Aaron Lyon recently met with Tim Hobbs and Maria Portugal from the Dartington Service Design Lab and Nick Axford (Plymouth University and Senior Lab Associate) at the European Society for Prevention Research conference in Ghent #EUSPR19. Dartington Service Design Lab is another great organization working at the intersection of evidence-informed practice and user-centered design across the pond,…
NIMH shined a spotlight on ALACRITY Centers in their recent Science News, sharing how Mental Health Research Centers Forge Collaborations with ALACRITY. The NIMH Division of Services and Intervention Research sponsored a 2-day meeting mid-July in Bethesda, MD, where eight ALACRITY Center Directors shared research strategies, resources, and know-how on ways their centers are organizing themselves to conduct their research. The…
Methods Core co-lead with the UW ALACRITY, Aaron Lyon, Ph.D., has been selected to present at the 12th Annual Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation. His abstract is focused on Advancing the science of intervention adaptation: Integrating human-centered design and implementation science in the UW ALACRITY Center. He is scheduled to present in…
The UW ALACRITY Center interviewed Dr. Jessica Jenness and Dr. Julie Kientz about how to use an asynchronous remote community (ARC) in user research. This vide was based on Dr. Jenness and Kientz’s work in their pilot project to design and evaluate an asynchronous remote communication approach to behavioral activation with clinicians and adolescents at…
Gary Hsieh, Co-P.I. for the ALACRITY pilot “Using Human Centered Design for Technology-Enabled Behavioral Treatment of Depression in Urban and Rural Cancer Centers” recently received a Fulbright Scholar grant. Hsieh will be a visiting professor at the 國立清華大學National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan for the 2019-2020 academic year, where he will collaborate with students and faculty on theory-driven behavior…
Congratulations Julie Kientz, Co- P.I. of the ALACRITY pilot “Designing and Evaluating an Asynchronous Remote Communication Approach to Behavioral Activation with Clinicians and Adolescents at Risk for Depression”. Julie received the University of Washington College of Engineering 2019 award for teaching as a HCDE Associate Professor. Pictured above at the awards ceremony with Dean Michael Bragg and…