Training

The mDOT Center is working to develop and disseminate the methods, tools, and infrastructure necessary for researchers to pursue the discovery, optimization and translation of temporally-precise mHealth interventions. Given that the inherently transdisciplinary, team-based nature of mHealth research requires scientists to cross disciplinary and institutional boundaries, training and dissemination in mHealth technologies requires a team-science approach. The mDOT Center leverages our established and mature infrastructure, widely visible mHealthHUB platform, and an experienced team to develop training and dissemination activities to involve new research groups with little or no technological expertise. By reducing access barriers, we seek to reduce the growing disparity among various research groups in using latest mHealth sensing, biomarker, and analytics technology in their research.


Envisioned as a national resource, the dissemination activities of the mDOT Center focus on informing the scientific community about the tools and processes developed by mDOT and facilitate broad distribution and optimized use of the mDOT Center technologies. Training efforts reach beyond mDOT Center affiliates to include mentorships, a scholar exchange program, and a visiting scholar residency program. Our annual mHealth Training Institute (mHTI) and other group courses and workshops are common forums that blend mDOT Center’s dissemination with direct training activities. We offer a combined approach of “light-touch” outreach using web-portals (such as mHealthHUB) with “heavy-touch” outreach activities including training sessions, workshops, and conferences to inform the scientific community about the technical capabilities and accomplishments of the mDOT Center, and to both promote and enable a broader use of the mDOT Center methods and technologies.