Mental Health in Design Projects
See Mental Health in Design Lab for more projects.
The Use & Appropriation of Diet and Fitness Apps by Women with Eating Disorders
The Use of Social Media by Immigrant Undergraduates with Depression
Depression by Ryan Melaugh
Electronic Bridge to Mental Health (e-Bridge) for College Students
Collaborative project
Design and Development of a Relational Savoring App
Collaborative project
Evaluating the Implementation and User Experience of a Mental Health Apps in Community Settings
Collaborative project
Past Projects & Research Experience
Self-Tracking Technologies for Health: Motivations and Information Presentation
In these studies, we examined user motivations and the effects of information presentation. We aim to better understand how users' self-efficacy, affect, and health and weight perceptions impact their mobile health app use and how the presentation and framing of feedback in exercise devices impact users' self-efficacy, which is a key factor in successful health behavior change.
Online Social Interactions and Health Study
There are numerous types of smartphone apps that aim to help people manage disease, lose weight, exercise more, etc. Often a key factor to these health apps is the ability to give and receive social support. We sought to understand how people use these health apps and online forums, so we have analyzed the online interactions within this popular health app and developed a codebook based on previous health behavior change literature.
Collaborators: Erika S. Poole, David McDonald, Eric Hekler, Victor Li, Johnna Blair, Janessa Escajeda, Katie Riley, Jessica Sweeney, Gaurav Dubey, William Ferguson
Lifestyle Challenge App
We developed an app to help a regional wellness center in a rural community promote healthy behaviors, such as exercise. As part of this, we examine users' health outcomes, such as weight loss and exercise minutes.
Collaborators: Erika S. Poole, Jeremy Hill, Marilia Gabriela Pires Matos, Robert Grems, Tina Bauermeister, Jennifer Hough
Collaborative Practices in Clinical Settings
Collaboration is a key piece to successful healthcare delivery. We investigated how collaboration has been implicitly discussed and how HIT, such as the electronic medical record (EMR), impact collaboration. Specifically, we examined the tensions when trying to design technology for privacy and collaboration.
Collaborators: Madhu Reddy, Craig Kuziemsky, Heng Xu, Alison Murphy, Chris DeFlitch
NSF FELLOWSHIP- Research Proposal: Developing Dyslexia Diagnostic Tools
Advancing dyslexia diagnostic tools is crucial. Early diagnosis allows for early intervention and treatment. However, many children go undiagnosed as current detection methods are not objective or specific enough. Using machine learning methods could reduce the number of false positive and false negative diagnoses. By bringing dyslexia diagnostic technology into mainstream education, we may be able to improve accessibility, reduce costs of diagnostics, create a better learning environment for every student (including those without dyslexia), and increase literacy in the U.S.
In these studies, we examined user motivations and the effects of information presentation. We aim to better understand how users' self-efficacy, affect, and health and weight perceptions impact their mobile health app use and how the presentation and framing of feedback in exercise devices impact users' self-efficacy, which is a key factor in successful health behavior change.
Online Social Interactions and Health Study
There are numerous types of smartphone apps that aim to help people manage disease, lose weight, exercise more, etc. Often a key factor to these health apps is the ability to give and receive social support. We sought to understand how people use these health apps and online forums, so we have analyzed the online interactions within this popular health app and developed a codebook based on previous health behavior change literature.
Collaborators: Erika S. Poole, David McDonald, Eric Hekler, Victor Li, Johnna Blair, Janessa Escajeda, Katie Riley, Jessica Sweeney, Gaurav Dubey, William Ferguson
Lifestyle Challenge App
We developed an app to help a regional wellness center in a rural community promote healthy behaviors, such as exercise. As part of this, we examine users' health outcomes, such as weight loss and exercise minutes.
Collaborators: Erika S. Poole, Jeremy Hill, Marilia Gabriela Pires Matos, Robert Grems, Tina Bauermeister, Jennifer Hough
Collaborative Practices in Clinical Settings
Collaboration is a key piece to successful healthcare delivery. We investigated how collaboration has been implicitly discussed and how HIT, such as the electronic medical record (EMR), impact collaboration. Specifically, we examined the tensions when trying to design technology for privacy and collaboration.
Collaborators: Madhu Reddy, Craig Kuziemsky, Heng Xu, Alison Murphy, Chris DeFlitch
NSF FELLOWSHIP- Research Proposal: Developing Dyslexia Diagnostic Tools
Advancing dyslexia diagnostic tools is crucial. Early diagnosis allows for early intervention and treatment. However, many children go undiagnosed as current detection methods are not objective or specific enough. Using machine learning methods could reduce the number of false positive and false negative diagnoses. By bringing dyslexia diagnostic technology into mainstream education, we may be able to improve accessibility, reduce costs of diagnostics, create a better learning environment for every student (including those without dyslexia), and increase literacy in the U.S.
Past Lab Affiliations
Health and Information Technology (HInT) Lab in the College of Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State
Headed by Dr. Madhu Reddy, Dr. Erika Poole, and Dr. Eun Kyoung Choe, our lab focused on understanding the use and design of both consumer and clinical health technologies.
Relationships and Stress Research Lab in the Department of Psychology at Penn State
I recruited participants, collected data, and helped input and analyze data alongside primary researcher Dr. Amy Marshall and her graduate students as part of the Relationships and Stress Research Lab. Our aim was to understand environmental and biological factors that may contribute to partner violence in intimate relationships. Other areas of focus included post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Vescio Lab in the Department of Psychology at Penn State
I collected and analyzed data under the supervision of Dr. Theresa Vescio and her graduate students. Our work focused on power, sexism, racism, heterosexism, ageism, stereotyping, and power.
Headed by Dr. Madhu Reddy, Dr. Erika Poole, and Dr. Eun Kyoung Choe, our lab focused on understanding the use and design of both consumer and clinical health technologies.
Relationships and Stress Research Lab in the Department of Psychology at Penn State
I recruited participants, collected data, and helped input and analyze data alongside primary researcher Dr. Amy Marshall and her graduate students as part of the Relationships and Stress Research Lab. Our aim was to understand environmental and biological factors that may contribute to partner violence in intimate relationships. Other areas of focus included post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Vescio Lab in the Department of Psychology at Penn State
I collected and analyzed data under the supervision of Dr. Theresa Vescio and her graduate students. Our work focused on power, sexism, racism, heterosexism, ageism, stereotyping, and power.