Health and Well-Being
Finding, using and managing information to promote public health.
Fields of study include: health informatics; Native health; assistive technology.
Researchers
Current Projects and Grants
Using Passive Sensing to Assess the Impact of Real-Time Discrimination against Women and Underrepresented Minorities in Engineering
Researcher: Anind Dey
Funding: National Science Foundation
Dates: 2020-2023
Autism-Ready Libraries: Early Literacy Services for Autistic Children and Their Families
PIs: Hala Annabi, Michelle Martin, Milly-Romeijn-Stout
Funding: Institute of Museum and Library Services, $476,568
Dates: 2020-2022
An Integrative Measurement of Common Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms Using Passive Sensing
PI: Anind Dey
Funding: U.S. Department of Defense; Carnegie Mellon University; $32,751
Dates: 2020-2022
Trauma in the Library: Symptoms of PTSD Among Staff and Methods for Ensuring Trauma-Informed Care
PI: Karen Fisher
Funding: Institute of Museum and Library Services; $498,081
Dates: 2020-2022
CHS: Small: Computational Modeling of Human Rhythms to Improve Health and Quality of Life
Researcher: Anind Dey
Funding: National Science Foundation
Dates: 2020-2021
Designing a Visual Decision Aid for Shared Decision-Making after Renal Biopsy
PIs: Ari Pollack, Jaime Snyder
Funding: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Disease; $159,042
Dates: 2020-2021
Exploring Physically Distant Technology Access and Assistance to Support Workers in a New Economy
PIs: Chris Jowaisas, Stacey Wedlake
Funding: UW Population Health Initiative; $18,699
Dates: 2020
Analysis to Translation: Accelerating and Tailoring Responses to Student Mental Health
Researcher: Anind Dey
Funding: UW Population Health Initiative
Dates: 2020
UnBIASED: Understanding Biased Patient-Provider Interaction and Supporting Enhanced Discourse
Researcher: Wanda Pratt
Funding: National Library of Medicine
Dates: 2019-2024
CAREER: Visually Encoding Personal Data for Vulnerable Populations
PI: Jaime Snyder
Funding: National Science Foundation (NSF), $123,183
Dates: 2019-2024
A Mobile Sensing System to Monitor Symptoms During Chemotherapy
Researcher: Anind Dey
Funding: National Institutes of Health; University of Pittsburgh; $37,180
Dates: 2019-2021
mHealth in West Africa: Developing an Evidence-Based Psychosocial Intervention Toolkit
PI: Jaime Snyder
Funding: UW ALACRITY Center; UW iSchool Strategic Research Fund
Dates: 2019-2020
Prepare for the IT Workplace Program (PREP for IT)
PI: Hala Annabi
Funding: University of Washington Population Health Initiative, $50,000
Dates: 2018
Visualizing Bipolar Disorder: Exploring the Representation of Personal Data in the Treatment of Serious Mental Illness
PI: Jaime Snyder
Funding: University of Washington Royalty Research Fund (RRF), $34,766
Dates: 2017-2018
Patients as Safeguards: Understanding the Information Needs of Hospitalized Patients
PI: Wanda Pratt
Funding: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), $2,280,239
Dates: 2014-2019