{"53738":{"#nid":"53738","#data":{"type":"event","title":"GVU Brown Bag: Timothy Bickmore, Northeastern University","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EABSTRACT:\u0026nbsp; Health behavior drives 70% of the cost in the US healthcare system and\nis responsible for 55% of deaths. Lifestyle health behavior, such as\ntobacco use and poor diet and inactivity, are among the leading cost\ndrivers and causes of death, but health behavior continues to be a\nsignificant cost driver even after the healthcare system gets involved.\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nPatients often do not show up for appointments or show up unprepared,\nand, on average, only half of medications are taken as prescribed.\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nIn this talk I will describe a vision for an automated persistent,\nproactive and personified \u201chealth advocate\u201d that functions as a\nself-care coach for preventive medicine and a mediator for interactions\nwith the healthcare system. I\u2019ll present several systems that my lab\nhas produced or have in development that work towards this vision,\nspanning wellness promotion to self-care education at hospital\ndischarge to at-home medication adherence promotion. I\u2019ll discuss the\ndialogue engines and animated conversational agent technology\nunderlying these systems, as well as applications in various stages of\nclinical trial, and experiences conducting R\u0026amp;D in the healthcare\n(and NIH) environment. \u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nThe applications include exercise promotion for geriatrics patients (in\nclinical trial in the Geriatrics Clinic at Boston Medical Center) and\nSpanish-speaking older Latino adults (in clinical trial at Stanford\nMedical), antipsychotic medication adherence for adults with\nschizophrenia (completed trial with the University of Pittsburgh School\nof Nursing), and hospital bedside patient education (in clinical trial\nat Boston Medical Center).\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n\u003Cbr \/\u003E\nBIO:\u0026nbsp; Timothy Bickmore is an Assistant Professor in the College of Computer\nand Information Science at Northeastern University. The focus of his\nresearch is on the development and evaluation of computer agents that\nemulate face-to-face interactions between health providers and patients\nfor use in health education and health behavior change interventions,\nwith a particular focus on the emotional and relational aspects of\nthese interactions. Prior to Northeastern, he spent two years as an\nAssistant Professor of Medicine at the Boston University School of\nMedicine. Timothy received his Ph.D. in Media Arts \u0026amp; Sciences from MIT.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Personal Health Advocates"}],"uid":"27197","created_gmt":"2010-02-17 14:07:38","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:50:42","author":"Renata Le Dantec","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-03-04T11:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2010-03-04T12:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-03-04T12:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-03-04 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-03-04 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-03-04 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":["free_food"],"groups":[{"id":"1219","name":"Digital Lounge - Health and Education"},{"id":"1220","name":"Digital Lounge"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"4096","name":"brown bag"},{"id":"5743","name":"GVU Brown Bag"},{"id":"4887","name":"GVU Center"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}