FEASible: Sensing daily life to understand metabolic health in women
Official title: FEASible: Sensing Factors of Environment, Activity, and Sleep to Validate Metabolic Health Burden Among Women
Funded at University of Texas at Austin · NIH-11332918 · Data updated 2026-11-12
Aims to use wearable devices, phones, and environmental sensors to understand how daily activity, sleep, and surroundings relate to metabolic health in women of childbearing age.
Quick facts
| Grant type | R01 grant |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Texas at Austin NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Austin, United States) |
| Project start | May 5, 2023 |
| Project end | April 30, 2028 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $654,819 |
| NIH project number | 5R01HL168374-04 |
| Project ID | NIH-11332918 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Women of childbearing age (approximately 18–45) who are willing to use wearable devices and a smartphone app for daily monitoring and participate in 30-day sensing.
✕Less likely to help
Women who cannot use wearables or smartphones or who do not wish to participate in daily sensing.
What this research studies
This project will collect data from Fitbits, smartphones, a custom environmental sensor called Beacon, GPS, and a home app (Hornsense) to map how activity, sleep, and environment link to metabolic syndrome and brain health in women of childbearing age. It will create a data network showing how metabolic syndrome relates to brain integrity, using brain chemical markers and daily living patterns. The study includes 225 women for brain measurements and 800 women for 30 days of sensing, aiming to identify environmental factors most worth targeting for interventions.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, the work could lead to scalable ways to monitor and improve metabolic health and brain function in women through everyday lifestyle changes.
How similar studies have gone: Prior studies show that integrating wearable data with health outcomes can reveal meaningful health patterns, though this project adds a novel focus on metabolic brain vulnerability in women.
Where this research is happening
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University of Texas at Austin
Austin, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Haley, Andreana Petrova — University of Texas at Austin
- Study coordinator: Haley, Andreana Petrova
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About this research
- This is an active NIH-funded research project — typically early-stage science, not a clinical trial accepting patient enrollment.
- Some NIH-funded labs run parallel clinical studies or seek volunteers for related work. To check, contact the principal investigator or institution listed above.
- For full project details, budget, and progress reports, visit the official NIH RePORTER page.