Daniel J Amante

Daniel J Amante is an Assistant Professor at UMass Chan Medical School, affiliated with the T.H. Chan School of Medicine and multiple departments including Medicine, Psychiatry, and Population Health Sciences. He holds a PhD in Clinical & Population Health and an MPH from Boston University. His research focuses on digital health interventions, diabetes management, implementation science, and patient engagement through technology. Key roles include leadership in programs like the Masters in Clinical Investigation and the MD/PhD Program at Morningside Graduate School.

Education: BA Biological Psychology (College of the Holy Cross), MPH (Boston University School of Public Health), PhD Clinical & Population Health (University of Massachusetts Medical School).

Research Interests: His work emphasizes leveraging technology such as mobile health (mHealth), patient portals, and telemedicine to improve chronic disease management, particularly in diabetes and smoking cessation. He explores implementation strategies to enhance healthcare accessibility and provider-patient communication.

Publications: Over 50 peer-reviewed articles since 2009, with recent focus on diabetes self-management tools (DM-BOOST), cost-effectiveness of diabetes treatments, and digital health interventions for smoking cessation. His work appears in journals like JAMA Internal Medicine, Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics, and JMIR.

Awards: NIH Loan Repayment Program Award (2021–2023), Institute for Implementation Science Scholars Cohort (2022–2024).

Labs/Teams: Collaborates with networks including the Veterans Engagement with Technology Collaborative (VET-C) and co-authors with experts in implementation science and medical informatics.