Researchers Tackle Cancer Pain and Depression with Mobile Tech (IMAGE)

University of Virginia School of Engineering and Applied Science

Researchers Tackle Cancer Pain and Depression with Mobile Tech

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The latest center researchers receiving multimillion-dollar NIH awards are Virginia LeBaron, left, a nurse scientist and assistant professor at the UVA School of Nursing, who is focused on treating cancer pain and depression with mobile technology and whose team has won a $3.4 million grant to develop a smart health sensing system to help patients and family caregivers manage cancer pain; and Philip Chow, an assistant professor at the Center for Behavioral Health & Technology at the UVA School of Medicine, whose team has won a $2.1 million grant to use phone apps to manage anxiety and depression in breast cancer patients.

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Dan Addison for UVA Communications, contributed photo from UVA Health

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