The mission of the Cardiovascular Digital Health Laboratory, a part of NYU Langone’s Leon H. Charney Division of Cardiology, is to expand access of new health technologies to medically understudied populations. Members of our laboratory, led by John A. Dodson, MD, MPH, plan and conduct clinical trials evaluating novel cardiovascular digital tools in older adults, minorities, and other understudied groups.

Our laboratory partners with other informatics and digital health capabilities at NYU Langone to explore and coordinate cardiovascular clinical expertise, data science, and applied technology. This enables us to build our clinical trial infrastructure, develop innovative solutions to improve population health, anticipate the scaling of cardiovascular technology, and foster collaboration with academic and industry partners.

Building Clinical Trial Infrastructure

Our research infrastructure is based on models established in other clinical trials led by Dr. Dodson, including Rehabilitation at Home Using Mobile Health in Older Adults After Hospitalization for Ischemic Heart Disease (RESILIENT) and Behavioral Economics Trial to Enhance Regulation of Blood Pressure (BETTER-BP).

We collaborate with NYU Langone’s Medical Center Information Technology (MCIT), research informatics, and DataCore to further develop infrastructure and methodologies, improving the yield of electronic outreach to NYU Langone patients for cardiovascular clinical trial enrollment. This lays the groundwork for rapidly enrolling adequately powered and broadly representative cohorts in future studies.

Developing Innovative Solutions to Improve Population Health

We are partnering with the Division of Cardiology’s clinical services team, NYU Langone Cardiology Associates, the Family Health Centers at NYU Langone, and MCIT leadership to develop innovative solutions to improve population health through blood pressure management, medication adherence, and arrhythmia monitoring.

Our laboratory’s current focus is on facilitating the workflow of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring (ABPM) data for cardiologists, clinic nurses, and their patients. We are currently selecting patients for the rigorous evaluation of blood pressure cuff technology that syncs via Bluetooth, enabling remote monitoring; there is currently no open enrollment. We aim to increase uptake of ABPM and to assess the proportion of cardiology patients with blood pressure at goal. Study data are integrated with the electronic health record, MCIT, and FuturePractice.

Scaling Cardiovascular Health Technology

We plan to scale remote cardiovascular health patient monitoring, making it applicable to other projects. These may include developing novel home monitoring initiatives for high-risk populations, establishing workflows for interpreting sensor data obtained from smart watches, and incorporating physical activity tracking data into clinical encounters.

Technologies change quickly, and by design these projects evolve. Project selection is through an iterative process with feedback that includes cardiologists, MCIT leadership, and patients.

Fostering Collaboration

Our laboratory values assembling and collaborating with investigators who have aligned interests. Our goal is to enable knowledge sharing among physician–scientists, which helps facilitate partnerships on future research studies.

Contact Us

If you would like more information about the Cardiovascular Digital Health Laboratory, please contact Dr. Dodson, director, at john.dodson@nyulangone.org.

Our Leadership and Faculty

Our laboratory leadership and faculty include experts in the field of cardiovascular digital health.

John A. Dodson, MD, MPH
Director, Cardiovascular Digital Health Laboratory
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health

Samrachana Adhikari, PhD
Statistician, Cardiovascular Digital Health Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health

Our Research Collaborators

Our multidisciplinary group of research collaborators includes the following:

Saul B. Blecker, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: machine learning, electronic health records, and cardiovascular risk prediction

Melanie R. Jay, MD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: cardiometabolic risk and technology-assisted health coaching

Thomas Kirchner, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, NYU School of Global Public Health
Research interests: geocoding and population informatics

Devin Mann, MD
Senior Director, Informatics Innovation, NYU Langone’s MCIT
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: digital health and clinical informatics

Rajesh Ranganath, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, NYU Courant Institute of Mathematical Science
Research interests: machine learning and cardiovascular risk prediction

Safiya Richardson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: behavioral economics and clinical decision support

JohnRoss Rizzo, MD
The Ilse Melamid Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine, Department of Rehabilitation; and Associate Professor, Department of Neurology; NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: assistive technologies and wearables

Antoinette M. Schoenthaler, EdD
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Population Health, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: behavioral science, medication adherence, and cardiovascular risk reduction

Archana Saxena, MD
Health Physician Informaticist, NYU Langone’s MCIT
Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: clinical informatics

Adam H. Skolnick, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: telehealth and novel cardiovascular diagnostics

Adam C. Szerencsy, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: digital health and clinical informatics

Paul A. Testa, MD
Chief Medical Information Officer, NYU Langone’s MCIT
Assistant Professor, Ronald O. Perelman Department of Emergency Medicine, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Research interests: digital health and clinical informatics

Our Staff

Our staff members include the following:

Stefany de Brito
Associate Research Coordinator

Yasmin Gutierrez
Associate Research Coordinator

Camila Johanek
Research Coordinator

Gabriela Lopez
Associate Research Coordinator

Stephanie Pena
Research Coordinator

Kelly Tellez
Research Coordinator

Manuel Vazquez-Sanchez
Data Analyst