Published on in Vol 9 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/64930, first published .
Applying the Human-Centered Innovation Biodesign Framework to the Development and Piloting of a Program to Mitigate Risk for Cognitive Decline Among Historically Underrepresented Individuals: Case Study

Applying the Human-Centered Innovation Biodesign Framework to the Development and Piloting of a Program to Mitigate Risk for Cognitive Decline Among Historically Underrepresented Individuals: Case Study

Applying the Human-Centered Innovation Biodesign Framework to the Development and Piloting of a Program to Mitigate Risk for Cognitive Decline Among Historically Underrepresented Individuals: Case Study

Rebecca Lassell   1, 2 , OTR, PhD ;   Ada Metaxas   3 ;   Katherine Wang   4 , BA ;   Sara Hantgan   5 ;   Prabhat Gottipati   6 , BA ;   Sarah Zwerling   7 ;   Triana Pena   1 , BSN ;   Chava Pollak   8 , PhD, RN ;   Laura Gitlin   9 , PhD ;   Sunit Jariwala   10, 11 , MD

1 Department of Health and Wellness Design, School of Public Health, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, United States

2 Regenstrief Institute, Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, IN, United States

3 Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, United States

4 Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States

5 Michigan Medicine Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan School of Literature, Science, and the Arts, University of Michigan School of Information, Ann Arbor, MI, United States

6 Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

7 College of Human Ecology and majoring in Human Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

8 Department of Neurology, Stony Brook Medicine, Long Island, NY, United States

9 College of Nursing and Health Professions, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, United States

10 Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States

11 Division of Allergy/Immunology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Rebecca Lassell, OTR, PhD
  • Department of Health and Wellness Design
  • School of Public Health
  • Indiana University
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  • Email: blassell@iu.edu