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Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Psychology, and Biomedical Informatics
Carissa A. Low, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Medicine (Hematology/Oncology), Psychology, and Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh, Core Faculty of the Center for Behavioral Health and Smart Technology, Member of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Hillman Comprehensive Cancer Center, and Adjunct Faculty in the Human-Computer Interaction Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. Trained as a clinical health psychologist, her research leverages mobile technology for remote patient monitoring as well as delivery and personalization of behavioral interventions, with a focus on patients undergoing treatment for cancer. As Director of the University of Pittsburgh Mobile Sensing and Health Institute (www.moshi.pitt.edu), she collaborates with other clinical researchers to help them integrate smartphone and wearable sensors into a variety of patient-centered studies. During her spare time, she enjoys traveling to places with delicious food and walking around Pittsburgh listening to podcasts about technology or true crime. She lives in Squirrel Hill with her husband and daughter.
Select publications:
Low, C. A. (2020). Harnessing consumer smartphone and wearable sensors for clinical cancer research. NPJ Digital Medicine, 3, 140.
Low, C. A., Li, M., Vega, J., Durica, K. C., Ferreira, D., Tam, V., Hogg, M., Zeh, H., Doryab, A., & Dey, A. K. (2021). Digital biomarkers of perioperative patient-reported symptom burden in pancreatic surgery patients. JMIR Cancer, 7, e27975.
Shaffer, K. M., Turner, K. L., Siwik, C., Gonzalez, B. D., Upasani, R., Glazer, J. V., Ferguson, R. J., Joshua, C., & Low, C. A. (2023). Digital health and telehealth in cancer care: A scoping review of reviews. The Lancet Digital Health, 5, e316-e327.
Chen, L., Bartel, C., Cai, X., Cheng, Y., Perer, A., McClaine, S., Kairis, E., Durica, K. C., Huang, W., & Low, C. A. (2023). Patient and provider perspectives on symptom monitoring during outpatient chemotherapy: Interview study. JMIR Formative Research, 7, e46001.
Ask me about: food, books, wearables and other health tech gadgets