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Biography

Dr. Annie Chen is an associate professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education at the University of Washington School of Medicine. She holds an MSIS and PhD in information science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research interests include information behaviors in the context of long-term health management; information and interaction in online communities and other digital spaces; the use of natural language processing and visualization methods to study linguistic patterns relating to psychosocial and communicative processes; and user-centered design.

In addition, she is actively engaged in digital humanities research. She co-leads a digital humanities project, the Svoboda Diaries Project, which provides opportunities for students in different disciplines at UW to engage with others in an interdisciplinary setting and along with the project’s international collaborators (primarily historians). Currently, the project has opportunities for students to engage in various aspects of historical preservation of historical handwritten manuscripts, including transcription, metadata assignment, sustainability planning, textual analysis, and more and could be synergistic with iSchool courses in information/knowledge organization, archival management, and digital humanities. The team also has an active research agenda in the use of natural language processing and data visualization to analyze historical corpora.

Dr. Chen is an active member of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T). In addition to serving as Papers Co-Chair for ASIS&T 2021, she has previously served as Communications Officer of the ASIS&T Special Interest Group SIG-USE (Information Needs, Seeking, and Use), and is currently Chair-Elect of SIG-USE. In terms of this involvement, her priorities include the study of information behavior using diverse methods and perspectives; to increase communication and exchange between academicians, practitioners, and others; and to increase opportunities for junior scholars and researchers to contribute and play their roles to shape the future.

Awards

  • Excellence in Teaching Award in Biomedical and Health Informatics - Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, 2020-2021
  • Excellence in Teaching Award in Biomedical and Health Informatics - Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, 2018-2019
  • Best articles published in 2018 in the ‘Consumer Health Informatics and Education’ subfield of medical informatics - 2019 International Medical Informatics Association (IMIA) Yearbook of Medical Informatics, 2019
  • Excellence in Teaching Award in Biomedical and Health Informatics - Department of Biomedical Informatics and Medical Education, University of Washington, 2015-2016
  • Doctoral Symposium (invited) - Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), 2014
  • Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction (SBP) Travel Award - National Science Foundation, 2014
  • Student Research Workshop Travel Award - Association for Computational Linguistics, 2014
  • Louis Round Wilson Fellowship - UNC-Chapel Hill Libraries, 2013
  • Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction (SBP) Travel Award - National Science Foundation, 2013
  • Computational Models of Narrative Workshop Travel Award - European Association for Digital Humanities, 2012
  • Future Faculty Fellowship Program - University of North Carolina, 2012
  • Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction (SBP) Travel Award - National Science Foundation, 2012
  • Lester Asheim Fellowship - UNC School of Library and Information Science, 2010-2011
  • Kalp Fellowship - University of North Carolina, 2009-2010
  • Chancellor’s Scholar - University of California Berkeley, 1992-1994
  • National Honor Society in Psychology - National Honor Society, 1992-1994
  • Beta Phi Mu - Beta Phi Mu (International Library & Information Studies Honor Society), 2009

Publications and Contributions

  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Affect, cognition, and information behavior in the context of fibromyalgia (2022)
    Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology Author: Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    A step towards real-world population screening for hereditary cancer and hypercholesterolemia (2021)
    ASHG 2021 Authors: B. H. Shirts, N. Rao, J. Huey, S. Coe, DE. Tsinajinnie, J. Kaganovsky, G. J. Jarvik, S. M. Fullerton, Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Determining the prevalence of cannabis, tobacco, and vaping device mentions in online communities using natural language processing (2021)
    Drug and Alcohol Dependence Authors: M. Hu, R. Benson, Annie T Chen, S.-H. Zhu, M. Conway
  • Conference Paper
    Investigating information and support interaction patterns in an online health community (2021)
    ASIS&T SIG-USE Symposium 2021 Authors: B. Chen, S. Ge, O. Zaslavksy, Annie T Chen
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Online communities and social networks: Considering human factors and patient ergonomics (2021)
    The Patient Factor: A Handbook on Patient Ergonomics Authors: Annie T Chen, A. Park, A. L. Hartzler
  • Conference Paper
    Population genetic screening: What are the psychosocial impacts? (2021)
    ASHG 2021 Authors: N. D. Rao, S. Coe, J. Huey, S. M. Fullerton, Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Promoting problem solving about health management: A mixed-methods pilot evaluation of a digital health intervention for older adults with pre-frailty and frailty (2021)
    Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine Authors: Annie T Chen, F. Chu, A. K. Teng, S. Han, S.-Y. Lin, G. Demiris, O. Zaslavsky
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Reactions to COVID-19, information and technology use, and social connectedness among older adults with pre-frailty and frailty (2021)
    Geriatric Nursing Authors: Annie T Chen, S. Ge, S. Cho, A. K. Teng, F. Chu, G. Demiris, O. Zaslavsky
  • Conference Paper
    Reflexivity in issues of scale and representation in a digital humanities project (2021)
    IEEE VIS 2021 Authors: Annie T Chen, C. L. Cole
  • Conference Paper
    The influence of familiarity with digital tools on user experience and perspective in the digital humanities (2021)
    Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) 2021 Authors: J. Du, C. Yuen, M. Slaughter, Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Attitudes, provider and treatment selection of complementary and integrative health among individuals with pain-related conditions (2020)
    Complementary Therapies in Medicine Authors: Annie T Chen, M. G. Flaherty, M. Threats
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Challenges and benefits of an Internet-based intervention with a peer support component for older adults with depression: A qualitative analysis of textual data (2020)
    Journal of Medical Internet Research Authors: Annie T Chen, K. Slattery, K. Tomasino, L. R. Bardsley, C. Rubanovich, D. Mohr
  • Conference Paper
    Collaborative use of social media and consumer genetic genealogy networks to connect people with the same genetic variant and encourage enhanced cascade testing (2020)
    24th Annual Meeting of the Collaborative Group of the Americas on Inherited Gastrointestinal Cancer Authors: B. H. Shirts, N. D. Rao, J. Huey, S. Coe, D. J. Bowen, S. M. Fullerton, J. A. Stoddard, J. N. Crandell, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Emotional dysregulation, depression, and functional impairment at baseline and 6-month follow up in youth admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for aggression or depression (2020)
    American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 2020 Authors: J. Bowen, A. Klaich, C. Rockhill, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Examination of heart rate variability among psychiatric youth inpatients utilizing a technology-based Social Emotional Learning biofeedback intervention in an inpatient setting: data collection and analysis challenges, initial results and next steps (2020)
    AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference 2020 Authors: Annie T Chen, M. Ornelas-Mendoza, C. Rockhill
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Exploring relatives' perceptions of participation, ethics, and communication in a patient-driven familial genetics study (2020)
    Journal of Genetic Counseling Authors: G. Tsai, Annie T Chen, L. T. Garrett, D. J. Bowen, W. Burke, B. H. Shirts
  • Conference Paper
    Facilitating family communication about genetic testing through ConnectMyVariant, an educational website: Development and preliminary usability assessment (2020)
    AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference 2020 Authors: C. Ng, B. H. Shirts, Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Factors in the building of effective patient-provider relationships in the context of fibromyalgia (2020)
    Pain Medicine Authors: Annie T Chen, A. Swaminathan
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Investigating the attitudes of adolescents and young adults towards JUUL: A computational study using Twitter data (2020)
    JMIR Public Health and Surveillance Authors: R. Benson, M. Hu, Annie T Chen, S. Nag, S.-H. Zhu, M. Conway
  • Conference Paper
    Involving stakeholders in the design of an interactive guide for patients with advanced cancer (2020)
    Clinical Informatics Conference 2020 Authors: R. S. Sharma, S. Tsui, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Piloting the use of consumer genetic genealogy networks for cascade screening (2020)
    American Society of Human Genetics. Virtual meeting October 27-30, 2020 Authors: B. H. Shirts, Annie T Chen, C. Ng, J. Huey, N. D. Rao, A. Coffin, D. J. Bowen, S. M. Fullerton, J. Daker, O. Fordiani, C. M. Oldroyd, J. A. Stoddard, J. N. Crandell
  • Conference Paper
    Satisfaction of patients and implementers utilizing technology-based Social Emotional Learning interventions in a youth inpatient psychiatric setting (2020)
    AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference 2020 Authors: J. Bowen, A. Klaich, Annie T Chen, C. Rockhill
  • Conference Paper
    Tracking the evolving relationship between tobacco, marijuana, and e-cigarettes using Reddit. Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (2020)
    Was accepted and scheduled to be presented but cancelled due to COVID-19 Authors: M. Conway, M. Hu, R. Benson, S.-H. Zhu, Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    A multi-faceted approach to characterizing user behavior and experience in a digital mental health intervention (2019)
    Journal of Biomedical Informatics Authors: Annie T Chen, S. Wu, K. N. Tomasino, E. G. Lattie, D. C. Mohr
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Behavioral change features in mobile health interventions for older adults: A scoping review (2019)
    Research in Gerontological Nursing Authors: I. Roopswarang, Annie T Chen, O. Zaslavsky
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Evaluating visual analytics for health informatics applications: A systematic review from the AMIA VIS working group task force on evaluation (2019)
    Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association Authors: D.T.Y. Wu, Annie T Chen, J. D. Manning, G. Levy-Fix, D. Gotz
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Examining the experience of work in the case of fibromyalgia: Gaps and recommendations for future research (2019)
    International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion Authors: Annie T Chen, H. Carpenter, M. G. Flaherty
  • Conference Paper
    Grounding users in interpretive acts: Lessons learned in the iterative design of a digital collection (2019)
    Visualization for the Digital Humanities, co-located with IEEE VIS 2019 Authors: Annie T Chen, M. Raza, Y. Gazula, D. Huang, J. Mendoza, W. G. Andrews
  • Conference Paper
    Impact of familial communication on relatives in patient-driven studies for reclassification of variants of uncertain significance (2019)
    Annual Clinical Genetics Meeting Authors: G. J. Tsai, Annie T Chen, L. T. Garrett, W. Burke, D. J. Bowen, B. H. Shirts
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Incorporating user feedback in the design of a genetics analysis tool: A two-part approach (2019)
    Journal of Biomedical Informatics Authors: A. Swaminathan, B. H. Shirts, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Mapping user trajectories: Using participant flows to examine behavior and outcomes in digital health intervention data (2019)
    Visual Analytics in Healthcare Workshop, co-located with IEEE VIS 2019 Authors: Annie T Chen, J. H. Chang, S. Hallinan, D. C. Mohr
  • Conference Paper
    Re-designing the Svoboda diaries: A user-centered approach (2019)
    Canadian Society for Digital Humanities / Société Canadienne des Humanités Numériques (CSDH / SCHN) Congress 2019 Authors: Annie T Chen, W. Andrews, Y. Gazula, C. Liu, J. Wang
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Understanding user experience: Exploring participants’ messages with an online behavioral health intervention for adolescents with chronic pain (2019)
    Journal of Medical Internet Research Authors: Annie T Chen, A. Swaminathan, W. R. Kearns, N. M. Alberts, E. F. Law, T. M. Palermo
  • Conference Paper
    Usability of an online discussion platform: Development of a coding scheme (2019)
    2019 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting Authors: S. Han, A. Teng, S.-Y. Lin, F. Chu, G. Demiris, O. Zaslavsky, Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Using an innovative discussion platform to give voice to aging-related experiences: A pilot study (2019)
    Journal of Gerontological Nursing Authors: A. Teng, S. Han, S.-Y. L., G. Demiris, O. Zaslavsky, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Virtual Online Communities for Aging Life Experience (VOCALE) (2019)
    International Conference on Frailty & Sarcopenia Research (ICFSR 2019) Authors: O. Zaslavsky, Annie T Chen, A. Teng, S.-Y. Lin, S. Han, G. Demiris
  • Conference Paper
    Virtual online communities for aging life experience (VOCALE) approach: Pilot studies (2019)
    2019 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting Authors: O. Zaslavsky, Annie T Chen, A. Teng, S.-Y. Lin, S. Han, F. Chu, G. Demiris
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Visualization model validation via inline replication (2019)
    Information Visualization Authors: D. Gotz , W. Wang, Annie T Chen, D. Borland
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Characterizing websites that provide information about complementary and integrative health: Systematic search and evaluation of five domains (2018)
    Interactive Journal of Medical Research Authors: Annie T Chen, L. Taylor-Swanson, R. W. Buie, A. Park, M. Conway
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Examining thematic similarity, difference, and membership in three online mental health communities from Reddit: A text mining and visualization approach (2018)
    Computers in Human Behavior Authors: A. Park, M. Conway, Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Timelines and interactive visualizations: Complementary visual elicitation techniques for exploring illness journeys (2018)
    International Journal of Qualitative Methods Author: Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Treatment engagement as a predictor of outcomes in an Internet-delivered cognitive behavioral program for pediatric chronic pain (2018)
    Internet Interventions Authors: N. M. Alberts, E. F. Law, Annie T Chen, L. M. Ritterband, T. M. Palermo
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    A constant conversation: Tuning into and harmonizing the needs and priorities of the body and mind (2017)
    International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Health and Well-being Authors: Annie T Chen, S. J. Kaplan, R. M. Carriere
  • Conference Paper
    De-constructing the co-construction: researcher stance, the nature of data, and community building in an online participatory platform to create a knowledge repository (2017)
    ASIS&T 2017 Annual Meeting Authors: S. J. Kaplan, R. M. Carriere, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Tagging for justice: Challenging hegemonic object description through participatory metadata creation (2017)
    Humanities, Arts, Science, and Technology Alliance and Collaboratory (HASTAC) 2017 Authors: P. Lach, Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    The user knows what to call it: Incorporating patient voice through user-contributed tags on a participatory platform about health management (2017)
    Journal of Medical Internet Research Authors: Annie T Chen, R. M. Carriere, S. J. Kaplan
  • Conference Paper
    User-centered design of a Delphi Method-based tool for collaborative genetic variant interpretation (2017)
    American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA), Nov. 4th-8th, 2017 Authors: W. H. Liang, B. de Veer, D. M. Korngiebel, Annie T Chen, G. P. Jarvik, P. Tarczy-Hornoch, D. R. Crosslin
  • Conference Paper
    CHAI: A Visual interface for examining subject matter similarities across intervention chat message histories (2016)
    AMIA Annual Symposium 2016 Authors: Annie T Chen, W. R. Kearns, E. F. Law, N. M. Alberts, T. M. Palermo
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Exploring collective tagging as a mechanism to elicit language about health management (2016)
    ASIS&T Annual Meeting Authors: Annie T Chen, R. Carriere, S. J. Kaplan, K. Cohlt , O. T. Morey, M. G. Flaherty, G. B. Moster, S. L. Slager, C. Price
  • Conference Paper
    Supporting discovery through contextual representation: Developing a tool for visually exploring slave narratives (2016)
    2016 Workshop on Visualization for the Digital Humanities Authors: Annie T Chen, J. Martell, P. Lach
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    The relationship between health management and information behavior over time: A study of the illness journeys of people living with fibromyalgia (2016)
    Journal of Medical Internet Research Author: Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Topic visualization of online cancer discussion forums (2016)
    AMIA Annual Symposium 2016 Authors: J. Qu, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Using interactive visual analytics to facilitate sense-making about health-related online discussions (2016)
    International Society for Research on Internet Interventions 2016 Authors: Annie T Chen, S.-H. Zhu, M. Conway
  • Book, Chapter in Scholarly Book-New
    Visual analytics for healthcare (2015)
    Healthcare Data Analytics Authors: D. Gotz, J. Caban, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    An investigation of the effects of awareness and task orientation on collaborative search (2014)
    ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting Authors: Annie T Chen, R. Capra, W. Wu
  • Conference Paper
    Combining text mining and data visualization techniques to understand consumer experiences of electronic cigarettes and hookah in online forums (2014)
    ISDS 2014 Authors: Annie T Chen, S.-H. Zhu, M. Conway
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Contexts of diffusion: Adoption of research synthesis in social work and women’s studies (2014)
    Social Computing, Behavioral-Cultural Modeling and Prediction. SBP 2014 Authors: L. Sheble, Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Needs and expectations in a tool for exploring slave narratives: A survey of prospective users (2014)
    ASIS&T 2014 Annual Meeting Authors: Annie T Chen, P. Lach
  • Conference Paper
    Text mining and visualization to explore ecigarette and hookah-related social media (2014)
    Workshop on Visual Analytics in Healthcare 2014 Authors: Annie T Chen, S.-H. Zhu, M. Conway
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    What’s in a virtual hug? – A transdisciplinary review of methods in online health discussion forum research (2014)
    Library and Information Science Research Author: Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Cardiac rehabilitation referral: An information gap (2013)
    iConference 2013 Authors: C. J. Gollop, Annie T Chen, W Wu
  • Conference Paper
    Patient experience in online support forums: Modeling interpersonal interactions and medication use (2013)
    Association for Computational Linguistics Student Research Workshop Author: Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    Searcher actions in an asynchronous collaborative search system (2013)
    ASIS&T 2013 Annual Meeting Authors: R. Capra, Annie T Chen, E. MacArthur, N. Davis
  • Conference Paper
    Using topic modeling and network visualization to explore patient experiences (2013)
    Visual Analytics in Healthcare Workshop 2013 Authors: Annie T Chen, L. Sheble, G. Eichler
  • Conference Paper
    Design and evaluation of a system to support collaborative search (2012)
    ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting Authors: R. Capra, Annie T Chen, K. Hawthorne, J. Arguello, L. Shaw, G. Marchionini
  • Conference Paper
    Information and emotion in online health-related discussions: Visualizing connections and causal chains (2012)
    Medicine 2.0 Author: Annie T Chen
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Information seeking over the course of illness: The experience of people with fibromyalgia (2012)
    Musculoskeletal Care Author: Annie T Chen
  • Conference Paper
    On the road towards developing a publicly available corpus of de-identified clinical texts (2012)
    AMIA 2012 Annual Symposium Authors: B. R. South, D. L. Mowery, O. F. Escamez, S. Shen, Y. Suo, M. Zhang, L. Wang, Annie T Chen, S. M. Meystre, W. Chapman
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    People, places and emotions: Visually grasping historical context in oral testimonies (2012)
    2012 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative Authors: Annie T Chen, A. Yoon, R. Shaw
  • Conference Paper
    ResultsSpace: An experimental collaborative search environment (2012)
    ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting Authors: R. Capra, Annie T Chen, K. Hawthorne, J. Arguello
  • Conference Paper
    The ResultsSpace collaborative search environment (2012)
    12th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries Authors: R. Capra, J. Arguello, Annie T Chen, K. Hawthorne, G. Marchionini, L. Shaw
  • Conference Paper
    A web-based platform to support text mining of clinical reports for public health surveillance (2011)
    International Society for Syndromic Surveillance ‘2011 Authors: Annie T Chen, W. W. Chapman, M. Conway, B. E. Chapman
  • Conference Paper
    Counselor preferences of White university students: Ethnicity and other characteristics (2011)
    American Counseling Association Authors: Y.-Y. Lin, Annie T Chen, J. F. Diambra
  • Journal Article, Academic Journal
    Leveraging Reddit to explore the evolving trajectories of cannabis, tobacco, and vaping device users
    Frontiers in Public Health Authors: R. Benson, M. Hu, Annie T Chen, S.-H. Zhu, M. Conway
  • Conference Paper
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    Gerontological Society of America Authors: O. Zaslavsky, F. Chu, S. Ge, A. Teng, G. Demiris, Annie T Chen

Presentations

  • Considering the Role of Information and Context in Promoting Health-related Behavioral Change (2023)
    86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology - Novotel London West, London, UK
  • Evaluating the Value of Exploratory Tools in Digital Humanities Collections and Scholarly Projects: Discussions from Researchers, Developers, and Users’ Perspectives (2023)
    86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology - Novotel London West, London, UK
  • Exploring Collaborative Interpretive Practice - sponsored by SIG-AH and SIG USE (2023)
    86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology - Novotel London West, London, UK
  • Performance and Organizational Characteristics of Analytics Teams in Healthcare and Population Health: Methods and Preliminary Observations (2023)
    86th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology - Novotel London West, London, UK