Research Areas
- Telehealth Platform
- Human Computer Interaction
- Serious Games for Health
- Indigenous Health Intervention
Scientific Achievements
- Conducted community-centered workshops to design five games around hypertension factors (Hypertension Education, Nutrition, Exercise, Blood Pressure Monitoring, Medication Adherence)
- Developed Telemetry Infrastructure for measuring place-based population health related to hypertension
- Collaboration with Texas Southern University, running a parallel study with Black populations
Funding
RCMI Funding:
- NIH/NIMHD U24MD015970
- NIH/NIMHD U54MD012388 Pilot Project Program: ‘Addressing Speech Health Equity Issues in the Southwestern US Using a Telehealth Speech Therapy Game’
Other funding obtained with RCMI support: NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Program
Scientific Advance
Co-Designing Culturally Grounded Mobile Health Games for Hypertension Management in Indigenous Communities.
Alison Graham, Tochukwu Ikwunne, and Jared Duval. 2025. Co-Designing Culturally Grounded Mobile Health Games for Hypertension Management in Indigenous Communities. In Proceedings of the 27th International ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility.(In press) https://doi.org/10.1145/3663547.3746321
This study explored how mobile health games can support Indigenous communities in managing high blood pressure. Working with 14 participants, we co designed and prototyped games that focus on medication, nutrition, exercise, education, and blood pressure tracking. The process showed that incorporating cultural traditions, play, and storytelling can make these tools more engaging and better aligned with community needs. Our prototypes demonstrate how Indigenous led design can create more meaningful and effective digital health solutions.
NIH/NIMHD #U54MD008419, NIH/NIMHD #U54MD012388
