The mDOT Center
Transforming health and wellness via temporally-precise mHealth interventions
mDOT@MD2K.org
901.678.1526
901.678.1526
One of the biggest drivers of the nation’s rising healthcare spending is providing care for patients with chronic diseases, many of which are linked to health behaviors such as poor diet, lack of exercise, and smoking. A key strategy for making self-care and preventive measures more achievable has been the integration of passive monitoring into everyday life via mobile sensors and providing personalized information and guidance to patients.
mDOT Center tools transform the ability of researchers to leverage the full range of available sensors and mobile technologies, allowing them to deliver dynamically personalized and temporally-precise mHealth interventions to individuals. These interventions can precipitate a much-needed transformation by enabling patients to initiate and sustain the lifestyle choices necessary to prevent or manage the burden of chronic health conditions.
The mDOT Center develops methods of identifying the ideal moments when health risks are elevated yet mitigatable. Our technologies have a significant potential to advance the fundamental understanding of health and behavior by supporting the analysis of complex, longitudinal, mHealth data.
To maximize the chances of success, mobile health intervention content is optimized to address the key drivers of current risk. The mDOT Center addresses these challenges by developing advanced reinforcement learning methods so that they can be applied to the case of mHealth interventions.
The mDOT Center resources make remote care possible for patients who have traditionally required close involvement of clinicians, marking a major transformation in care delivery. Our deliverables enable much greater personalization of mHealth interventions by expanding access to emerging biomarkers.
Efforts within each Technology Research and Development (TR&D) are driving the evolution of mHealth, with a commitment to transparency and collaboration.
Our teams seek to share publications, GitHub repositories, and datasets to empower the mHealth community and foster a culture of innovation and knowledge exchange within the mobile health landscape.
The mDOT Center, at the forefront of technological innovation, has played a pivotal role in fostering the birth of two groundbreaking startups.
Leveraging its cutting-edge research and development initiatives, the center has incubated a dynamic environment that encourages creativity and entrepreneurship.
The mHTI is a national connector/incubator/facilitator for advancing mHealth researchers with the transdisciplinary expertise and networks for co-creating practical healthcare solutions with societal impact.
Through a week-long workshop, the mHTI helps selected scholars develop a shared vocabulary and conceptual framework, acquire deep domain expertise in latest mHealth technologies and methodologies, and obtain the soft skills and team science abilities and connections essential for mHealth innovation.
The virtual toolbox contains a curated selection of technologies and datasets designed with the mHealth researcher in mind. These open-source tools were developed by the TR&Ds and are available on the mHealthHUB for download and use.
The mDOT Center is unwavering in its commitment to nurturing the next generation of leaders in mHealth research, clinical practice, and scientific inquiry.
Our emphasis on practical experience ensures that our alumni are not only well-versed in theoretical concepts but also adept at applying their knowledge to real-world challenges. This combination of theoretical understanding and practical application makes them highly sought-after candidates for positions in leading companies and academic institutions.
