Visiting Scholars
Mette Terp Hoybye, MSc, PhD
Dr. Hoybye's research is concerned with the rehabilitation of cancer survivors and has a particular focus on how the internet and new social media may be utilized to support cancer rehabilitation.
While visiting Stanford University, Dr. Hoybye is working on developing a behavioral intervention seeking to increase adherence to cancer treatment and alleviate social isolation through an immersive 3D online real-time multi-user environment for adolescents and young adults with cancer. This work brings together previous work on social media as a resource to people with a serious illness and insights from research on video-games and immersive virtual worlds, to establish new ways for engaging youth in medical treatment and increase their knowledge on the illness they are facing.
Professional education:
PhD: University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Faculty of Health Sciences, 2009
MSc: University of Copenhagen, Denmark, Institute of Anthropology, 2002
BA: University of Aarhus, Denmark, Department of Ethnography and Social Anthropology, 1999
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