The potential of digital health to improve brain health in older adults

Speaker: Dr. Zvinka Z. Zlatar, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, UC San Diego

Emerging research suggests that many dementia cases could be prevented through early modification of lifestyle risk factors, such as physical inactivity. Mobile health technologies can be a valuable tool to help people increase their physical activity in the real world. In this talk, Dr. Zlatar will discuss how her research program uses mobile health devices to help older adults walk faster for their brain health while exercising unsupervised.  The session will also explore research participants’ opinions about using these devices and their privacy and data concerns. Finally, the session concludes by examining cultural differences that may greatly affect how these technologies are adopted in clinical trial settings.