect infection in surgical wounds. #globalhealth #mhealth

One of the #mhealth startups from our group, founded by Audace Nakeshimana was recently featured on the cover of the main Rwandan newspaper for the great work they are doing using #AI to help diagnose #COVID19. Congratulations Audace! epaper.newtimes.co.rw/infini…

CNN Pandemic Documentary: "The biggest crisis facing Public Health is NOT a lack of technology, nor a lack of supplies or money, but rather a LACK of TRUST -- in our government leaders, in our doctors, and in science itself !!" cnn.com/shows/unseen-enemy

medium.com/@tomaspueyo/coron…. Excellent review article by @tomaspueyo that explains mathematically and statistically why fast response and social distancing can make a huge difference in pandemic outcomes. (Article is also available in multiple languages)

Just completed a memorable and productive week @banffcentre with some of the world's best and nicest scientists in the field of inference and data analysis for #WearableTech @BIRS_Math .