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Wearables: Digital Health Technologies for Improving Public Health
Location
Internet
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2026 - 2027
Instruction Method
Online Asynchronous
Start Date
Monday, June 8, 2026
End Date
Friday, June 19, 2026
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
No prerequisites for this course.
Enrollment Restriction
This course is not restricted.
Wearables and digital health technologies are an expanding frontier for monitoring and improving national and global public health.
This course provides up-to-date information on the use of wearables and related technology embedded in public health and medical research.
Learn how portable, cutting-edge technology can enable the big data collection, enhance recruitment of broader populations, and be used for remotely delivered interventions.
Explores how wearables and technological advancements are being used to improve public health. Examines how different wearables and technologies are utilized in various aspects of public health that include lifestyle factors (e.g., physical activity, sleep), organ and organ systems, (e.g., brain, heart, endocrine), sensory function (e.g., vision, hearing), and mental health. Explores the key logistical and operational efforts of deploying wearables and technology in research, community, clinical, and implementation settings of public health. Assembles a variety of experts ranging from epidemiologists and biostatisticians to clinicians and provides their first-hand experience in integrating advanced technology to improve their research and/or patient care.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe how wearables and related technology are currently used in public health
- Identify measurement issues using wearables and related technology
- Compare and contrast the use of wearables and related technology across observational and experimental study designs
- Evaluate the potential role of wearables and related technology in novel areas of health research
- Assess the ethics of implementing wearables and related technology into public health and medical research
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 25% Online Lectures
- 50% Final Project
- 25% Assignments