Research Projects

Active Grants

P41EB28242 Kumar (PI) 7/15/20 – 11/30/25 National Institutes of Health, mHealth Center for Discovery, Optimization, and Translation of Temporally-Precise Interventions (mDOT): The goal of the mDOT Center is to provide the methods, tools, and infrastructure for researchers to discover, optimize and deploy temporally-precise mHealth interventions to address growing public health problems.

Completed Grants

Year 2020

CC* Integration-Large: mGuard: A Secure Real-time Data Distribution System with Fine-Grained Access Control for mHealth Research. 
PIs: Dr. Lan Wang, University of Memphis
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-I:
Dr. Lixia Zhang, UCLA
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Period: 101/2020 – 9/30/2023
Amount: $841,000.

Year 2018

Novel Use of mHealth Data to Identify States of Vulnerability and Receptivity to JITAIs
PI: Dr. Inbal Nahum-Shani, University of Michigan
Co-Is:
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Dr. David Wetter, University of Utah
Dr. Jim Rehg, Georgia Tech
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: NIH
Period: 9/1/18 – 8/31/23
Amount: $347,000 (Memphis).

Year 2017

Open mHealth: Community-Based Data and Metadata Standards for Mobile Health
PI: Dr. Ida Sim, UCSF
Co-Is:
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Dr. Jim Rehg, Georgia Tech
Sponsor: NIH
Period: 8/1/17 – 7/31/20
Amount: $138,000 (Memphis).

mPerf: A Theory-driven Approach to Model and Predict Everyday Job Performance Using Mobile Sensors
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs:
Drs. Mustafa al’Absi and Deniz Ones, University of Minnesota
Dr. Eugene Buder, University of Memphis
Dr. Tanzeem Choudhury, Cornell
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Dr. Deepak Ganesan, Dr. Benjamin Marlin, UMass Amherst
Dr. Mani Srivastava, UCLA
Sponsor: Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Agency (IARPA)
Period: 6/28/2017-11/27/2020
Amount: $13,800,000.

Applying Novel Technologies and Methods to Inform the Ontology of Self-regulation
PI: Dr. Lisa Marsch, Dartmouth College
Co-Is:
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi, University of Minnesota
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: NIH
Period: 7/1/2017-6/30/2018
Amount: $79k (Memphis).

SCH: INT: Collaborative Research: Enhancing Context-awareness and Personalization for Intensively Adaptive Smoking Cessation Messaging Interventions
PI: Dr. Ben Marlin, UMass Amherst
Co-PIs:
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Drs. Deepak Ganesan and Prashant Shenoy, UMass Amherst
Drs. Thomas Houston and Rajani Sadasivam, UMass Medical School
Sponsor: NSF
Period: 9/1/2017-8/31/2020
Amount: $196k (Memphis).

Year 2016

CIF21 DIBBs: EI: mProv: Provence-Based Data Analytics Cyberinfrastructure for High-frequency Mobile Sensor Data
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs:
Dr. Zach Ives, University of Pennsylvannia
Dr. Mani Srivastava, UCLA
Dr. Ida Sim, UC San Francisco
Consultants:
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Dr. Jim Rehg. Georgia Tech
Open mHealth
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF-ACI, IIS, SCH,CNS) Period: 9/1/2016-8/31/2021
Amount: $4,000,000.

CTN: Toward Detecting Cocaine Use Using Smartwatches in the NIDA Clinical Trials Network
PIs: Dr. Lisa Marsch, Dartmouth College
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-Is:
Dr. August Holtyn, Jons Hopkins University
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: NIDA Clinical Trials Network (CTN), NIH
Period: 4/1/2016-3/31/2018
Amount: $112k (Memphis).

Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disparities among African American Smokers (U01)
PI: Dr. David Wetter, Rice University
Co-Is:
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Dr. Jim Rehg, Georgia Tech
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: National Institute on Mental Health (NIMH), NIH
Period: 3/3/2016-11/30/2021
Amount: $847,984 (Memphis).

Supplement to MD2K: Combining Genomics and Mobile Data Around Physical Activity
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PI:
Dr. Ida Sim, UCSF
Sponsor: NIH
Period: 2016 – 2018
Amount: $50k

Supplement to MD2K: Count Everything
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PI:
Dr. Ida Sim, UCSF
Sponsor: NIH
Period: 2016 – 2017
Amount: $97k

Year 2015

Socioeconomic Status, Stress, and Smoking Cessation (R01)
PI: Dr. David Wetter, Rice University
Co-Is:
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Dr. Jim Rehg, Georgia Tech
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH
Period: 7/15/2015-6/30/2020
Amount: $806,302 (Memphis).

ROBAS: A Multimodal Sensor System for Remote Assessment of Oral Health Behaviors (R01)
PI: Dr. Vivek Shetty, UCLA
Co-PIs:
Dr. Santosh Kumar
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIH
Period: 7/1/2015-5/31/2021
Amount: $498,170 (Memphis).

Year 2014

Center of Excellence on Mobile Sensor Data-to-Knowledge (MD2K) (U54)
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Investigators:
Dr. Gregory Abowd, Dr. Polo Chau, Dr. Jim Rehg, Georgia Tech
Dr. William Abraham, Dr. Clay Marsh, Ohio State University Medical Center
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi, University of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. J Gayle Beck, University of Memphis
Dr. Tyson Condie, Dr. Mani Srivastava, UCLA
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Dr. Deborah Estrin, Cornell Tech
Dr. Deepak Ganesan, Dr. Benjamin Marlin, UMass Amherst
Dr. Cho Lam, Dr. David Wetter, Rice University
Dr. Susan Murphy, Dr. Inbal Nahum-Shani, University of Michigan
Dr. Kevin Patrick, UC San Diego
Dr. Ida Sim, UC San Francisco
Dr. Bonnie Spring, Northwestern Medical School
Sponsor: National Institutes on Health (NIH) – NIBIB, NIA, NHLBI, NIAMS, and NIDCR
Period: 9/29/2014-9/30/2019
Amount: $10,793,851.

Year 2012

Predicting Smoking Abstinence via Mobile Monitoring of Stress and Social Context (R01)
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs:
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi and Dr. Lorentz Wittmers, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), NIH
Period: 9/15/2012-8/31/2015
Amount: $1,300,750.

EasySense: Contact-less Physiological Sensing in the Mobile Environment Using Compressive Radio Frequency Probes
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs:
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), SHB Program
Period: 10/1/2012-9/30/2015
Amount: $600,000.

Enabling Privacy-Utility Trade-offs in Pervasive Computing Systems
PIs: Dr. Mani Srivastava, UCLA
Co-PIs: 
Dr. Santosh Kumar, Univ. of Memphis
Dr. Sharad Mehrotra, UC Irvine
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), CSR:Large
Period: 10/1/2012-9/30/2014
Amount: $95,000.

Year 2011

Mobile Health National Meeting
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Period: 8/1/2011-5/31/2012
Amount: $25,000.

Mobile Health National Meeting
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Sponsor: Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Period: 8/1/2011-5/31/2012
Amount: $25,000.

Year 2010

First Tennessee Entreneurship and Innovation Fellowship
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Sponsor: First Tennessee Foundation
Period: 8/1/2010-7/31/2011
Amount: $24,275.

Alcohol Measurements in AutoSense – From Days to Weeks in the Field
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs:
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi and Dr. Lorentz Wittmers, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Dr. Linda Tempelman, Giner Inc.
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Period: 8/1/2010-4/30/2011
Amount: $172,949.

Making AutoSense Robust for Everyday Wearing – A Field Test in Illicit Drug Users
PIs: Dr. Kenzie Preston, National Institute on Drug Abuse
     Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs:
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi and Dr. Lorentz Wittmers, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Period: 8/1/2010-4/30/2011
Amount: $132,081.

Year 2009

FieldStream: Network Data Services for Exposure Biology Studies in Natural Environments
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs:
Dr. Mani Srivastava and Dr. Greg Pottie, UCLA
Dr. Justin Romberg and Dr. Jun Xu, Georgia institute of Technology
Dr. Anind Dey, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Deepak Ganesan, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. J Gayle Beck, University of Memphis
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School(Consultant)
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), NetSE Program (crosscutting across CNS, CCF, and IIS)
Period: 9/1/2009-8/31/2013
Amount: $2,699,990.

Personalized Stress Inferencing in AutoSense
PIs: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Dr. Tom Kamarack, University of Pittsburgh
Co-PIs:
Dr. Asim Smailagic and Dr. Daniel Siewiorek, Carnegie Mellon University
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi and Dr. Lorentz Wittmers, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State University
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Period: 5/1/2009-4/30/2010
Amount: $238,158.

REU for Doing More with Less: Tracking Movements Using a Sparse Sensor Network
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), CNS Division
Period: 9/1/2009-8/31/2010
Amount: $16,000.

Year 2008

AutoWitness: Detecting and Tracking Burglars Using a Sparse Wireless Sensor Network
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Sponsor: Fedex Institute of Technology (FIT), Univ. of Memphis
Period: 8/1/2008-7/31/2010
Amount: $350,965.

Automated Wireless Measurement of Pulse Wave Velocity in AutoSense
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs: Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State Univ.
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Period: 8/14/2008-4/30/2009
Amount: $68,286.

REU for Doing More with Less: Tracking Movements Using a Sparse Sensor Network
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), CNS Division
Period: 5/12/2008-8/31/2010
Amount: $12,000.

Year 2007

AutoSense: Quantifying Personal Exposures to Addictive Substances and Psychosocial Stress
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs, Investigators, and other personnel: 15 total
Dr. Satish Kedia, and Dr. Kenneth Ward, Univ. of Memphis
Dr. Mustafa al’Absi, Univ. of Minnesota Medical School
Dr. Emre Ertin, Ohio State Univ.
Dr. Kent Hutchison, Univ. of Colorado
Dr. Mark Faupel, Dr. Manju Venugopal, Rick Fowler, Kathryn Feuvrel, Erika Eckler, SpectRx Inc.
Sponsor: National Institutes of Health (NIH), Part of the Genes Environment Initiative
Period: 8/14/2007-4/30/2011
Amount: $1,659,605.

Doing More with Less: Tracking Movements Using a Sparse Sensor Network
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs: Dr. Bela Bollobas and Dr. Prasun Sinha (Ohio State Univ.)
Senior Personnel: Derek Myers, Deputy Director, Univ. of Memphis Police Services
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), CNS Division
Period: 9/1/2007-8/31/2010
Amount: $499,989.

Foundations of Coverage and Connectivity for Wireless Sensor Networks Deployed in Thin Strips
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs: Paul Balister and Dr. Bela Bollobas
Senior Personnel: Derek Myers, Deputy Director, Univ. of Memphis Police Services
Sponsor: National Science Foundation (NSF), CCF Division
Period: 9/15/007-9/14/2010
Amount: $350,000.

Year 2006

Preparing Students for an Embedded Everywhere World
PI: Dr. Santosh Kumar
Co-PIs: Dr. Lan Wang and Dr. Qishi Wu
Sponsor: Advanced Learning Center, University of Memphis
Period: 1/2/2007 – 6/30/2007
Amount: $10,000.