Hyunkyoung Oh, PhD, RN

Dr. Oh’s goal in the program of research is to improve the health status and quality of life of adults by reducing the burden of multiple chronic conditions (MCC) through self-management.

Her research centers on people with metabolic chronic conditions including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, hypertension, and hyperlipidemia to manage their modifiable risk factors and change their health behaviors through self-management using health technology and information. Her self-management program has been designed and developed using advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, mHealth, voice assistant, and natural language processors. She has been interested in changing behaviors and self-management outcomes thus, she developed an outcome measurement tool, which is the Cardiac Health Behavior Scale for Adults with Cardiovascular Risks or Diseases (CHB-K21), and validated nursing-sensitive self-management outcomes for people with diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, hypertension, and lipid disorders.

She also researches family management of individuals with autism to improve their quality of life and reduce the caregiver burden. Her research focuses on technology-based communication support systems to socially improve the independence of people with autism.

Research Interests

• Adults with metabolic-focused multiple chronic conditions (MCC)
• Self-management using health information and technology
• Nursing informatics
• Family management of individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)

Education

Awards & Honors

Annual poster symposium- Honorable mention award (2017, November) Sigma Theta Tau International Eta Nu Chapter 3rd Annual poster symposium.

The Ballard Seashore Dissertation Year Fellowship (2013, September) University of Iowa Graduate College.

Graduate Student Senate (GSS) Travel Funds Award (2013, February) University of Iowa Graduate Student Senate.

The 2012 Summer Fellowship (2012, May) University of Iowa Graduate College.

Student poster competition PhD - 2nd place award (2012, April 15) Midwest Nursing Research Society.

Current Research

• Voice-assistive self-management intervention for adults with multiple chronic conditions (MCC).

The purpose of this program is to support people with MCC for learning self-management skills and abilities to manage their modifiable risk factors & conditions and to improve their health outcomes using assistive technologies and health information, such as AI, mobile health applications, voice assistants, speech recognition, and natural language processes.

• Learning app for kids with ASD to improve communication and social skills.

The purpose of this program is to support individuals with autism and their families by using an AI-based learning app to improve their communication and social skills. The proposed learning app aims to enhance the motivation and attention of users using human-centered design, AI, personalized avatars, speech recognition, and visual affect skills.

Contracts & Grants

Exploring consumer needs to support communication in kids with autism
NSF I-Corps program mini-grant, 2024-2025
Grant
Hyunkyoung Oh

UWM SURF (Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows)
2023 – present
Exploring technology-based interventions to support patients with autism spectrum disorders and their families.
Mentor: Hyunkyoung Oh

Addressing Key Social-Structural Risk Factors for Racial Disparities in Maternal Morbidity in Southeastern Wisconsin (ASCEND WI)
NIH/NICHD U54MD018935-01
2023-2030
Hyunkyoung Oh, Co-I (PI: Palatnik, A., Dickson-Gomez, J., Olson, J. M., Williams, J. S.)

Self-Monitoring Support Application for Adults with Diabetes and Hypertension
NIH/NINR R21NR019707
2021-2024
Grant
Hyunkyoung Oh
Co Investigators: Jake Luo, Min Sook Park, Jeffrey Whittle, Iqbal Ahamed, Younjoo Cho

Exploring the Perception of a mHealth Tool for Self-management.
UWM College of Nursing, The Harriet H. Werley Faculty and Academic Staff Research Award, 2010-2021
Grant
Hyunkyoung Oh

Health App for People with Chronic Conditions
NSF I-Corps program mini-grant, 2019-2020
Grant
Hyunkyoung Oh, Min Sook Park

Assistive Technology for Older Adults with Multiple Chronic Conditions
Collaborative Research Team Development (CRTD) Award, 2018-2020
Grant
Hyunkyoung Oh, Yura Lee, Wonchan Choi, Zhi Zheng

Validation of Nursing-Sensitive Knowledge and Self-Management Outcomes for Adults with Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes
Sigma Theta Tau International Gamma Chapter, 2015-2016
Grant
Hyunkyoung Oh

Intellectual Contributions

Oh, H., Yang, L., Abu Zahra, T., Rabbani, M., Tian, S., Ahmed, A.A., Upama, P.B., Park, M.S., Ahamed, S.I., Luo, J., Chan, E. & Whittle, J. (2024). Voice-activated Self-monitoring Application (VoiS): Perspective from people with diabetes and hypertension. AMIA 2024 Annual Symposium, conference proceeding, accepted.

Ahmed, A.A., Upama, P.B., Rabbani, M., Tian, S., Park, M.S., Ahamed, S.I., Luo, J., & Oh, H. (2024). Identifying medical concepts and semantic types in lay vocabularies of health consumers who concerned with diabetes on social media using the UMLS and NLP. IEEE 48th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), 10.1109/COMPSAC61105.2024.00119

Park, M.S., Upama, P.B., Ahmed, A.A., Ahamed, S.I., Luo, J., Tian, S., Rabbani, M., & Oh, H. (2023). A survey of conversational agents and their applications for self-management of chronic conditions. IEEE 47th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), pp.1064-1075, DOI 10.1109/COMPSAC57700.2023.00162

Kane, E. M., Snethen, J., Gwon, S. H., & Oh, H. (2023). Affected family members social support experiences when assisting an individual with substance use disorder. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. https://doi.org/10.1111/jnu.12893

Zheng, Z., Oh, H., Mim, M., Choi, W., & Lee, Y. (2023). An exploration of robot-mediated tai chi exercise for older adults. Applied Sciences, 13(9), 5306. https://doi.org/10.3390/app13095306

Oh, H., Song, R., & Kim, S.J. (2023). Effects of 12-week Tai Chi program on physical function, depression, and quality of life among cognitively impaired older adults: a feasibility study. BMC Geriatrics. 23, 118. DOI: 10.1186/s12877-023-03840-2

Oh, H., Moorhead, S., & Chae, S. (2023) Validation of nursing outcomes classification: Knowledge and self-management for cardiac disease. CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing. DOI: 10.1097/CIN.0000000000000998

Chae, S., Oh, H., da Costa Ferreira Oberfrank, N., Schulman-Green, D., Moorhead, S., & Swanson, E. (2022). Linking nursing outcomes classification to the self- and family management framework. Journal of Advanced Nursing, DOI: 10.1111/jan.15503

Rabbani, M., Tian, S., Adib Ahmed, A., Luo, J., Park, M., Whittle, J., Iqbal Ahamed, S., & Oh, H. (2022). Towards developing a voice-activated self-monitoring application (VoiS) for adults with diabetes and hypertension. IEEE 46th Annual Computers, Software, and Applications Conference (COMPSAC), pp. 512-519, doi:10.1109/COMPSAC54236.2022.00095

Taani, M. H., Strath, S. J., Cho, C. C., Ellis, J., & Oh, H. (2022). Objective physical activity, sedentary time, muscle mass, muscle strength, and muscle function: impact on physical and mental HRQoL in older adults. Research in Gerontological Nursing. doi:10.3928/19404921-20220408-01

Oh, H. & Moorhead, S. (2020). Validation of the knowledge and self-management nursing outcomes classification outcomes for adults with hypertension and lipid-disorder. Online Journal of Nursing Informatics (OJNI), 24 (2), Available at http://www.himss.org/ojni

Lee, Y., Cho, Y., & Oh, H. (2020). Multiple chronic conditions and risk of dementia and cognitive impairment among older Americans: Findings from the Aging, Demographics, and Memory Study (ADAMS). Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition, https://doi.org/10.1080/13825585.2020.1790492

Park, M., Oh, H., & You, S. (2020). Health information seeking behavior of those concern about multiple chronic diseases: Contextual factors and its associations mined from questions in social media. Library and Information Science Research, 42. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lisr.2020.101030

Choi, W., Wang, S., Lee, Y., Oh, H., & Zheng, Z. (2020). Mobile health technologies to support self-management of multiple chronic conditions: A systematic review focused on diabetes and hypertension. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association, doi:10.1093/jamia/ocaa029

Chae, S., Oh, H., & Moorhead, S. (2020). Effectiveness of nursing interventions using standardized nursing terminologies: An integrative review. Western Journal of Nursing Research, https://doi.org/10.1177/0193945919900488

Oh, Hyunkyoung, and Moorhead, Sue. “Validation of the Knowledge and Self-management Nursing Outcomes Classification for adults with diabetes.” CIN: Computers, Informatics, Nursing 37.4 (2019): 222-228.

Song, Rhayun, Oh, Hyunkyoung, Ahn, Sukhee, and Moorhead, Sue. “Validation of the Cardiac Health Behavior Scale for Korean adults with cardiovascular risks or diseases.” Applied Nursing Research 39. (2018): 252-258.

Lu, D F., Hart, L K., Lutgendorf, S K., Oh, Hyunkyoung, and Silverman, M. “Effects of Healing Touch and Relaxation Therapy on Adult Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant: A Feasibility Pilot Study.” Cancer nursing 39.3 (2016): E1-E11.

Song, R, Ahn, S, and Oh, Hyunkyoung. “A structural equation model of quality of life in adults with type 2 diabetes in Korea.” Applied nursing research : ANR 26.3 (2013): 116-20.

Lu, D F., Hart, L K., Lutgendorf, S K., Oh, Hyunkyoung, and Schilling, M. “Slowing progression of early stages of AD with alternative therapies: a feasibility study.” Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.) 34.6 (2013): 457-64.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, Ahn, S, and Song, R. “A structural model of quality of life in adults with type 2 diabetes.” Western journal of nursing research 34.8 (2012): 1065.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, Ahn, Sukhee, and Song, Rhayun. “Comparing effects of Tai Chi exercise on pain, activities of daily living, and fear of falling in women with osteoarthritis or rheumatoid arthritis.” Korean Society of Muscle and Joint Health 18.2 (2011): 137-146.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, and Kim, Tae Suk. “Relationships among communication competence, communication satisfaction, and job satisfaction for nurses in a hospital setting.” Chungnam National University Journal of Nursing Academy 11.1 (2008): 37-47.

Presentations

Oh, H. & Park, M. Consumer perception: Voice-activated mHealth tool for people with multiple conditions. American Medical Informatics Association 2024 Clinical Informatics Conference, Minneapolis, MN. 05/2024.

Yang, L., Abu Zahra, T., Hagan, S. E., Rabbani, M., Tian, S., Ahmed, A. A., Upama, P. B., Park, M., Luo, J., Ahamed, S.I., & Oh, H. (2024). Usability of Voice-Activated Self-Monitoring Application (VoiS): Perspectives from People with Diabetes and Hypertension. 2024 UWM Health Research Symposium. Milwaukee, WI. 05/2024.

Park, M, Oh, H., Luo, J., Ahamed, S.I., Upama, P. B., Ahmed, A. A., Tian, S., Rabbani, M., Cho, Y., Chan, E., & Whittle, J. UMLS-Based Approach for Developing VoiS: Voice-Activated Conversational Agent for Self-Management of Multiple Chronic Conditions. 2023 ALISE Annual Conference. Milwaukee, WI. 10/2023.

Rotier, J., Zeeman, J., Oh, H., Rabbani, M., Tian, S., Anik, A., Park, M., Luo, J., Chan, E., Whittle, J., Cho, Y., & Ahamed, S. (2023). Usability of voice-activated self-monitoring application (VoiS): Perspectives from healthcare providers. 2023 UWM Health Research Symposium. Milwaukee, WI. 05/2023.

Oh, H., Park, M.S., & Cho, Y. Consumer perception of smart speaker-based mHealth tool. American Medical Informatics Association 2021 Annual Symposium, San Diego, CA. Oct 30-Nov 3, 2021.

Zheng, Z., Mayesha, M., Oh, H., Lee, Y., & Choi, W. Can a robot encourage physical exercise for older adults? A pilot robot-mediated Tai Chi exercise study. American Medical Informatics Association 2020 Virtual Annual Symposium. November 2020.

Oh, H., Lee, Y., Choi, W., & Zheng, Z. Challenges in self-management among older adults with hypertension and diabetes. Gerontological Society of America 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX. Nov 13-17, 2019

Lee, Y., Cho, Y., & Oh, H. Multiple chronic conditions and risk of dementia and cognitive impairment. Gerontological Society of America 2019 Annual Scientific Meeting, Austin, TX. Nov 13-17, 2019

Moorhead, Sue, and Oh, Hyunkyoung. “Using the nursing outcomes classification (NOC) with the revised self- and family management framework.” ACENDIO Conference 2019. Falun, Sweden. March 2019.

Oh, Hyunkyoung. “Approaches to improvement of Nursing Outcomes Classification.” American Medical Informatics Association 2018 Annual Symposium. San Francisco, CA. November 2018.

Chea, Sena, and Oh, Hyunkyoung. “Effectiveness of nursing interventions based on nursing outcomes using standardized nursing languages: An integrative review.” American Medical Informatics Association 2018 Annual Symposium. San Francisco, CA. November 2018.

Park, Minsook, and Oh, Hyunkyoung. “Understanding self-management of multiple chronic diseases in social media using semantic network approach.” the 80th Annual Conference of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST' 18) SIG-USE. Vancouver, Canada. November 2018.

Oh, Hyunkyoung. “Validation of knowledge and self-management NOC outcomes for adults with diabetes.” American Medical Informatics Association 2017 Annual Symposium. Washington, D.C. November 2017.

Song, Rhayun, and Oh, Hyunkyoung. “Development and validation of the Stroke Symptom Cluster Scale for Korean Adults (SSCS-K) recovering after a stroke.” Midwest Nursing Research Society 41th Annual Research Conference. Minneapolis, MN. April 2017.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, and Moorhead, Sue. “Validation of self-management outcomes for adults with diabetes or cardiovascular disease.” 40th Annual Research Conference. Milwaukee, WI. March 2016.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, and Moorhead, Sue. “Development of Nursing Linkages Focused on Self-Management for Adults with Metabolic Syndrome.” International Conference. Porto, Portugal. September 2014.

Lu, Der-Fa, Hart, Laura, Oh, Hyunkyoung, and Lutgendorf, Susan. “Effects of healing touch and relaxation therapy on patients undergoing hematopoietic stem cell transplant: a feasibility study.” 38th Annual Research Conference. St. Louis, MO. March 2014.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, Song, Rhayun, Ahn, Sukhee, and Moorhead, Sue. “Development and psychometric tests of cardiac behavior scale for adults with cardiovascular risks.” 24th International Nursing Research Congress. Prague, The Czech Republic. July 2013.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, Song, Rhayun, Ahn, Sukhee, and Moorhead, Sue. “Development and psychometric tests of cardiac behavior scale for adults with cardiovascular risks.” 37th Annual Research Conference. Chicago, IL. March 2013.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, and Moorhead, Sue. “Development of nursing linkages among NANDA-I, NIC, and NOC for metabolic syndrome.” 40th Anniversary Conference. Houston, TX. May 2012.

Oh, Hyunkyoung, Song, Rhayun, and Ahn, Sukhee. “A structural model of quality of life in adults with type II diabetes.” 36th Annual Research Conference. Dearborn, MI. April 2012.

Lu, Der-Fa, Hart, Laura, Lutgendorf, Susan, and Oh, Hyunkyoung. “The effect of healing touch on the pain and mobility of persons with osteoarthritis.” 36th Annual Research Conference. Dearborn, MI. April 2012.