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Dr. Lukasz Mazur and CHIP doctoral student Karthik Adapa recently published an article titled "Improving Cognitive Workload in Radiation Therapists: A Pilot EEG Neurofeedback Study"
Authors: Alana M. Campbell, Matthew Mattoni, Mae Nicopolis Yefimov, Karthik Adapa, and Lukasz M. Mazur
Abstract: Radiation therapy therapists (RTTs) face challenging daily tasks that leave them prone to high attrition and burnout and subsequent deficits in performance. Here, we employed an accelerated alpha-theta neurofeedback (NF) protocol that is implementable in a busy medical workplace to test if 12 RTTs could learn the protocol and exhibit behavior and brain performance-related benefits. Following the 3-week protocol, participants showed a decrease in subjective cognitive workload and a decrease in response time during a performance task, as well as a decrease in desynchrony of the alpha electroencephalogram (EEG) band. Additionally, novel microstate analysis for neurofeedback showed a significant decrease in global field power (GFP) following neurofeedback. These results suggest that the RTTs successfully learned the protocol and improved in perceived cognitive workload following 3 weeks of neurofeedback. In sum, this study presents promising behavioral improvements as well as brain performance-related evidence of neurophysiological changes following neurofeedback, supporting the feasibility of implementing neurofeedback in a busy workplace and encouraging the further study of neurofeedback as a tool to mitigate burnout.
CHIP doctoral student Karthik Adapa's will be presenting at International Conference on Physician Health 2021. Titled "Identifying factors contributing to Primary Care Practitioners' (PCPs) burnout and prioritizing improvement efforts to mitigate PCPs' burnout during COVID-19"
CHIP doctoral student Manish Kumar recently presented in the panel Enhancing Intersectoral Digital Health Maturity to Harness Digital Health Benefits for Everyone at the annual global digital health forum 2020
The forum is the largest digital health conference and had more than 2500 participants from 95 countries. The other panelists included Daniel Rosen, CDC, Atlanta, Chief, Health Informatics, Data Management, and Statistics Branch of Global HIV/TB , Bobby Jefferson DAI Global Health, Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, and Ayoade Alakija, Nigeria's former Chief Humanitarian Coordinator (CHC) at the helm of the Emergency Coordination Centre.
Annual Meeting of the Digital Health and Interoperability Working Group. This is a volunteer community of practice dedicated to strengthening country health systems and outcomes through the appropriate and responsible use of digital information technologies. Its membership comprises over 250 individuals from governments, donors, multilateral organizations, academia, the private sector, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs). The working group has several topical small working groups. As a co-chair of the Maturity Model- Small Working Group, Manish shared about the progress and future plans of the group. The group focuses on standardizing the way we assess countries digital health ecosystems, tools in use, and HIS digitization readiness, including for interoperability. The group is coordinating with WHO, UNICEF, USAID, and other partners to harmonize efforts focused on maturity-model based assessment tools.
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Student feature: Rekha Divakaran, a CHIP Master of Professional Science in  Biomedical and Health Informatics student, shares about her experience with the new online masters program and what inspired her to pursue her degree. Read the feature here
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2021 
CHIP will be hosting DataAware, our health data analytics research and training program for high school students, from June 28-August 6, 2021. The program will take place fully online, but students will still receive the same training and intensive research internship experience as offered in the face-to-face program. Applications will open in the next 1-2 weeks on the dataaware.unc.edu website, and CHIP welcomes applications from current high school sophomores and juniors (as well as exceptional freshmen) in the Research Triangle region. Note: all eligible applicants for the 2020 program, which was canceled due to COVID-19, will shortly receive notification that they may roll over their previous application to the current application cycle. Additionally, we are seeking faculty or postdoc research mentors to lead small teams of student research interns. For more information about the program, applications, or research mentorship, please contact CHIP Program Specialist Claire Paulson at cpauls@email.unc.edu.
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