Recent News


mHealth Study Will Test An App’s Ability to Help Smokers Quit
February 2019
Researchers at the University of Oklahoma are launching a digital health study that will measure the effectiveness of an mHealth app in intervening at the right time to help smokers kick the habit.
Connections to care: Combating rural homelessness — with cell phones
July 2018
Researchers design a tailored smartphone app to connect homeless adults with local and statewide service in Texas.

February 2018
Dr. Michael Businelle receives R01 grant from the NIH to develop the Link2Care smartphone app.
Fall 2016
Researchers from the Oklahoma Tobacco research Center are featured in the OU Medicine magazine published by the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine.


January 2016
Researchers investigate how smartphone interventions prompt people to get moving and reduce sedentary behavior.
Using Targeted Incentives and Mobile Health Technology to Curb Tobacco Use
November 2015
Darla and Michael join the Oklahoma Tobacco Research Center.

August 2013
The American Cancer Society highlights Michael and Darla's research.