A 2019 awarded grant under the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s Health Data for Action program, managed by AcademyHealth.
The goal of this study is to inform key decision-makers and the public about the role of obesity in developing major chronic conditions in the U.S. and the effects of major medications on body weight changes. The researchers will use data from athenahealth and machine learning predictive modeling techniques to address the following questions: 1) How can patterns of obesity and weight gain predict the development of other chronic conditions in various U.S. populations? 2) To what extent can prescribed medications affect and predict changes in body weight? Deliverables will include a project work plan and final narrative report. The researchers will also produce paper(s) suitable for publication and present findings at national research meetings and to other stakeholder audiences as appropriate, including policymakers at the federal, state, and local levels and other key stakeholders, as part of the deliverables for this grant.
Rahmat Beheshti is an assistant professor in the Data Science Institute, the Department of Computer & Informat... Read Bio
Dr. Jones-Smith is an obesity epidemiologist who studies social, environmental and economic causes and correla... Read Bio
Grant: #76778
Grantee Institution: University of Delaware
Grant Period: 9/15/19 – 9/14/20
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