Event Details
Learning Objectives
- Survey a subset of social media data and the methods used to unlock the health information it contains.
- Explore the potential limitations of social media data, and how to address them using a qualitative "human-in-the-loop" approach.
- Investigate ethical issues surrounding the use of social media data for health monitoring.
Speaker
Jude Mikal, PhD
As a senior research fellow in the Pharmaceutical Care and Health Services (PCHS) division of the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy, Dr. Jude Mikal was lucky enough to be selected as a member of the wonderful Investigator Development (ID) Core for the C2DREAM center in 2021. As co-investigator for the ID Core, Dr. Mikal develops and delivers educational programming designed to expose the "hidden curriculum" of grant writing and to nurture the next generation of health equity researchers. Alongside his work with new investigators, Dr. Mikal's own research explores the increasingly complex role of social media as a determinant of health (how does social media impact our brains and our bodies), as a by-product of health (how does our health lead to changes in social media engagement), and as an indicator of health status (what can we learn about someone based on their online social interactions).
About the ISD Webinar Series
The Investigator Skills Development (ISD) Webinar Series is presented by the Investigator Skills Development Unit (ISDU) of the UCSF Research Coordinating Center to Reduce Disparities in Multiple Chronic Diseases (RCC-RD-MCD).
Co-Sponsored by CAPS Town Hall and the CAPS Implementation Science and Health Systems (ISHS) Core
ISDU Director: Mandana Khalili, MD, MAS, Professor of Medicine, UCSF, Chief of Clinical Hepatology, San Francisco General Hospital
ISDU Co-Director: Edwin Charlebois, PhD, Professor of Medicine, Division of Prevention Science, UCSF