Prof. Ranger was selected as a 2025 NIH mHealth Training Institute (mHTI) Scholar, and participated in the program in July at UCLA.
As described on the mHTI program website: "as a connector, incubator, and facilitator, the institute cultivates an environment where participants can freely share ideas, technologies, and frameworks, building trust and collaboration across disciplines. Through a blended learning approach, participants engage in intensive team-based projects alongside focused coursework. Multidisciplinary teams tackle real-world health challenges, developing innovative mHealth solutions guided by experienced faculty mentors who employ team science best practices. The curriculum covers essential mHealth domains, including behavior change, biosensing, digital biomarkers, human-centered design, advanced research methods, and machine learning."
In our research lab, many of our projects focus on the use of mobile-based ultrasound systems. This program was a fantastic opportunity to learn more about mHealth research from some of the leading experts in the field!
Our amazing team at the 2025 mHTI at UCLA. Pictured: Prof Ranger, Prof. Huining Li (NC State), Dr. Rita Hu (UChicago), Dr. Angela Pfammatter (Univ. of Tennessee), Prof. Katie Daniel (Univ. of Virginia), Prof. Ryan Mace (Harvard/MGH), and Prof. Heewon Gray (Univ. of South Florida)