Feb 27, 2026 | data trust, digital data, digital trust, women's health
The Pondering Professor Series In the first two posts of this series, I focused on two stages in a digital health study like CPP Tracker: the moment you’re deciding whether to join (and why we start with informed consent), and what actually happens to your data once...
Feb 6, 2026 | digital data, digital trust, women's health
The Pondering Professor – Reflections on digital data and trust from PI Ipek Ensari In the first post of this series, I talked about why we start with a consent form and what we are really asking of you when we invite you to join a digital health study like CPP...
Jan 20, 2026 | digital data
The Pondering Professor – Reflections on digital data and trust from PI Ipek Ensari Every time we run a study, we are asking people to let us into some of the most personal parts of their lives: their symptoms, their routines, their bodies’ signals. As the study...
Nov 26, 2025 | CPP Tracker, digital data, Pain
If you live with a chronic pelvic pain disorder (CPPD), you’ve probably noticed something: your period can make everything worse. The pain intensifies and sometimes spreads to new places. Suddenly you’re dealing with bloating, digestive issues, and a whole...
Nov 24, 2025 | CPP Tracker, digital data, Pain, Physical Activity, Sleep
When you join a study, you see the front end—filling out surveys, wearing a Fitbit—but then what? What happens to your data? Those data travel through secure systems and lands in my virtual lap. Hi, my name is Samia, and I’m the data analyst at Dr....
Apr 6, 2025 | digital data, Pain, Physical Activity, women's health
This month, we bring to you insights from the Phendo App that is used as a part of our CPP Tracker study. Phendo was developed by our collaborators at Columbia University and aims to empower participants to contribute directly to the scientific understanding of their...
