Recent News
TSET funds obesity research at Health Promotion Research Center
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June 2023
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The Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust is funding obesity research at Health Promotion Research Center. A $1 million grant will help stimulate research on the factors that lead to obesity and new treatments or tools in managing it.
OU researcher studies app to help people experiencing homelessness and struggles with alcohol
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August 2022
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The new technology being studied aims specifically at some of our state’s most vulnerable- those experiencing homelessness.
TSET Better Health Podcast - Featuring the Health Promotion Research Center
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April 2022
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Click Here to Listen to Podcast
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OU researchers, Oklahoma City pastor seeking participants in mental health app study
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February 2022
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A local pastor and researchers at OU Health are coming together – trying to reach those struggling with their mental health.
Stephenson Cancer Center Developing App for Cancer Patients During COVID-19
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May 2020
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Dr. Michael Businelle and Dr. Katherine Moxley are creating an app that will monitor the well-being of patients with cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Researchers at OU test app to help manage anxiety, depression amid the pandemic
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December 2021
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A clinical psychologist at the University of Oklahoma is testing an app designed to help with increased anxiety and depression amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
OU Med Researchers Develop App To Study Okla. Smokers
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January 2020
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Dr. Michael Businelle describes the Project Phoenix study smartphone app.
Oklahoma researchers develop smartphone app to help people quit smoking
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December 2019
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Dr. Michael Businelle describes his smoking cessation smartphone app.
OU Medicine Tobacco Cessation Researcher Receives Career-Launching Federal Grant
July 2019
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Emily Hébert , a post-doctoral fellow at the Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine has received a highly competitive federal grant that will launch her research career focused on using mobile technology for tobacco cessation.
mHealth Study Will Test An App’s Ability to Help Smokers Quit
February 2019
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Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are launching a digital health study that will measure the effectiveness of an mHealth app in intervening at the right time to help smokers kick the habit.
Connections to care: Combating rural homelessness — with cell phones
July 2018
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Researchers design a tailored smartphone app to connect homeless adults with local and statewide service in Texas.
February 2018
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Dr. Michael Businelle receives R01 grant from the NIH to develop the Link2Care smartphone app.
January 2016
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Researchers investigate how smartphone interventions prompt people to get moving and reduce sedentary behavior.
Fall 2016
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Researchers from the Oklahoma Tobacco research Center are featured in the OU Medicine magazine published by the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.
Using Targeted Incentives and Mobile Health Technology to Curb Tobacco Use
November 2015
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Darla and Michael join the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center.
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August 2013
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The American Cancer Society highlights Michael and Darla's research.