People experiencing homelessness, substance use, and mental illness face persistent barriers to care, and it is not well understood how mobile outreach initiatives enable access to services. To study this, researchers evaluated a mobile outreach program by conducting interviews with providers, partner organizations, system leaders, and clients, and by reviewing documents.

Cristancho, S., Eby, D., Dobbyn, F., & McNab, K. (2026). Reducing friction, enabling response: a realist evaluation of a mobile outreach model for marginalized populations. openRxiv. https://doi.org/10.64898/2026.07.30.26358580   Sayra M Cristancho

The high rate of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in Southwestern Ontario has raised questions about whether available programs and resources meet the needs of people living with the condition. To investigate this, researchers collected information on COPD programs through web-searching and expert consultation to describe what is available for residents in the Middlesex-London region.

Dong, M., Sedig, K., Sui, W., Al-Azem, M., Smith, A., Anphalagan, S., & Sibbald, S. L. (2026). Uncovering chronic obstructive pulmonary disease care accessibility and gaps in Middlesex-London, Canada. Journal of Community Systems for Health, 3(1). https://doi.org/10.36368/jcsh.v3i1.1355   Shannon L. Sibbald

This research addresses what happens to the gas film trapped underneath a liquid droplet when it hits a moving surface. The investigation was conducted using high-speed photography to observe five different liquids impacting the surface at a range of velocities.

Liu, M., Cheng, J., Nie, T., Hao, J., & Floryan, J. M. (2026). Moving contact line of a gas film trapped underneath a droplet impacting a moving surface. Physics of Fluids, 38(8). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0341254   Jerzy M Floryan

Contemporary psychiatry has generated large amounts of data but struggles to understand mental life as a coherent, lived whole. Researchers revisited Karl Jaspers’ concept of "the whole of psychic life" and proposed five guiding principles to translate the idea into a conceptual framework for modern use.

Gadelha, A., Haguiara, B., Lorencetti, P. G., Koga, G., Studart, I., & Palaniyappan, L. (2026). Operationalizing the Whole of Psychic Life: Toward a Structured Framework for Psychopathology. Psychopathology, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1159/000552393   Lena Palaniyappan

The effectiveness of mobile health apps can be limited by low user engagement. To investigate this, researchers analyzed survey responses, device-assessed health data, and app usage data from users during a 7-day free trial period for a paid mHealth app.

Genaidy, Y., Hasan, R., Incitti, J., Bloom, E. L., Tremblay, P., & Mitchell, M. S. (2026). Association Between Behavioral Phenotypes and Paid Subscription and Renewal Among New mHealth App Users: A 6-Month Prospective Cohort Study (Preprint). Journal of Medical Internet Research. https://doi.org/10.2196/93691   Paul Tremblay