Ginger.io

This project tests Ginger.io — a mobile health application that uses movement and communication data passively collected from smartphone devices to model individuals' social, physical, and mental health — in an early psychosis population. Implemented in the well-established UC Davis Early Psychosis Clinic, Ginger.io has the potential to change the face of treatment delivery by accurately informing providers of patient status, assessing real-time treatment response, and prompting patients and providers to engage in relapse prevention strategies when needed. In Phase I of the project, we sought to determine the feasibility and acceptability of implementing Ginger.io in an early psychosis population. In Phase II, we are examining the ability of Ginger.io data to identify and predict key patient outcomes through validation with gold-standard research instruments and are determining its ability to improve treatment delivery and reduce costs.

Principal Investigator: Tara Niendam, Ph.D.

Personnel: Laura Tully, Ph.D., Jennifer Denton, M.A., Kathleen Burch, B.A., Taylor Fedechko, B.A., Katherine Pierce, B.A., Lauren Zakskorn, B.A.