Service
Reviewing, advising and the unglamorous work that keeps a field running
Service on expert panels for NIH, NSF, HRSA and WHO, editorial and peer review across digital health and health services research, and community work in Northern Virginia.
University service
George Mason University
Departmental, college and university responsibilities alongside doctoral supervision and curriculum work.
Department and college committees
- Department of Health Administration and Policy — doctoral programme committee
- Department research committee
- College of Public Health — faculty search committees
- College promotion and tenure review participation
- Doctoral qualifying examination panels
Student supervision
- Doctoral dissertation chair and committee member, Health Services Research
- Master's capstone and thesis supervision in Health Informatics and Public Health
- Independent study and directed reading supervision
- Undergraduate research mentoring in Community Health
Curriculum development
- Developed HAP 824, Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis for Health Services Research
- Developed HAP 865, Health Services Research Seminar
- Developed HAP 635, Role of Government in Health Care and Public Health
- Developed three graduate courses at Texas A&M University School of Public Health
- Contributed to doctoral methods sequence review
Administrative responsibilities
- Research mentoring for junior faculty in the department
- Interdisciplinary research network development through the Mason Institute for Sustainable Earth
- Internal grant review for college seed funding programmes
- Representation on university-level research initiatives
Professional service
Review, editorial and panel work
Reading other people's proposals and manuscripts is the closest thing a field has to collective quality control. It is also the fastest way to see where a discipline is going.
Grant review panels
- NIH Center for Scientific Review — Clinical Care and Health Informatics (CCHI) study section
- NIH Center for Scientific Review — Lifestyle Change and Behavioral Health (LCBH) study section
- National Institute on Aging — Special Emphasis Panel, Dementia Care and Caregiving Support Intervention Research
- NIMHD — Special Emphasis Panel, Technologies for Improving Minority Health and Eliminating Health Disparities
- National Science Foundation — review panel service
- HRSA — review panel service
- Two European national science foundations — grant review panels, 2025–2026
Editorial and peer review
- Editorial board and guest editor roles in digital health and health informatics journals
- Regular reviewer for the Journal of Medical Internet Research and the JMIR journal family
- Reviewer for JAMIA, Psycho-Oncology, Patient Education and Counseling, Digital Health, Aging & Mental Health, and mHealth
- Ad hoc reviewer for gerontology and health services journals
Conference committees
- Abstract review for the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
- Abstract review for the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
- Session chair and panellist, UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media Annual Conference
- Scientific committee contributions in digital health and ageing meetings
International and expert advisory work
- Expert panel participation with the World Health Organization
- Invited contributions to international working groups on digital health equity
- Collaboration and advisory work with Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
- UCSF CARE Registry Brain Trust advisory contribution on recruitment of underserved caregivers
Community engagement
Work outside the university
Public talks
Invited lectures on dementia caregiving, digital health equity and social media in public health, including the Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture at the UMass Amherst Center for Research on Families and the UCSF PRISM symposium.
Workshops and training
Community health worker training on dementia awareness and early detection, delivered through the Virginia Center on Aging Geriatric Training and Education Initiative.
Community partnerships
Sustained partnerships with organisations serving Chinese American and Korean American families, and with the Fairfax County Health Department on the Stronger2 health literacy programme.
Outreach
Health screening and vaccination promotion campaigns delivered through community messaging channels, designed with partners rather than translated for them.
Advisory work
Advisory contributions to registries and caregiving networks on recruiting and retaining participants from communities that research routinely under-enrols.
Media and public communication
Comment and coverage on the lab's research, including national coverage of work on college students' eating behaviour and on dementia caregiving.
Community engagement in Northern Virginia · Stronger2 and partner programmes
Timeline
Service by year
Most recent first.
2026
NIH study sections and European review panels
- Continuing service on the NIH CCHI and LCBH study sections at the Center for Scientific Review
- Grant review panels for two European national science foundations
- Tay Gavin Erickson Lecture, UMass Amherst Center for Research on Families
2025
Review service and conference committees
- NIH Center for Scientific Review study section service
- Abstract review for AcademyHealth and APHA annual meetings
- Doctoral committee service across Health Services Research and Health Informatics
2024
NIH panel appointments
- Appointed to the NIH Lifestyle Change and Behavioral Health (LCBH) study section
- NIA Special Emphasis Panel, Dementia Care and Caregiving Support Intervention Research
- Community health worker training programme development, Virginia Center on Aging
2023
Federal panels and community partnership
- NIMHD Special Emphasis Panel, Technologies for Improving Minority Health
- NIA Special Emphasis Panel on dementia care research
- Panel contribution, UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media 7th Annual Conference
- Stronger2 partnership with Fairfax County Health Department
2022
International symposia
- UCSF PRISM symposium, panel on international perspectives in social media and global health
- Peer review across the JMIR journal family and health services journals
2019–2021
Joining Mason and building networks
- Departmental committee service in Health Administration and Policy from 2019
- Interdisciplinary research network development across engineering and public health
- Community advisory relationships established with Asian American family organisations
2007–2019
Texas A&M University School of Public Health
- Faculty service, curriculum development and doctoral supervision
- Expert panel contributions to national and international agencies
Memberships
Professional associations
AcademyHealth
The lab's principal venue for health services research, and where most graduate students present for the first time.
American Public Health Association
Long-standing membership, with regular presentations across the health informatics and public health education sections.
Society for Behavioral Medicine
Behavioural intervention science, and the natural home for the lab's work on eating behaviour and physical activity.
American Medical Informatics Association
Consumer health informatics, patient-generated data and the integration of consumer tools with clinical systems.
Gerontological Society of America
Ageing research, dementia caregiving and the design of technology for older adults.
International Society for Research on Internet Interventions
Methodological work on engagement, adherence and the evaluation of digital interventions.
Invitations
Review requests, panels and speaking invitations
Please include the topic, the dates, and the deadline. Review requests within scope are usually accepted; those outside it are redirected rather than left unanswered.
- In scope — digital health interventions, consumer informatics, dementia caregiving, health services delivery
- Also in scope — systematic review methodology and engagement measurement
- Please allow three to four weeks' notice for grant and manuscript review