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University of Washington research center designing usable & engaging behavioral treatment for mental health. Supported by the US National Institute of Mental Health, views may not reflect those of NIMH. #impsci #HCD #mentalhealth

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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Is the innovation you're testing "the thing," or "the stuff we do to help people and places do the thing"? New in @implementsci.bsky.social, from center researchers: a method for telling clinical interventions apart from implementation strategies — and why the answer reshapes your trial.
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
New paper: 8 tips for projects and grants that integrate human-centered design and implementation science, led by Tricia Aung and out now in #ImpSciComms Open access 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Client Challenge
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
At @academyhealth.bsky.social? Come see Alex Dopp and Brittany Blanchard share "Tracking Costs and Fidelity of Applying Human-Centered Design to Evidence-Based Practice Implementation" at tomorrow morning's poster session. (Poster C-30, Monday, 8:00-9:15am, Hall 4AB (Level 4))
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Tracking Costs and Fidelity of Applying Human-Centered Design to Evidence-Based Practice Implementation
Research Objective: Human-centered design (HCD) aligns the design of an innovat...
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
If you are at @academyhealth.bsky.social's Annual Research meeting today, check out "Break It to Fix It: Redesigning Youth Interventions and Implementation In School", in 30 minutes (12:30 PM - 1:45 PM PDT, 609-610 (Level 6, Seattle Convention Center)!
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Break It to Fix It: Redesigning Youth Interventions and Implementation In School
Despite the availability of evidence-based clinical interventions for youth, implementation in school settings continues to fall short, due to misalignment among intervention design, implementation st...
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
New UWAC publication: "Human-centered design of a digital coping intervention for children experiencing post-separation interparental conflict", from Michelle Y. Yang, Sydney M. Parker, Karey L. O'Hara, Colleen E. Sullivan, and Aaron R. Lyon
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Human-centered design of a digital coping intervention for children experiencing post-separation interparental conflict
Children exposed to high levels of post-separation interparental conflict (IPC) are at elevated risk for mental health, behavioral, and academic diffi…
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ImpSci @ UW @impsciuw.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Spots are filling up fast for the 2026 UW Implementation Science Summer Institute! Register soon, and don't forget to tell your friends 📅 ➡️ bit.ly/UWISInstitut... for all the details! #impsci #implementationscience #Seattle #UniversityofWashington @uofwa.uw.edu @uwdgh.bsky.social @uwsph.bsky.social
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Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies @cbits-nu.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Attention #Postdoc researchers and #PhDAward candidates: CBITs is seeking applicants for our NIMH T32 postdoctoral fellowship to begin July 2026 with training in both mental health and human computer interaction Apps will be reviewed December 2025! Learn more: cbits.northwestern.edu/education-an...
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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Digital Mental Health
The T32 postdoctoral fellowship at Northwestern University's Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies offers interdisciplinary training in digital mental health, combining psychological science...
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Congrats to UWAC investigators @smunson.com and @profjayfo.bsky.social, along with lead author @depstein.net, for recognition of the 10-year impact of "A Lived Informatics Model of Personal Informatics”!
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Professor Sean Munson and collaborators recognized with a 10-year impact award at UbiComp 2025
A 2015 paper co-authored by HCDE Professor Sean Munson and colleagues has received the Runner-Up 10-Year Impact Paper Award at the ACM UbiComp 2025 conference. The influential work, “A Lived Informati...
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UW Human Centered Design & Engineering @hcde.uw.edu · 02/10/2025
New from HCDE: Announcing our new Graduate Certificate in Human Centered AI. Learn to build AI systems that are ethical, equitable, and human-first. Courses are in the evenings, in-person, from January through September. Priority application deadline: October 24, 2025. www.hcde.washington.edu/hcai
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Graduate Certificate in Human Centered Artificial Intelligence
Advance your expertise in responsible AI with HCDE’s newest program, starting January 2026.
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Sean Munson @smunson.com · 02/10/2025
@hcde.uw.edu is launching our new human-centered AI graduate certificate in January, with applications open now and a priority deadline of 24 October. Learn more at www.hcde.washington.edu/hcai
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Graduate Certificate in Human Centered Artificial Intelligence
Advance your expertise in responsible AI with HCDE’s newest program, starting January 2026.
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
"Samira Farah leads with faith and community in public health research" - a wonderful writeup on UWAC-funded pilot project led by Dr. Lesley Steinman (@uw-hprc.bsky.social) and Najma Mohamed (Neighborhood House)
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Samira Farah leads with faith and community in public health research - Health Promotion Research Center
Samira Farah, MPH ‘25, leads with faith and community showing how cultural expertise is a strength in public health research.
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
At @myacbs.bsky.social this week? Check out @smunson.com presenting on "Addressing usability to improve contextual fit" of complex psychosocial innovations" in the 3:15pm session in Edgewood this afternoon!
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ImpSci @ UW @impsciuw.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Great #impsci news if you missed out on registering for the 2025 Summer Institute - we're extending the deadline to June 30 to make sure anyone who wants to attend has the time to find funds, given *the state of things* 👀 Details, and to register: bit.ly/3YJEn9x
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
A nice writeup, from the perspective of @uw-hcde.bsky.social, on the impact of our National Institute of Mental Health-funded research in the UW ALACRITY Center.
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HCDE impact: Improving mental healthcare for all Americans with UW’s ALACRITY Center
The ALACRITY Center, co-directed by HCDE Professor Sean Munson, is expanding access to quality mental health care by redesigning behavioral interventions to be more effective and accessible to all Ame...
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
We are pleased to announce our next call for proposals for pilot study applications in support of UWAC’s mission to address obstacles that prevent quality mental health treatments from reaching many people. Indication of Interest Deadline: May 12, 2025 Application Deadline: June 9, 2025
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R03 Request for Proposal (Summer 2025 Cycle) – The UW ALACRITY Center
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
New paper from ALACRITY 1.0, "Applications in human-centered design: Shared-Decision Making for mental health treatment in primary care", led by Katie Tirtanadi, on the tailored design of implementation strategies for shared decision making for Veterans' mental health.
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Applications in human-centered design: Shared-Decision Making for mental health treatment in primary care
Shared Decision Making (SDM) is heralded as a standard for patient-centered care, but implementation of SDM in routine mental health practice has prov…
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 08/03/2025
New paper on how people assemble mental health toolkits from a range of apps and other tools, led by Ellie Burgess and in collaboration with the ALACRITY Center at the Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies at Northwestern.
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Congrats to UW ALACRITY Center leadership team member James Fogarty and all the awardees!
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ImpSci @ UW @impsciuw.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
While this is not a usual year (!!), it is that time when we open registration for the UW #ImplementationScience in #GlobalHealth Summer Institute. Share widely, tell your #impsci friends, and register soon to secure your spot! Learn more about the Institute plus register here: bit.ly/3YJEn9x
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
Have you wanted a research method that combines the interactivity of an interview with the structure and scale of a survey? @smunson.com contributes to an upcoming #chi2025 paper on "Micro-narratives: A Scalable Method for Eliciting Stories of People’s Lived Experience" osf.io/preprints/ps...
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Newly published protocol paper for the renewal of the UW ALACRITY Center: Harnessing Human-Centered Design for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies in Community Settings: Protocol for Redesign to Improve Usability, Engagement, and Appropriateness
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Harnessing Human-Centered Design for Evidence-Based Psychosocial Interventions and Implementation Strategies in Community Settings: Protocol for Redesign to Improve Usability, Engagement, and Appropri...
Background: Although substantial progress has been made in establishing evidence-based psychosocial clinical interventions and implementation strategies for mental health, translating research into pr...
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Sean Munson @smunson.com · 27/01/2025
Upcoming special issue of ACM Health on Human Centered Computing in Healthcare. Rolling initial submissions, until May. dl.acm.org/journal/heal...
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ACM TRANSACTIONS ON COMPUTING FOR HEALTHCARE Calls for Papers | ACM Digital Library
ACM Transactions on Computing for Healthcare (HEALTH) is a multi-disciplinary journal for the publication of high-quality original research papers, survey papers, and challenge papers that have scient...
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UW ALACRITY Center @uwalacrity.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Excited to share our new paper, Human-Centered Design to Enhance Implementation and Impact in Health, published in the Annual Review of Public Health. www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Human-Centered Design to Enhance Implementation and Impact in Health | Annual Reviews
Human-centered design (HCD) is an approach that aligns innovation development with the needs of the people and the settings where those innovations will be used. HCD is increasingly being applied acro...
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