Current Projects
ASU Roybal Center
2026
Project Description:
This study evaluates a sensor-guided sleep environment intervention for adults aged 65 and older who live alone with subjective cognitive decline or mild cognitive impairment and experience insomnia symptoms.
Lead Researcher:
Junxin Li (PI)
Project Description:
This study evaluates AI-CONECT, a conversational AI intervention for socially isolated adults aged 75 and older with mild cognitive impairment. Adapted from the evidence-based I-CONECT program, the intervention engages participants in regular conversations with an AI chatbot to promote social interaction and confidence in communicating with others.
Lead Researcher:
Hiroko Dodge (PI); Junyuan Hong (Co-PI), Chao-Yi Wu (Co-I)
Project Description:
This study evaluates a robot-guided mindfulness meditation intervention for adults aged 65 to 80 who live alone with subjective cognitive decline. The intervention integrates synchronized haptic feedback and audio guidance to support mindfulness meditation.
Lead Researcher:
Chien-Ming Huang (PI); Junxin Li (Co-I)
Project Description:
This study evaluates HOME-MIND, a digital health intervention designed to support medication self-management among adults aged 65 and older who live alone with subjective cognitive decline or mild cognitive impairment and take multiple medications.
Lead Researcher:
Yun Jiang (PI); Jinjiao Wang (Co-PI), Laurie Buis (Co-I)
2025
Project Description:
This study evaluates an AI-driven wearable and mobile health (mHealth) intervention designed to increase physical activity among older adults aged 65 and older who live alone with cognitive decline.
Lead Researcher:
Zan Gao (PI); Danielle Ostendorf, Xiaopeng Zhao, Jeffrey Laban (Co-Is)
Project Description:
This study evaluates MEDSReM-M, a mobile health (mHealth) application designed to support hypertension medication self-management among adults aged 60 and older who live alone with mild cognitive impairment.
Lead Researcher:
Raksha Mudar (PI); Wendy Rogers (Co-I)
2024
Project Description:
The Increasing Physical Activity through Social support and Stress resilience, or I-PASS, study will begin enrolling participants in June 2025. We are recruiting participants who are age 60 years and older, living alone, and noticing changes in their cognitive functioning.
Lead Researcher:
Molly Maxfield (PI); Rodney Joseph, Keenan A. Pituch, and Fang Yu (Co-Is)
Project Description:
EPICLA+ (Early-Stage Partners in Care Living Alone Plus) is a research project designed to assist people with early-stage memory loss who live alone in the community by providing early-stage related education and skill-training sessions, held via Zoom, designed to reduce stress, enhance well-being, manage challenges, and plan for the future.
Lead Researcher:
Abigail Gómez-Morales, PI; Study Team: David Coon, Rodney Joseph, Keenan A. Pituch (Co-Is)