{"id":6,"date":"2024-08-19T15:03:19","date_gmt":"2024-08-19T19:03:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T15:19:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T19:19:27","slug":"our-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/our-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Our research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/dhanm-lab\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-at-8.40.47\u202fAM-636x222.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"461\" height=\"161\" class=\"wp-image-241 aligncenter\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-at-8.40.47\u202fAM-636x222.png 636w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-at-8.40.47\u202fAM-1024x358.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-at-8.40.47\u202fAM-768x269.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/files\/2026\/07\/Screenshot-2026-07-24-at-8.40.47\u202fAM.png 1467w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 461px) 100vw, 461px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are using digital health monitoring tools and network modeling to understand the determinants of cardiometabolic disease.<\/p>\n<p>Many of our research projects also involve multi-omic datasets in large cohort studies, including the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.framinghamheartstudy.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Framingham Heart Study<\/a> (a multi-generational family study with continuous data collection from 1948-today). The unique data resources we are using will help us to uncover the biological mechanisms linking lifestyle behaviors with cardiometabolic disease.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Current projects:<\/h4>\n<ul type=\"circle\">\n<li class=\"m_5607201308902868997MsoListParagraph\"><span>CGM-based glucotype discovery and characterizing metabolic heterogeneity with meal challenges, hormonal and multi-omic profiling using AI\/precision nutrition approaches for early risk detection and for developing scalable interventions.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_5607201308902868997MsoListParagraph\"><span>Investigating glucose dynamics as a central metabolic biomarker of hepatic, cardiovascular, and neurobiological dysfunction across community-based cohorts to address population health disparities.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_5607201308902868997MsoListParagraph\"><span>Passive and continuous digital phenotyping of brain aging, including walking cadence, activity patterns, sleep, autonomic function, and glucose stability.<u><\/u><u><\/u><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"m_5607201308902868997MsoListParagraph\"><span>Personalized causal discovery, prediction, and guidance using wearable mobile health data<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Digital health tools currently in use:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Continuous glucose monitoring (Dexcom and Abbott Libre products)<\/li>\n<li>Physical activity monitoring (accelerometers including Fitbit, Apple Watch, Actical, smartphone apps)<\/li>\n<li>Digital diet assessment (ASA24, Keenoa smartphone app, RedCap digital FFQ)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 style=\"color: #cc0000;\">Multi-omic data sources we use:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Genetic and Epigenetic data<\/li>\n<li>Metabolomics and Proteomics<\/li>\n<li>Gut Microbiome<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are using digital health monitoring tools and network modeling to understand the determinants of cardiometabolic disease. Many of our research projects also involve multi-omic datasets in large cohort studies, including the Framingham Heart Study (a multi-generational family study with continuous data collection from 1948-today). The unique data resources we are using will help us [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23966,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/no-sidebars.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23966"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":160,"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/dhanm-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}