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Arizona PBS featured the ASU Roybal Center in an interview with Center Director Dr. Fang Yu. During the segment, Dr. Yu discussed the growing challenges of cognitive decline among older adults living alone and the importance of developing innovative, evidence-based interventions to support healthy aging. The interview highlighted the Roybal Center's mission to advance technology-enabled behavioral interventions that promote independence, improve quality of life, and address the unique needs of this growing population.
Arizona PBS featured the ASU Roybal Center's research on technology-enabled interventions designed to support older adults living alone with cognitive decline. In the interview, Co-Director Dr. David Coon discussed the Center's work, including I-PASS, which uses virtual coaching to encourage physical activity, social connection, and healthy behaviors, and EPIC+, which leverages technology to strengthen social connections and reduce isolation.
For generations, nursing education has been built on a foundation of rigor, discipline and tradition. Those qualities remain essential. But as the health care landscape changes at an unprecedented pace, we can’t stand still on the education front — we have to evolve as well, and at a rapid pace.
Understand the characteristics of Terrapino users, a new mobile health app for cognitive health. Discuss how mobile apps can reach diverse users, including those in remote areas, living alone, or with mobility/health limitations.
The Arizona Digital Health Symposium will bring together health leaders to accelerate the creation and adoption of innovative technologies that can improve the health of Arizonans. This event will serve as a catalyst for advancing digital health research, fostering cross-sector collaboration, and creating and translating groundbreaking innovations into practical applications that improve health outcomes for Arizonans.
The Arizona Alzheimer's Consortium 2025 Annual Scientific Conference brought together researchers, clinicians, trainees, and community partners from across the state to share the latest advances in Alzheimer's disease and related dementias research. The annual meeting featured scientific presentations, panel discussions, and networking opportunities focused on improving the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of individuals affected by Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.
Center Director, Dr. Fang Yu presented an overview of the Center's scientific priorities for developing mechanism-driven, technology-enabled behavioral interventions to support older adults living alone with cognitive decline. The webinar introduced the Center's conceptual framework, highlighted its focus on the NIH Stage Model, Mechanisms of Behavior Change (MoBC), technology-enabled intervention development, and provided guidance on the Call for Trials funding opportunity for investigators.
Dr. Rodney Joseph led a webinar to help investigators prepare competitive proposals for the Center's funding opportunity. The session introduced the experimental medicine framework, Mechanisms of Behavior Change (MoBC), and the NIH Stage Model, providing practical guidance for designing technology-enabled behavioral interventions for older adults living alone with cognitive decline.