Rapid, personalized mHealth care using trustworthy biomarkers on edge devices
Official title: TR&D3 - Rapid Translation of AI-powered Temporally Precise mHealth Interventions via Efficient and Embeddable Trustworthy Biomarker Implementations
Funded at University of Memphis · NIH-11336105 · Data updated 2026-11-12
A focused NIH grant is advancing AI-powered, temporally precise mobile health interventions that run on wearables to deliver personalized care.
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) | $300,572 |
| NIH project number | 2P41EB028242-06 |
| Project ID | NIH-11336105 on NIH RePORTER |
Who could benefit from this research
✓Could help
Ideal candidates are individuals who use wearables and have conditions or lifestyles that could benefit from timely, personalized digital interventions.
✕Less likely to help
Patients not using wearables or those with barriers to wearable adoption may see limited direct benefit.
What this research studies
This project aims to make wearable health interventions smarter and more trustworthy by running lightweight biomarker computations directly on devices with limited power and memory. Researchers will create modular biomarker building blocks, or micromarkers, and distilled micro-models that work across different wearables and populations. They will also build digital twin models to test and optimize interventions in real time, ensuring safety and effectiveness in everyday life settings.
Why it matters
Potential benefit: If successful, patients could receive timely, personalized health support from their wearables without needing powerful external devices.
How similar studies have gone: Preliminary work with reusable biomarker primitives and edge-computing approaches has shown promise in delivering responsive digital health interventions.
Where this research is happening
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University of Memphis
Memphis, United States Active
Researchers
- Principal investigator: Ertin, Emre — University of Memphis
- Study coordinator: Ertin, Emre
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.