Michael S. Businelle

Dr. Michael S. Businelle is a tenured Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. He holds the Peggy and Charles Stephenson Endowed Chair in Cancer and serves as Co-Director of the TSET Health Promotion Research Center. Dr. Businelle leads the NCI-designated Stephenson Cancer Center mHealth Shared Resource, which has supported over 60 studies, 30 of which received NIH funding.

• NIH Principal Investigator on 6 active grants
• Developed the Insight mHealth platform for real-time behavioral interventions
• Focus on underserved populations: homeless adults, African Americans, Native Americans
• Active in cancer screening disparities and HIV prevention research

His research spans mHealth intervention development, health disparities, substance use disorders, and behavioral epidemiology. He has received major funding from NIH (NCI, NIMHD, NIAAA, NIDA) and TSET, totaling over $14 million in active grants. Dr. Businelle mentors multiple NIH-funded investigators and has developed smartphone-based interventions for smoking cessation, alcohol reduction, and health service utilization.

Scientific contributions include:

• Over 150 peer-reviewed publications
• Leadership in NCI-funded cancer screening trials
• Development of machine learning approaches for behavioral prediction
• Innovative work in ecological momentary assessment (EMA)