The pandemic upended normal college life causing mental-health challenges that are now being studied at Texas A&M University for their prevalence and severity.
Students participating in a research project have been fitted with a smartwatch, or what researchers call a "wearable continuous monitoring tool."
Assistant Professor of Industrial and Systems Engineering Farzan Sasangohar is part of the Texas A&M research team that designed and developed m-HELP (Mental Health Evaluation and Lookout) - to investigate the effectiveness of using a combination of wearable sensors, mobile health and machine learning to monitor students' mental health.
