iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Carissa Low @carissalow.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

New paper describing initial development & testing of BALANCE, a smartphone-based behavioral activation intervention designed to support people living with advanced cancer in increasing daily participation in valued activities. academic.oup.com/abm/article/... @sbm.org

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Carissa Low @carissalow.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Which daily symptoms during chemotherapy increase risk for ED visits or unplanned hospitalizations? In this paper led by recent MD Elizabeth Kairis, GI symptoms, shortness of breath, fatigue, & pain predicted risk of unplanned healthcare within the next 7 days: ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

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Carissa Low @carissalow.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

Qualitative study led by extraordinary med student Svea Cheng explored the activities and experiences that characterize good days living with advanced cancer: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Carissa Low @carissalow.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

This paper, led by our amazing research coordinator Annie Bartel, describes initial efforts to visualize daily patient-reported symptom data alongside wearable sensor data collected from patients receiving chemotherapy. Patients who viewed their data most often were those new to chemotherapy.

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Carissa Low @carissalow.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

New paper led by David Lazris (PGY-3) used daily diaries to explore activities associated with having a "good day" among patients living with Stage IV cancer. Day-to-day QoL fluctuated for each patient, and the specific activities correlated with good days varied from patient to patient

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Carissa Low @carissalow.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

First paper from our NCI R37, led by med student (now Triple Board Resident) Sean McClaine, is out! We found that daily symptom & behavior monitoring using smartphones & wearable devices is feasible during chemotherapy BUT engagement varied based on demographic, clinical, & time-related factors

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