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

Stay tuned for our next upcoming monthly seminar and 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.