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🎉Congratulations to Associate Professor @RachelKornfield on receiving the Fletcher Prize for Excellence in Research Mentorship from the Office of Undergraduate Research!
A well-deserved recognition of her outstanding dedication to student mentorship.
After a record Ebola spike in the DRC, our Department Chair, Mercedes Carnethon, PhD (@MCarnethon), joined Fox 32 Chicago (@fox32news) to discuss drivers and implications, emphasizing case management, symptom recognition, and travel history disclosure.
fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-m…
Next Wednesday, Siobhan Phillips, PhD, MPH, will present on Clinical Trial Innovation at the Early-Stage Investigator (ESI) Academy Seminar.💡
Register now for ESI Academy to attend!
ESI Academy Registration: tinyurl.com/369k6trj
Seminar Registration:
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Welcome to CBITs our newest '25-'26 Postdoctoral Fellows, Dylan Thomas Doyle, PhD @Dylantdoyle and Maya Hareli, PhD @MayaHareli 👏
📖 Read the news story and learn all about our newest fellows and their fascinating research:
cbits.northwestern.edu/about…
Siobhan Phillips, PhD, MPH, (@smphillips19) has been appointed co-leader of the Cancer Control & Survivorship (CCS) program at Lurie Cancer Center (@LurieCancer)!
Please join us in congratulating Dr. Phillips on this exciting appointment!👏🎉
cancer.northwestern.edu/news…
Check out the feature from @NUCATSInstitute about DPM's Jacob Schauer, PhD, and Marc Broxton's collaboration on the all2GETHER study.
Discover how their work on a single study grew into a collaboration that has expanded to support other researchers💡
nucats.northwestern.edu/abou…
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It’s CBITs Partnership Week! We’re launching a new pathway to connect with partners in academia, nonprofit, government, tech, and healthcare, expanding our reach...(pretty relevant given it's Mental Illness Awareness Week #MIAW) Read all about it: cbits.northwestern.edu/about…
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From “Take-out Feasting” to “Stress-driven Evening Nibbling”, this new study identified 5 distinct overeating phenotypes using wearable sensors + ecological momentary assessments.
Read below to see the steps to tailoring interventions to how and why people overeat.
📣New in @npjDigitalMed: Dr. Nabil Alshurafa & the HABits Lab unveil overeating patterns with a novel 3-sensor approach — paving the way for personalized strategies in weight loss & obesity treatment.
Check out the full paper here 👇 nature.com/articles/s41746-0…
📣New in @npjDigitalMed: Dr. Nabil Alshurafa & the HABits Lab unveil overeating patterns with a novel 3-sensor approach — paving the way for personalized strategies in weight loss & obesity treatment.
Check out the full paper here 👇 nature.com/articles/s41746-0…
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Our latest study uses #MachineLearning on multimodal data from wearable cameras and EMA to uncover distinct overeating phenotypes. It was an incredible experience contributing to this project alongside a talented team! #DigitalHealth #AI @NUPrevMed @BehavioralMed @SBMDigitalHlth
This wearable study identified five distinct overeating phenotypes:
“Take-out Feasting”
“Evening Restaurant Reveling”
“Evening Craving”
“Uncontrolled Pleasure Eating”
“Stress-driven Evening Nibbling”
nature.com/articles/s41746-0…
Dive into the world of wearables with @ABC's latest article featuring Dr. Nabil Alshurafa's insights on the benefits & risks of this emerging technology. Stay informed about the future of health monitoring! #PrevMed #NUDPM🔗: abcnews.go.com/Health/rfk-jr…
The future of health tech is here, and it's tailored for those with obesity! ⌚🏋️ Read on to discover how this groundbreaking algorithm from @HAbitsLab enhances fitness tracking and personalization: medscape.com/viewarticle/new…
📢 New research is revolutionizing fitness trackers for people with obesity! 🏋️⌚
Read our @nature scientific report + watch our media story on how an innovative algorithm is transforming the way we measure heart rate and energy expenditure: news.northwestern.edu/storie… #PrevMed #NU
Thank you @HAbitsLab, Nabil Alshurafa, Chris Romano, Bonnie Nolan, Boyang Wei + more for all of your incredible contributions!
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🔍 Find out why CBITs is excited to host the incredible Susan Murphy, PhD (@SusanMurphylab1), Mallinckrodt Professor of Statistics and Computer Science at @Harvard, as the featured speaker at @NUPrevMed June Grand Rounds: tinyurl.com/ypcptxmu
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We'd like to thank Dr. Susan Murphy for sharing her work on online reinforcement learning in digital health at @NUPrevMed Grand Rounds last week!
She’s teaching interventions to learn from users’ behavior—which is VERY cool.
📸 Dr. Murphy with our Center Director, Dr. David Mohr
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SOAR (Spatial #transcriptOmics Analysis Resource), the largest open-access resource of its kind, was designed by Yuan Luo, PhD, and colleagues at Northwestern as a one-stop shop to help scientists fast-track drug discovery. news.feinberg.northwestern.e… @ScienceAdvances #AI
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You can now watch the talk on our YouTube channel! youtu.be/r6qxHtHtR9M?si=UCvv…
Norrina Bai Allen, a national leader in cardiovascular epidemiology, has been named the Director of the Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research @nu_ipham. With her wealth of experience, we are confident that she will lead groundbreaking research! feinberg.northwestern.edu/si…
