Molly Waring, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Allied Health Sciences
UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media
University of Connecticut
@DrMollyWaring
Dr. Waring is an epidemiologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Allied Health Sciences at the University of Connecticut, and Director of the Methodology Core of the UConn Center for mHealth and Social Media. Her research program focuses on leveraging technology and social media for health promotion, with a particular focus on weight management among pregnant and postpartum women.
She has served as the PI of three grant-funded projects to develop and test the feasibility of interventions that deliver evidence-based weight loss strategies via social media or interactive websites, including an NHLBI R34 to conduct a feasibility randomized controlled trial comparing post-partum weight loss delivered via Facebook versus in-person groups.
In addition to leading digital health research studies as PI, Dr. Waring is a collaborative methodologist, serving as a statistical scientist on projects utilizing social media for participant recruitment, intervention delivery, or public health surveillance.