Smart, Healthy Communities Initiative
The Virtual Visioning Workshop hosted by the Center for Social and Behavioral Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign invites social and behavioral scientists to collaborate on an open source platform to assist in collecting data through mobile apps and from devices such as smart watches. Jim Regh, the director of the Health Care Engineering…
CSBS Podcast (March 25, 2022)
This conversation between Dr. Peter Ondish and Dr. Sanjay Patel dives into how the Rokwire platform was developed and how it integrates old data systems to enable user-friendly, modern mobile apps.
CSBS Podcast (January 10, 2022)
This conversation between Dr. Peter Ondish, research scientist at the Center for Social and Behavioral Science, and Professor Bill Sullivan, the Director of Rokwire, explores the connection between healthy outdoor environments and smart, healthy communities.
Rokwire is a central part in a joint research project exploring ways to use smartphone apps in community responses to violence. The project brings together a team of engineering and social and behavioral science faculty, along with such community partners as the City of Champaign. The researchers will investigate both social science issues and technical…
