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So good afternoon, everyone.

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I'd first like to start
by saying thank you

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for all coming to our panel.

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I know that there are plenty of
presentations going on today,

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and so I'm very humbled
and grateful to be

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able to present to you.

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So again, my name
is Aladrianne Young.

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I'm a senior this
year at Mount Holyoke,

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and I major in Africana
Studies and I minor in biology.

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I'm from Santa Cruz,
California, and this summer, I

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interned at the Stanford
Prevention Research Center

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for the Healthy Aging Research
and Technology Solutions Lab.

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So I'd like to tell you a little
bit about my internship search.

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The spring of my junior
year, I studied abroad

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at the University of
Sussex in Brighton, England

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for six months.

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And since I was
busy and immersed

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in my study abroad
program, I didn't

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want to worry about
application deadlines

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and gathering
application materials

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to submit to
internship programs,

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so I decided to network.

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During networking,
I was connected

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to a researcher at the Stanford
Prevention Research Center,

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who connected me to
another researcher

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at the Healthy Aging Research
and Technology Solutions Lab.

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And through email
correspondence,

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through conference calls,
through a brief application,

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and a Skype interview, I
was offered an internship.

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So what is HARTS?

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The Healthy Aging Research
and Technology Solutions Lab

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is a lab at the Stanford
Prevention Research Center

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which is a part of the Stanford
School of Medicine, which

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is one of seven schools
at Stanford University.

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So what's the focus
of HARTS research?

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HARTS research focuses
on successful aging

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through increased
physical activity,

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through healthy eating, and
through creating healthy

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and [INAUDIBLE] communities.

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The population that
HARTS focuses on

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are older adult populations,
primarily low income

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and racial and
ethnic minorities.

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One of the reasons why HARTS
research is so cutting edge

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is because they use wireless
and mobile technology

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in order to assess individuals
in their environments.

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So while I was an
intern at HARTS,

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there were three studies being
conducted and in development--

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the COMPASS Study, the On
the Move with Stanford Study,

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and the Wearable
Technology Study.

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COMPASS.

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So COMPASS is a physical
activity assessment

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with three arms-- a food
literacy and nutrition

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arm, which served as a
control; a peer mentor model;

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and a virtual
advisor named Carmen.

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Peer mentors basically
facilitated encouragement

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to participants in
order to improve

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their physical activity.

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And the virtual advisor,
Carmen, was a virtual advisor

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who was actually placed
in a tablet-- lives

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in a tablet in senior centers
around the study area.

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And so I'd like to
introduce you to Carmen.

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[INAUDIBLE]

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I have [INAUDIBLE]

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[INAUDIBLE]

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Thank you.

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So this is Carmen.

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[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

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- --lifestyles.

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[END PLAYBACK]

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Oh.

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[INAUDIBLE]

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[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

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- A scientific study run by
Stanford and Northeastern

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University found
that seniors who--

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[END PLAYBACK]

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Sorry.

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This is Carmen.

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[VIDEO PLAYBACK]

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- Hola.

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My name is Carmen, and
my job is to help seniors

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to live healthier lifestyles.

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A scientific study run by
Stanford and Northeastern

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University found that seniors
who talk to me on regular basis

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walk 250 minutes per week
more than other seniors

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in the study.

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Check out the description
of the study results online.

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Bye for now.

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[END PLAYBACK]

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So Carmen was one of the
tools used in the lab in order

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to encourage participants to
incorporate physical activity

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into their days.

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Thank you.

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So the On the Move
with Stanford study

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is a physical activity
and nutrition intervention

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that uses text messages and
telephone calls in order

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to send motivational and
goal-setting messages

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to participants in
order to encourage

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an increase in physical activity
and an improvement in nutrition

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habits.

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The wearable technology study.

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So my mentor and I were
able to go on a site visit

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to an affordable housing
site for older adults.

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And one of the main
themes or concerns

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we found with the residents
that lived in the senior center

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was concern for safety
in their communities.

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Because unfortunately,
many seniors

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were getting hit by cars.

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And Stanford created
the Stanford Discovery

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Tool and Google Glass--
so basically the Stanford

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Discovery Tool is a
tablet with an app,

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where if I'm a participant and
I am walking down the street

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and I'm using a walker
and I see that there's

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a crack on the sidewalk,
I can tap on the app,

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it will take a picture,
and I can record my voice,

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and I can say, there's a
crack in the sidewalk, which

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makes it difficult for
me to cross the street,

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and I can't access this
healthy grocery store,

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and also, it's difficult
for me and my mobility,

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so I don't feel safe
walking down the street.

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Similarly, with Google Glass--

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Google Glass is basically
a computer in glasses.

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And similarly to the
Stanford Discovery Tool,

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participants can take a picture
by tapping on the glasses,

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and they can record
their voice, and we

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can collect that
data on how they

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perceive their environment.

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So what did I actually do?

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So there were several
studies going on at the time,

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so I was able to participate
and contribute to each one.

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So with COMPASS, I was able
to research validated surveys

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and co-edited a research
guide for participants.

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I led a focus group.

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I created a database of
relevant measures pertaining

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to food literacy, and I was
trained in an auditing tool

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called NEMS, Nutrition
and Environment Measures

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Survey, which assesses
produce and food

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available in communities.

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So this is a picture of
produce at a convenience store

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where I did a practice audit.

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That's me, conducting
a focus group.

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That's me along with
some peer mentors

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at Stanford [INAUDIBLE].

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And that's me and some of my
colleagues in the lab and peer

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mentors.

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So with the On the Move
with Stanford study,

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I had the ability to help
with the development of the

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On the Move website,
and I learned a lot

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about print and digital
marketing strategies.

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With the wearable technology
study, as I mentioned,

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I was able to do a site visit,
I researched and created

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evidence tables, and I was
trained using the Stanford

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Discovery Tool.

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So what did I gain
from my internship?

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I gained a greater knowledge
about public health

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and research and a deeper
appreciation for research.

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Prior to my internship,
I had no idea

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that research composed of
so many different facets,

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and I found that very
appealing, and because of that,

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I know that I'd like to
pursue research in my future.

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And some acknowledgements.

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I'd like to thank
the HARTS Lab--

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Dr. Abby King, Dr.
Cynthia Castro Sweet,

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Dr. [INAUDIBLE], Dr. Houser.

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I'd like to thank MHC and the
Lynk funding for giving me

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this opportunity, Professor
[? Schiber ?] for moderating

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us, Professor Schwartzer
for advising me

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in an independent study that's
continuing some of my work

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with HARTS, and Professor
Townsley and Douglas.

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I'd like to thank my dad
for coming and visiting me

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in California.

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[LAUGHTER]

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Thank you.

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[APPLAUSE]