Our Mission

The mission of the Digital Biomarker Discovery Project (DBDP) is to unlock the potential of digital biomarkers1. We are motivated by the transformative potential of digital biomarkers, which can offer a more continuous and comprehensive view of health than traditional clinical measurements. However, the field of digital biomarker research faces several challenges such as lack of standard practices and transparency, making difficult for researchers to build upon each other's work and collaborate. DBDP is committed to overcoming these obstacles to make the discovery and validation of digital biomarkers more efficient and robust, ultimately unlocking their full potential.

Whether you’re a digital biomarker researcher or collaborator, or a healthcare administrator looking into digital biomarkers, or simply just curious about digital biomarkers, we welcome you!

Our Team

We are a dynamic team passionate about
getting digital biomarker discovery tools into your hands.

Jessilyn Dunn, PhD
DBDP Founder
PI, Big Ideas Lab at Duke
Mobashir Shandhi, PhD
Project Lead
Post-doc, Big Ideas Lab
Hayoung Jeong
Community Manager
PhD Student Duke BME
Bill Chen
Lead Developer
PhD Student Duke BME
Karnika Singh
DBDP Ed Lead
PhD Student Duke BME
Leeor Hershkovich
Code Integrator
PhD Student Duke BME
Yihang Jiang
Data Wrangler
PhD Student Duke BME
Will (Ke) Wang
Research Liasion
PhD Student Duke BME
Peter Cho
Chief of Documentation
PhD Student Duke BME

DBDP Contributors

We thank all our past and current contributors to DBDP.

Duke Bass Connections 2023-2024

Using DBDP as a case study, we explore and address the barriers to participating in digital biomarker discovery by exploring ways to create an evolving open-source ecosystem that can support and promote collaborative, translational research.

Market Study & Website Development: Ellie Vogel, Mercy, Mercy Guriyire
Python Module: Harrison Kane, Fangrui (Lori) Liu, Shun Sakai, Pomelo Wu, Jerry Yang

Google Season of Docs 2023

Technical Writer: Angelica Pan

Duke Muser Summer 2022

Website Team: Parviz Subkhankulov
Module Team: Darren Wu, Howard (Joey) Nolan, Muhang (Tony) Tian, Christina Yu, Chloe Zhu

Code Contributions

Brinnae Bent, PhD  
Joe Pauly
Chentian Jiang
Emilia Grzesiak
Maria Henriquez
Noah Lanier
Nathan Warren
Kush Gulati
Annie Hirsch
Yuankai Qi
Baiying Lu
Joe Kim
Geetika Singh
Lucy Chikwetu
Jason Shang