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Research base John Pollak
Research base Small Data Lab
Notes My research home is the small data lab at Cornell Tech. We help people collect the digital traces they're already leaving behind and put them to good use (rather than just generating ad revenue for someone else). I work on several health-focused projects: Supporting patients with chronic pain Our work in pain covers a range of conditions from RA to chronic lower back pain. With Limbr, funded by UnitedHealth Group, we are working to decrease the likelihood of opiate use and addiction through behavioral mechanisms. We’re currently piloting a suite of apps to explore how small data such as physical activity traces can fuel peer coaching toward a goal of habituating an exercise regimen necessary for long term success without medication or surgery. Limbr builds on an NSF Smart and Connected Health project where worked to identify ‘behavioral biomarkers’ for pain through passively and actively sensing activity with mobile phones. Selter A, Tsangouri C, Ali S, Freed D, Vatchinsky A, Kizer J, Sahuguet A, Vojta D, Vad V, Pollak JP, Estrin D (2018). An mHealth App for Self-Management of Chronic Lower Back Pain (Limbr): Pilot Study. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth, 6(9): e179 (full article) AVA: Adaptable Visual Assessment Healthcare professionals use Activities of Daily Living (ADL) to characterize a patient’s functional status and to determine and evaluate the effectiveness of treatment plans. ADLs are traditionally measured using standardized text-based questionnaires and the primary form of personalization is in the form of question branching logic. YADL, emphasis on Your, improves on this paradigm by personalizing ADLs to each patient and making reporting quick, engaging, and easy. Yang, L, Freed, D, Wu, A, Wu, J, Pollak, JP, Estrin, D (2016). Your Activities of Daily Living (YADL): An Image-based Survey Technique for Patients with Arthritis. PervasiveHealth. (pdf)
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