This Project Grant from the National Science Foundation's Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships program (CFDA 47.084) provides $100,000 to North Carolina State University to develop improved parent-child communication technologies and reduce healthcare costs associated with sexually transmitted diseases among adolescents. Specifically, the award funds an I-Corps project from June 15, 2022 to May 31, 2023 to create digital health technologies like wearable devices and personalized medicine applications. These products aim to better educate youth and facilitate discussions around sexual health, with the goal of improving individual and public health outcomes. By shifting parental mindsets, building communication skills, and introducing a new platform for discussion, the technologies combine approaches not currently available to address the near $16B annual costs of treating 10M new STD cases in the U.S. each year.
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