Ben Steven Gerber

Ben Steven Gerber is a Professor at UMass Chan Medical School in the Department of Population and Quantitative Health Sciences, with cross-appointments in the T.H. Chan School of Medicine and Morningside Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences. He holds a MD from University of Chicago School of Medicine and MPH in Public Health Informatics from University of Illinois Chicago.

• Education: BS (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), MPH (University of Illinois Chicago), MD (University of Chicago)

His research focuses on mHealth (mobile health) interventions for chronic disease management, particularly diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and obesity. He leverages machine learning and health informatics to improve self-care, patient engagement, and health equity, with special attention to minority populations and low-literacy patients. Recent work explores COVID-19 testing strategies, virtual coaches for mental health, and implementation science for translating research into practice.

Publications (15 most recent) span cardiology, endocrinology, public health, and behavioral sciences, emphasizing mHealth applications for diabetes management, obesity, and mental health interventions. Collaborations include researchers from JMIR, Diabetes Care, and Translational Psychiatry.

Teaching and mentorship activities include roles in the MD/PhD Program and Masters in Clinical Investigation, with a focus on health informatics and implementation science.