Mobile & Electronic Health Affinity Research Collaborative

Mission of the Mobile and Electronic Health-ARC (ME-ARC) 

• To conduct state of the art research and training in mobile and electronic health to improve health across the lifespan with an emphasis on underserved and vulnerable populations. 

• To foster transdisciplinary collaboration among researchers across BU who strive to improve health outcomes through digital research and scholarship 

• Unifying theme:  Target hard to reach and underserved population with digital health interventions 

Since January 2016, the ME-ARC has funded pilot projects, hosted monthly seminars, held networking events, provided mentorship in digital health and established a yearly ME-ARC symposium with national speakers and panels.  The ARC is transdisciplinary and has over 175 member affiliates across numerous schools at Boston University.   

Leadership team:  Founding Director & PI: Belinda Borrelli (GSDM); Co-Directors:  Dan Fulford (SAR), Joanne Murabito (MED), External Core Member: Lisa Quintiliani (Tufts) 

Previous core members: Tibor Palfai (CAS), Swathi Kiran (SAR), Rebecca Mishuris (MED), Julie Keysor (SAR) 

ME-ARC Monthly Seminars

1/29/25: Reluctance to Use Medical Artificial Intelligence

Presenter: Carey Morewedge, PhD, Professor of Marketing, Everett W. Lord Distinguished Faculty Scholar, and Chair of the Marketing Department at Boston University’s Questrom School of Business

Keep up to date with our past series on our monthly seminars page.

ME-ARC Symposium

The ME-ARC’s Lightning Talks Event entitled “Innovations in Digital Health Interventions” was held on Wednesday, November 20, 2024. For more information, please navigate to our symposium page.

The ME-ARC is funded by the Evans Center Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research at Boston University, Founding Director, Katya Ravid.