From ng24k at fsu.edu Thu Jan 8 15:43:54 2026 From: ng24k at fsu.edu (Nehja Guillaume) Date: Thu, 8 Jan 2026 20:43:54 +0000 Subject: [Isl] Scheduling the Next ISL Faculty Affiliate Meeting Message-ID: Good afternoon Affiliates, Happy new year! We hope you all got to spend time relaxing and with your loved ones! We are looking to schedule the next ISL Affiliate Meeting. Please fill out the following Doodle Poll with your availability. This poll will close on Wednesday, January 14th at 12 PM. Thank you and have a great rest of your week! https://doodle.com/group-poll/participate/enJDLZle All the best, Nehja Guillaume Administrative Assistant, Institute for Successful Longevity Florida State University 142 Collegiate Loop Louis Shores Building, Room 266C Tallahassee, FL 32304 [cid:71ad7907-bbbb-4ce9-a151-e8daa2bc2fe7] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Best Zhe -- Zhe He, PhD, FIAHSI, FAMIA Director, Institute for Successful Longevity Professor, School of Information Director of UF-FSU CTSA Biostatistics, Informatics, and Research Design Program (FSU Health Research Connection) Chair of AMIA Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Working Group Florida State University [A close-up of a logo Description automatically generated] From: Hart,Cora Date: Thursday, January 8, 2026 at 3:32?PM To: Zhe He Subject: Now Open: AI Passport for Biomedical & Clinical Research | Starts January 12 [cid:4513d49f-d2f1-40d8-9667-6cdbd0569284] Dear Chairs, I am writing to ask for your support in encouraging faculty, staff, and trainees within your departments to consider enrolling in AI Passport for Biomedical and Clinical Research, a new 14-week, cohort-based educational program developed at the University of Florida. The inaugural cohort will begin January 12, and registration will close on January 16. Funded by the NIH IPERT program and developed by UF faculty across medicine, engineering, data science, law, and ethics, AI Passport is designed to build foundational AI literacy across the biomedical and clinical research enterprise. The program emphasizes scientific rigor, reproducibility, ethics, and translational relevance, while remaining accessible to participants without prior AI or coding experience. AI Passport may be particularly valuable for: * Faculty integrating AI into grants, publications, or collaborative research * Trainees preparing for academic, clinical, or industry careers * Research staff and administrators supporting AI-enabled projects The curriculum combines short-format learning, hands-on work with real biomedical data, expert faculty instruction, and a culminating impact project focused on real-world applications. Your encouragement plays an important role in signaling the institutional importance of responsible and well-informed AI use. 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To learn more about the application process, eligibility, and funding details, see the attached guidelines or click on the provided link to explore further. Key Highlights of the ISL Planning Grant Program: * Collaboration Requirement: Applications must include at least two FSU researchers, preferably from different disciplines, to promote interdisciplinary efforts. * Funding: Each project is eligible for $25,000 in funding. Please note that faculty salaries are not covered under this program. * Purpose: Aligned with ISL?s mission to enhance opportunities for successful longevity in aging populations, the program is modeled after the CRC Planning Grant Program and serves as a first step toward external (federal) funding. Important Dates for the 2026 - 2027 Round: Application Portal Open: January 10, 2026 Application Deadline: March 28, 2026, 11:59 p.m. Award Notification: Early May 2026 Award Period: May 15, 2026 - May 15, 2027 For detailed information and application guidelines, please visit here: https://isl-fsu-sm.smapply.us/ We will have an ISL faculty affiliate Zoom meeting on January 21 at 1 PM. We will present more details about the planning grant and answer questions in this meeting. The Zoom meeting room is https://fsu.zoom.us/s/93386343179. Also feel free to reach out to me for any questions you may have. We look forward to supporting groundbreaking research that paves the way for successful longevity in our communities! 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If you have children in this age range (6-14 yrs), please scan the QR-Code in the attached flyer to apply. Also, please share with people in your social network that may be eligible and interested. Peanut butter and placebo supplies will be provided by the lab. Completion of this 8-week study also comes with a $250 incentive. Thank you, Ravi Ravinder Nagpal, MSc, PhD Associate Professor Health, Nutrition, & Food Sciences Anne?s College Florida State University 402 SAN, 120 Convocation Way Tallahassee, Florida 32306 rnagpal at fsu.edu THE GUT BIOME LAB [X] [PB Flyer.png] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Langa (University of Michigan), Dr. Dawn Carr, Dr. Lucinda Graven Moderator: Dr. Zhe He Link: https://calendar.fsu.edu/event/staying-sharp-and-connected-what-science-says-about-aging-well ISL Distinguished Lecture ?Study Healthy Aging Around the World in the HRS International Network of Aging Studies" Time: 3:30 PM - 5 PM, January 29, 2026 Location: Broad Auditorium of the Claude Pepper Center Speaker: Dr. Kenneth M. Langa, Cyrus Sturgis Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan Link: https://calendar.fsu.edu/event/isl-distinguished-speaker-lecture-dr-kenneth-m-langa Dr. Langa is an internationally recognized leader in aging research, with a career spanning medicine, public policy, and population health. He is Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), and Principal Investigator of the Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol (HCAP) Project, both funded by the National Institute on Aging. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine, AAAS, and ASCI, his work has shaped our understanding of the epidemiology and costs of chronic disease in older adults, particularly Alzheimer?s disease and related dementias. He has published more than 375 peer-reviewed articles and continues to lead major studies examining dementia prevalence, cardiovascular and acute illness impacts on cognition, and cross-national dementia outcomes. RSVP: https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1A3wYTfdykIzUTY ISL Brown Bag Talk ?Wearables, Agentic AI, and Living Labs: The Future of Health Innovation" Time: 12 PM - 1 PM, February 5, 2026 Location (Zoom): https://fsu.zoom.us/j/96291946625 Speaker: Dr. Amir Rahmani, Professor of Nursing and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) Bio: Dr. Amir Rahmani is a Professor of Nursing and Computer Science at the University of California, Irvine (UCI), where he also holds the Samueli Endowed Chair of Integrative Health. He serves as the Co-Director of the UCI Institute for Future Health and leads the multidisciplinary HealthSciTech Group at UCI. His research spans mHealth, data science, wearable and mobile computing, machine learning and AI, affective computing, bio-signal processing, health informatics, and embedded computing. Dr. Rahmani's contributions have been recognized with the UCI Beall Applied Innovation?s inaugural Faculty Innovation Fellowship, the Nokia Foundation's Research Excellence Award, and the European Union?s Global Marie Curie Fellowship. Traditional controlled studies often fall short in capturing the complexity and diversity of real-world healthcare settings. In this talk, we explore how Living Labs?community-embedded, user-centered innovation environments?can bridge this gap by integrating research directly into everyday life. We highlight the role of advanced methodologies like SMART trial design and a suite of digital health platforms including Centralive, ZotCare, and Personicle. These tools enable personalized, data-driven interventions by leveraging mobile and wearable technologies, multimedia inputs, and real-time analytics. Building on this foundation, we introduce openCHA, a new open platform for agentic conversational health agents powered by large language models (LLMs) and multimodal data fusion. Through real-world deployments?such as community-centered maternity care and stress-level monitoring among students?we demonstrate how AI can support dynamic, empathetic, and culturally aware health interventions. This talk outlines a vision for democratizing healthcare innovation through technology that is personalized, accessible, and grounded in real communities. Public Forum: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Medicine (Organized by Westminster Oaks) Time: Tuesday, 2 PM, February 10, 2026 Location: Maguire Center, Westminster Oaks Speaker: Dr. Mia Liza A. Lustria, Professor at School of Information Are you ready for an appointment with Dr. AI? Want to know more about how AI is benefitting medicine, including enhanced diagnostics, faster drug development and automated administration? Then please join us on Tuesday, February 10, at 2:00 PM for a presentation by Dr. Mia Liza Lustria, a professor in the School of Information at Florida State University, where she teaches graduate courses in health informatics and research methods and serves as chair of the Ph.D. in Information Program. With more than 25 years of experience conducting interdisciplinary, federally funded research, Dr. Lustria?s work sits at the intersection of health informatics, health communication, and digital health intervention development. Drawing on her research, Dr. Lustria will discuss both the promise and the limitations of artificial intelligence in medicine, including potential benefits for diagnosis and care, as well as concerns related to privacy, trust and access. This presentation is free and open to the public. ISL Brown Bag Talk ?Salty Solutions: Exploring Alternative Dietary Strategies to Mitigate Sodium?s Cardiovascular Impact? Time: 12 PM - 1 PM, February 25, 2026 Location (Zoom): https://fsu.zoom.us/j/97330829589 Speaker: Dr. Andrea Lobene, Assistant Professor, Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Sciences Bio: Dr. Andrea Lobene is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health, Nutrition, and Food Sciences. Prior to joining FSU in 2024, Dr. Lobene completed her postdoctoral training at the University of Delaware in the area of applied cardiovascular physiology. She received her PhD in Nutrition Science from Purdue University, and she is also a registered dietitian. Dr. Lobene?s research is focused on how various dietary factors, especially sodium and potassium, affect cardiovascular health across the lifespan. Her aim is to develop and implement effective dietary interventions to improve early cardiovascular disease risk factors. She also hopes her work can contribute to improving current dietary guidelines and policies to improve cardiovascular health at the population level. High sodium diets are a key modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Unfortunately, most adults exceeds current sodium intake recommendations. The link between sodium and blood pressure is well-documented, but beyond blood pressure, excess dietary sodium is shown to impair vascular health. Reducing sodium intake to align with current recommendations can mitigate these effects, but unfortunately, reducing sodium intake is challenging and often unsuccessful at the individual level. Exploring alternative dietary strategies to instead offset the deleterious effects of sodium is necessary. This talk will briefly review the evidence linking sodium intake and cardiovascular health, especially highlighting its effect on endothelial function. We will then discuss previous evidence from Dr. Lobene and others that potassium may be an effective dietary countermeasure for excess sodium intake. Dr. Lobene?s ongoing work expands upon this foundational knowledge, using controlled feeding studies to establish proof-of-concept for the interactive effects of sodium and potassium on cardiovascular health, then translating these findings into real-world interventions. The future directions and long-term goals of this work are to develop practical, effective, evidence-based dietary strategies to reduce cardiovascular disease burden. Ester & Del Grosser Scholarship 2026 Deadline: March 2, 2026 More details: https://isl.fsu.edu/article/esther-del-grosser-scholarship-2026 Student Poster Day Time: 10 AM - 1 PM, March 23, 2026 Location: Innovation Hub Call for posters TBA [2026 Spring ISL Spring Events.png] Best Zhe -- Zhe He, PhD, FIAHSI, FAMIA Director, Institute for Successful Longevity Professor, School of Information Director of UF-FSU CTSA Biostatistics, Informatics, and Research Design Program (FSU Health Research Connection) Chair of AMIA Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Working Group Florida State University [A close-up of a logo Description automatically generated] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001[98].jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 42297 bytes Desc: image001[98].jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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She is senior research associate at the Center for Policy Research, faculty affiliate at the Aging Studies Institute, and Faculty Research Affiliate at the Lerner Center. She specializes in aging, care work, and grandparenting in the US. Best Zhe -- Zhe He, PhD, FIAHSI, FAMIA Director, Institute for Successful Longevity Professor, School of Information Director of UF-FSU CTSA Biostatistics, Informatics, and Research Design Program (FSU Health Research Connection) Chair of AMIA Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Working Group Florida State University [A close-up of a logo Description automatically generated] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image001[45].jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 42297 bytes Desc: image001[45].jpg URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Meeting summary Quick recap ISL held its regular meeting to discuss recent achievements, upcoming events, and organizational updates. Dr. Zhe shared several faculty and affiliate accomplishments, including Dr. Slanjana Lukik's receipt of a prestigious career development award and Dr. Lucinda Graven's nursing research leadership award. The team highlighted their increased social media engagement, particularly on LinkedIn, and encouraged affiliates to contribute content through various platforms. Upcoming events were announced, including a visit from Dr. Ken Langar, a distinguished lecturer in aging research, and two Brownbacks talks featuring speakers from outside FSU. The meeting also covered the ISL planning grant program, which is now accepting proposals, and discussed potential new initiatives to engage graduate students and increase affiliate participation. Next steps * Nehja: Put the link to the Quadrics form for news/article submissions in the chat and/or direct people to the ISL website news tab. * All affiliates: Submit at least one piece of contribution (news about publications, grants, awards, presentations, community engagement) to ISL via the Quadrics form annually. * Interested affiliates: Contact Dr. Julia Sheffler if able to provide content or expert review for the research assistant training modules on cultural competency, age-friendly language, and professionalism in research. * Interested affiliates: Volunteer to serve as reviewers for ISL planning grant and graduate scholarship applications in March. * Interested affiliates: Submit proposals for ISL planning grants by March 27. * Zhe: Forward any relevant research opportunities to ISL affiliates. * Miles: Send out information and flyers about upcoming Pepper Institute and Center for Demography and Population Health events to Nehja and Zhe for distribution. * Zhe and Miles: Discuss and plan quarterly in-person "mingle" events for ISL and Pepper affiliates, including students, at the Pepper Center. * Miles: Consider and suggest potential keynote speakers (internal or external) for the ISL Student Poster Day on March 23rd and coordinate with Zhe and Dawn. * Zhe: Send the recording of this meeting and the slides to attendees after the meeting. Summary Leadership Achievements and Recognition The meeting began with Zhe acknowledging the leadership team's efforts and introducing new ISO affiliate Dr. Jacob Brown. Zhe highlighted Dr. Slanjana Lukic's receipt of the UF-SU's CTSA K-12 Multidisciplinary Program Career Development Award and Dr. Lucinda Graven's 2025 Heart Failure Society of America Nursing Research Leadership Award. The team expressed gratitude for the achievements and acknowledged the contributions of various team members, including Geraldine Panton, Nehja, Dhruv, Victoria, Daniel Postdock, and undergraduate research interns. Institute on Aging Engagement Updates Zhe discussed recent activities and upcoming events for the ISL. They highlighted presentations at conferences, increased social media engagement, and the production of newsletters and podcasts to disseminate research findings. Zhe encouraged contributions from the community, including event participation, sharing news, and serving as reviewers for grants and scholarships. They also announced an upcoming lecture by Dr. Ken Langa, a renowned expert in aging research, which has been in planning for several months. Upcoming Events and Scholarships Zhe announced several upcoming events, including a visit from Dr. Ken Langa, a member of the National Academy of Medicine, who will participate in an Aging Expert Panel on January 29th at the Tallahassee Senior Center. The day will include a graduate student lunch, a small group discussion with faculty, and a lecture on healthy aging research, which will be hosted in the Pepper Center at 3:30 pm. Zhe also discussed two upcoming Brown Bag talks, one featuring Dr. Amir Rahmani from UC Irvine on February 5th, and another with Dr. Andrea Lobene on February 25th. Finally, Zhe announced the opening of the Graduate Student Scholarship Award program, with applications due on March 2nd, and mentioned the Student Poster Day event scheduled for March 23rd in the Innovation Hub. Affiliate Resources and Working Groups Zhe discussed resources available for affiliates, including the research volunteer registry with 3,700 participants and graduate planning grants. She highlighted updates on working groups, mentioning her leadership in the Advanced Technology Working Group focused on AI for aging, and Dr. Julia Sheffler's leadership in the Clinical Research Working Group developing a research assistant training course on Canvas. Zhe invited interested participants to join upcoming working group meetings and encouraged students interested in developing technology training materials to contact her. Research Training and Engagement Initiatives The meeting discussed the development of training materials for research labs, focusing on modules related to cultural competency, age-friendly language, and professionalism in research. Zhe emphasized the need for expert review of these materials and invited faculty to contribute. The group also addressed concerns about the declining engagement rate in the patient registry since COVID and planned initiatives to re-engage research volunteers. Finally, Zhe highlighted funding opportunities, including a rapid research award from the American Heart Association and an interdisciplinary planning grant with a deadline at the end of March. ISL Planning Grant Program Overview Zhe explained the ISL Planning Grant program, which supports early-stage career investigators and established researchers exploring new research ideas. The program has a two-year hiatus restriction and allows one proposal per PI/co-PI per competition round. Zhe emphasized the importance of interdisciplinary research and clarified that students and postdocs cannot be co-PIs. The maximum award is $25K, which cannot be used for salary support but can cover research materials, participant incentives, and publication fees. Zhe encouraged applicants to clarify allowable expenses and seek pre-approval for equipment purchases. The submission website is now open, and the link was provided in a previous email. Zhe discussed the importance of following formatting requirements for document submissions, noting that the submission website will close on March 27th. Planning for the Student Working Group They proposed creating a student working group to engage graduate students in research activities and outreach events, as well as to identify promising scholars. ISL Community Engagement Initiatives Zhe discussed plans to enhance engagement and collaboration within the ISL community, including promoting achievements through social media and encouraging participation in events and grant reviews. Zhe also suggested developing guidelines for affiliate engagement with the institute, emphasizing the importance of bi-directional communication and mutual benefit. Miles shared upcoming talks by renowned scholars on food insecurity and demography, and suggested organizing quarterly mingles to foster face-to-face interactions among students and faculty. Both emphasized the importance of creating a vibrant, collaborative environment for students and faculty across disciplines. Student Engagement Initiatives Zhe and Miles discussed organizing quarterly meetups at the Pepper Center to foster in-person engagement among students, particularly in labs, and to provide opportunities for them to interact beyond the annual poster day event. 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I?d like to share three exciting upcoming NIA U-level funding opportunities with forecasted deadlines in late June. * U01 Research Project Cooperative Agreements in Aging and/or Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD) Research * U24 Resource-Related Research Projects Cooperative Agreements in Aging and/or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) Research * U54 Specialized Center Cooperative Agreements in Aging and/or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Research If you are interested in collaborating on any of these opportunities, please let us know. We would be happy to support teaming and proposal development. Our incredible Office of Research Development can also support building a team and pursuing one of these grants. They can help with ideation/strategy, collaborator identification, feedback on draft materials to make them more competitive, and coordinating with the various offices around FSU that need to be involved. Best Zhe --- Zhe He, PhD, FIAHSI, FAMIA Director, Institute for Successful Longevity Professor, School of Information Florida State University Louis Shores Building, 142 Collegiate Loop Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100 Email: zhe at fsu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From Zhe.He at cci.fsu.edu Fri Jan 23 11:28:18 2026 From: Zhe.He at cci.fsu.edu (Zhe He) Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 16:28:18 +0000 Subject: [Isl] Upcoming NIA funding opportunities for ADRD research Message-ID: Dear ISL affiliates, Hope you are having a great day! I?d like to share three exciting upcoming NIA U-level funding opportunities with forecasted deadlines in late June. * U01 Research Project Cooperative Agreements in Aging and/or Alzheimer's disease (AD) and Alzheimer's disease-related dementias (ADRD) Research * U24 Resource-Related Research Projects Cooperative Agreements in Aging and/or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) Research * U54 Specialized Center Cooperative Agreements in Aging and/or Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and AD-Related Dementias (ADRD) Research If you are interested in collaborating in any of these opportunities, please let us know. We would be happy to support in teaming and proposal development. Our incredible Office of Research Development can support in building a team and pursuing one of these grants. They can help with ideation/strategy, collaborator identification, feedback on draft materials to make them more competitive, and coordinating with the various offices around FSU that need to be involved. Best Zhe -- Zhe He, PhD, FIAHSI, FAMIA Director, Institute for Successful Longevity Professor, School of Information Director of UF-FSU CTSA Biostatistics, Informatics, and Research Design Program (FSU Health Research Connection) Chair of AMIA Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Working Group Florida State University [A close-up of a logo Description automatically generated] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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To strengthen our collective impact and visibility, we ask that each faculty affiliate make at least two contributions per year to ISL through participating in the activities. These contributions can take many forms, and we aim to keep them flexible, meaningful, and aligned with your interests and expertise. Ways to Contribute to ISL: Faculty affiliates may contribute in one or more of the following ways: * Share news and updates for ISL newsletters and social media Report new publications, grants, awards, invited talks, media coverage, or other professional achievements related to aging or longevity research. Please submit your news to https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6GpBYeM0WBWjmxE. * Highlight community engagement Outreach activities, partnerships, public talks, or programs that engage older adults, caregivers, or community organizations. Please submit your news to https://fsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6GpBYeM0WBWjmxE. * Participate in ISL?s ?Voices of Longevity? podcast series Join us for a short interview to share your research, perspectives, or experiences related to aging and longevity. * Contribute content to the ISL Digest Provide short, accessible content on evidence-based information that may be useful for older adults, caregivers, or the broader community. * Lead or participate in the Working Groups * Lead or participate in one of three working groups (Advanced Technology, Basic Science, and Clinical Research) * Review for planning grant proposals or scholarship applications Act as a reviewer for ISL Planning Grant proposals, student scholarships, or other ISL-sponsored opportunities. * Give a Brown Bag talk Share your research findings to the research community and public * Write a blog post for ISL website Share your opinions and thoughts about an important or trendy topic in a blog post on the ISL website. * Attend and engage in ISL brown bags, meetings, and events Upcoming opportunities include: * Distinguished Lecture ? January 29 * Brown Bag Webinars ? February 5 and February 25 * Graduate Student Poster Day ? March 23 Looking ahead, we are developing a lightweight self-report system to document affiliate engagement across these activities. This will help us better recognize contributions, award engaged affiliates, and produce reports. We truly value your participation and welcome your ideas on additional ways to engage with ISL. Please feel free to reach out if you would like to get involved in any of the activities above or if you have suggestions for new initiatives. Thank you again for being part of the ISL community and for your ongoing commitment to advancing research and innovation in aging and longevity! Warm regards, Zhe He, PhD, FIAHSI, FAMIA Director, Institute for Successful Longevity Florida State University [A close-up of a logo Description automatically generated] -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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He serves as the Co-Director of the UCI Institute for Future Health and leads the multidisciplinary HealthSciTech Group at UCI. His research spans mHealth, data science, wearable and mobile computing, machine learning and AI, affective computing, bio-signal processing, health informatics, and embedded computing. Dr. Rahmani's contributions have been recognized with the UCI Beall Applied Innovation?s inaugural Faculty Innovation Fellowship, the Nokia Foundation's Research Excellence Award, and the European Union?s Global Marie Curie Fellowship. Abstract: Traditional controlled studies often fall short in capturing the complexity and diversity of real-world healthcare settings. In this talk, we explore how Living Labs?community-embedded, user-centered innovation environments?can bridge this gap by integrating research directly into everyday life. We highlight the role of advanced methodologies like SMART trial design and a suite of digital health platforms including Centralive, ZotCare, and Personicle. These tools enable personalized, data-driven interventions by leveraging mobile and wearable technologies, multimedia inputs, and real-time analytics. Building on this foundation, we introduce openCHA, a new open platform for agentic conversational health agents powered by large language models (LLMs) and multimodal data fusion. Through real-world deployments?such as community-centered maternity care and stress-level monitoring among students?we demonstrate how AI can support dynamic, empathetic, and culturally aware health interventions. This talk outlines a vision for democratizing healthcare innovation through technology that is personalized, accessible, and grounded in real communities. 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