Usability
Assessed through usability evaluation, which includes methods such as heuristic evaluations, usability testing, cognitive walkthroughs, and standardized surveys (e.g., System/Intervention/Implementation Strategy Usability Scale).
Alacrity
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UW ALACRITY Center Featured in HCDE Impact Report
The UW ALACRITY Center is featured in HCDE’s impact report, highlighting how our interdisciplinary team is working to make high-quality mental healthcare more widely available to all Americans. The piece covers several ALACRITY-supported projects led by HCDE researchers — including a digital tool helping adolescents with depression stay engaged in therapy, the SCOPE platform for…
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R03 – Designing a Mental Health Chatbot for Adolescent and Young Adult Cancer Survivors
Principal Investigators: Nancy Lau & Gary Hsieh. Development of a chatbot grounded in Mindfulness-to-Meaning Theory to support adolescent and young adult cancer survivors.
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R03 Request for Proposal (Summer 2025 Cycle)
The UW ALACRITY Center is an incubator for new research and bold thinking in mental health. If you’re an academic who has a big idea, and you’d like to be considered for funding and support from our team, please fill out and submit a Request for Proposal (RFP). IMPORTANT DATES Indication of Interest Deadline: May…
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R34 – Redesigning the Brief Intervention for School Clinicians (BRISC) to Improve Feasibility, Adoption, Reach, and Effectiveness
Principal Investigators: Eric Bruns, Elizabeth McCauley, & Jenna Van Draanen Redesigning implementation strategies for the Brief Intervention Strategy for School Clinicians (BRISC) to improve reach in school settings.
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R03 – Redesign of a Modular Intervention Package for Autistic Middle and High School Students
Principal Investigators: Daina Tagavi & Alice Bravo. Using the DDBT framework to redesign Autism Focused Intervention Resources and Modules (AFIRM) for use in middle and high schools.
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Helen G Haile, MPH
Research Consultant
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Macey Schallert, BA
Research Coordinator Macey was a research coordinator at the UW ALACRITY Center. Her background is in mental health research, primarily focusing on trauma-informed intervention development and implementation. She earned her bachelor’s degree in psychology with honors from the University of Washington. Outside of work, Macey enjoys beach hounding for agates and sea glass, backpacking, crocheting,…
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Center Partners Spotlight: Bjorling and Sonney’s Virtual Reality Research Attracts Media Attention
Teens today are dealing with unprecedented stressors, and over the past decade their mental health has been in sustained decline. Levels of anxiety and depression rose after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Compounding the problem is a shortage of mental health providers — for every 100,000 children in the U.S., there are only 14 child and…
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R34 – Redesigning Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT) to Enhance Impact in Schools
Principal Investigators: Aaron Lyon & Denise Walker. A systematic redesign of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to enhance usability, engagement, appropriateness, and impact in schools.