DIMAGI RESEARCH

The Research and Data Team

The Research and Data (RAD) team conducts research on digital solutions that are intended to improve the health and quality of life of individuals living in low-resource, underserved communities. We use a mixed-methods approach to build and evaluate digital tools and data analytics to inform our understanding of how digital tools are used and/or generate useful insights for improving healthcare programs.

Our research aims to advance the field of digital development through rigorous investigation of how current and emerging technologies are used and how they can be improved. Progress in digital development depends not only on validating digital technologies, but on the generation of programmatic insights that can go towards the improvement of digital solutions.

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Who’s on the team?

Vikram Sheel Kumar, MD

Founder & Chief Medical Officer

Neal Lesh, PhD

Chief Strategy Officer

Brian DeRenzi, PhD

Global Director of Research Strategy

Xian Ho, PhD

Senior Director of Research Strategy

Delta-Marie Lewis

Research Associate

Rob On, PhD

Senior Data Fellow

Lauren Magoun, MPH, MBA

Senior Health Strategy Specialist

Anna Dixon, PhD

Data Fellow

RAD is a small, multidisciplinary team led by research scientists with decades of experience and expertise in advanced analytics, cost-effectiveness, US and global health, human-centered design, health informatics, and behavioral psychology. Numerous members of our team hold doctorates and others have gone on to pursue graduate degrees in public health and computer science.

Selected Publications

RAD collaborates closely with subject matter experts across a variety of public health domains—including more than a dozen universities—to study the use and impact of digital technology on health outcomes. Through these collaborations, RAD seeks to share learnings and research studies with the broader global health, ICT4D, and informatics communities.

A Mobile App to Improve Symptom Control and Information Exchange Among Specialists and Local Health Workers Treating Tanzanian Cancer Patients: Human-Centered Design Approach

2021

Morse RS, Lambden K, Quinn E, Ngoma T, Mushi B, Ho YX, Ngoma M, Mahuna H, Sagan SB, Mmari J, Miesfeldt S

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A Mobile Health Tool for Peer Support of Individuals Reentering Communities After Incarceration

2021

Fuller, JM, Ho, YX, Morse, R, Fix, G, Cutrona, SL, Gaziano, T, ... McInnes, DK.

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Effect of Performance Feedback on Community Health Workers' Motivation and Performance in Madhya Pradesh, India: A Randomized Controlled Trial

2016

Kaphle S, Matheke-Fischer M, Lesh N

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Closing the Feedback Loop : A 12-month Evaluation of ASTA, a Self-Tracking Application for ASHAs

2016

DeRenzi B, Wacksman J, Dell N, Lee S, Lesh N, Borriello G, and Ellner A

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Improving community health worker performance through automated SMS.

2012

DeRenzi B, Findlater L, Payne J, Birnbaum B, Mangilima J, Parikh T, Borriello G, and Lesh N.

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Automated quality control for mobile data collection.

2012

Birnbaum B, DeRenzi B, Flaxman AD, and Lesh N.

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Mobile phone tools for field-based health care workers in low-income countries

2012

DeRenzi B, Borriello G, Jackson J, Kumar VS, Parikh TS, Virk P, Lesh N.

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E-imci: improving pediatric health care in low-income countries

2008

DeRenzi B, Lesh N, Parikh T, Sims C, Maokla W, Chemba M, Hamisi Y, Schellenberg D, Mitchell M, and Borriello G

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