Alex Iwasyk Defends MSc Research on ACTIVATION and Patient-Reported Outcomes

May 13, 2026

2026   ·   ACTIVATION   Activation-Health   oncology   mobility   PROMIS   graduate-research     ·   graduate-students   research   digital-health  

MSc student Alex Iwasyk defended his graduate research on May 13, 2026, focused on ACTIVATION: MSK Oncology, Mobility and Patient Reported Outcomes.

This work contributed to the broader ACTIVATION Health research program, which combines mobile-health tools, activity tracking, and patient-reported outcomes to better understand recovery trajectories in clinical populations. Alex’s project helped connect the platform’s technical infrastructure with real-world clinical research questions in musculoskeletal oncology and recovery science.



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