mDOT Center Administration Core supports personalized, real-time health tools
Official title: Admin Core
Funded at University of Memphis · NIH-11336102 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A national program helps researchers create and run personalized, real-time digital health interventions for people with chronic diseases using wearables, smartphone apps, and cloud tools.
Quick facts
| Grant type | NIH-funded research |
|---|---|
| Study type | NIH-funded research |
| Funding institution | University of Memphis NIH-funded |
| Lab location | 1 site (Memphis, United States) |
| Project start | July 15, 2020 |
| Project end | April 30, 2031 |
| Funding year | 2026 |
| Award (this year) | $625,904 |
| NIH project number | 2P41EB028242-06 |
| Project ID | NIH-11336102 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Patients with chronic diseases who could benefit from personalized, timely interventions delivered via mobile health tools.
✕Less likely to help
Patients without access to smartphones or wearables or those not needing continuous monitoring may see limited direct benefit.
What this research studies
The Administration Core of the mDOT Center provides the software, data infrastructure, and governance needed to develop and deploy temporally-precise mHealth interventions. It focuses on enabling researchers to design adaptive interventions that respond to real-time physiological and contextual information. The core also supports open-source software, wearables, and cloud-based platforms to facilitate real-world research and scalable deployment. This work can help patients receive more proactive and personalized care rather than waiting for symptoms to worsen. The center emphasizes collaboration, ethics, and efficient translation of discoveries into tools that patients can eventually use.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, this work could enable more timely and personalized interventions for chronic disease, potentially improving outcomes and quality of life for patients.
How similar studies have gone: Prior mHealth projects have shown promise in improving engagement and outcomes when interventions are precisely timed to individuals’ states.
Where this research is happening
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University of Memphis
Memphis, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Kumar, Santosh — University of Memphis
- Study coordinator: Kumar, Santosh
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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.