UROP Project

HealthPal: Health Reminder Application.

Preventive Medicine, UI design, motrivation and planning research
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Research Mentor: vwhite@eng.famu.fsu.edu Veronica White, Dr.
Department, College, Affiliation: Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Contact Email: vwhite@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Research Assistant Supervisor (if different from mentor):
Research Assistant Supervisor Email:
Faculty Collaborators: Dr. Amy Neal MD, MBA with HealthPal She/her
Faculty Collaborators Email:
Looking for Research Assistants: Yes
Number of Research Assistants: 2
Relevant Majors: Premed, Information Technology, Bioengineering, Public Health or relavent/high interest
Project Location: Engineering Building B, option to work remotely or in-person
Research Assistant Transportation Required: Venom or FSU bus system to engineering campus
Remote or In-person: Fully Remote
Approximate Weekly Hours: 7-10, 12-2pm and/or 5-7pm for meetings, otherwise TBD/at student’s convenience., Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Roundtable Times and Zoom Link:
  • Day: Thursday, September 4
    Start Time: 12:00
    End Time: 12:30
    Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/95629400981

Project Description

This project looks into how to translate preventative medicine into a mobile application. We will look at the research into pust notificaitons and health care management portals to see what is most effective at helping people manage care. Addtionally we wills start building out common notificaitons/scheduling for everyone such as regular vaccine schedules.

Research Tasks: data collection via building familiarity with AICP, USPSTF, Florida Shots and other State mandated vaccine warehouses, NCQA ratings, HEDIS, other unique health reminder needs;
literatiure review of health care reminder platforms


Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Zotero (reccomended)
VScode (recommended)
Github/Github desktop (recommended)
app development (recommended)

Mentoring Philosophy

It is my goal as a faculty member to be a mentor to students from a variety of backgrounds and programs. I promise to provide a safe environment built on mutual respect and understanding, hold you accountable to the goals you set, and provide guidance on what research and meaningful research deliverables are. I aim to build relationships with my students that make them feel supported and valued. I expect you to do your best and communicate quickly when personal and research-related issues arise, especially when they impact your work and progress. I look forward to working with you, learning about what motivates you, and working together to achieve our goals.

Additional Information

It is expected that shared rights and credit will be given to assistant, exact arrangement TBD.

Link to Publications

https://www.yourhealthpal.org https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwKGcwvOKlU