George Demiris, PhD, Mary Alice Bennett University Professor in the School of Nursing and Perelman School of Medicine, and Associate Dean for Research and Innovation in the School of Nursing at University of Pennsylvania; Co-PI at PennAITech
About: Dr. Demiris is the Penn Integrates Knowledge Mary Alice Bennett University Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, with joint faculty appointments in Penn Nursing’s Department of Biobehavioral Health Sciences and the Perelman School of Medicine’s Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics. Dr. Demiris’s research focuses on the use of information technology to support older adults and their family caregivers and explore innovative solutions to promote independent aging and patient and family engagement. He is a co-founder of the Hospice Caregiver Research Network, an initiative led by researchers from various academic disciplines committed to designing and testing interventions to support family caregivers of patients at the end of life. Another area of his research includes the use of behavioral sensing, smart home, and Internet of Things technologies to promote independence for community-dwelling older adults and their families. He leads the Penn Col laboratory for Community Co-Creation (Penn4C).
Dr. Demiris serves as Co-Principal Investigator for PennAITech.
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gdemiris/
- Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=-fcVRCQAAAAJ&hl=en