About the Organizers

Juan Fernando Maestre is a PhD candidate in Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington. His research applies novel methods to recruit and conduct research with stigmatized populations such as people living with HIV and those living with substance use disorders. Ultimately, he strives for a successful integration of novel research methods in order to design and assess the impact of technology-based interventions that support stigmatized, marginalized, and vulnerable populations.

Elizabeth Eikey, PhD is a postdoctoral fellow with the In- stitute for Clinical and Translational Science and the Health and Informatics Lab in the Department of Informatics at the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and serves as a Research Advisor for the iSchool Inclusion Institute (i3) at the University of Pittsburgh. Her research broadly focuses on understanding and designing technology to support and promote mental health and well-being. This involves studying perceptions, use, and effects of mobile health applications, self-tracking devices, social media, online communities, and health interventions. Her current work investigates how to put users’ psychological and emotional needs at the forefront of technology design by working with different populations, such as immigrant students with depression and individuals with eating disorders.

Mark Warner is a PhD candidate at the University College London Interaction Centre (UCLIC) and a Marie Skłodowska- Curie fellow in the Privacy&Us ITN (www.privacyus.eu). His research focuses on understanding the impact of introducing HIV status information into online sex-social environments used by men who have sex with men (MSM). He is exploring issues related to privacy and disclosure, identity management, and stigma to understand how diagnosed individuals manage the disclosure of their HIV status within these environments. Prior to joining UCLIC, Mark worked in Digital Forensics for various law enforcement and govern- ment agencies in the UK and the Middle East.

Jessica Pater is a PhD candidate in the Human Centered Computing program at Georgia Tech. Her studies focus on how social computing technologies can impact everyday wellness and behavior. She is specifically interested in how technology use and participation in online communities impact social and emotional health, especially as it relates to eating disorders and self-harm.

Maia Jacobs, PhD is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Center for Research on Computation and Society at Harvard University. Her research involves the development and assessment of novel approaches for mobile health tools to support chronic disease management. Her recent work focuses on connecting patients in rural communities with personalized health information, and assessing the influence of personalized and adaptive mHealth systems on patient barriers to care.

Svetlana “Lana” Yarosh, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science Engineering at University of Minnesota. Her research in HCI focuses on enhancing social relationships in critical contexts. Lana has spent the past five years designing and evaluating supportive technologies with people in recovery from substance use disorders (e.g., addiction, alcoholism).

Gabriela Marcu, PhD is an Assistant Professor in the University of Michigan School of Information. She studies how stigma and marginalization affects the use of technology-based health interventions, and engages individuals in participatory design to address these barriers with human-centered design. She has worked with a range of populations, including communities at risk for opioid overdose, children with behavior disorders, and adults receiving outpatient treatment for bipolar disorder.

Patrick C. Shih, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Informatics in the School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington. His research focuses on the study of sociotechnical systems and mechanisms to enhance physical and mental well being and to facilitate civic engagement and environmental stewardship. His current research focuses on leveraging the awareness of individual and community activities embedded in sensor technologies, smart devices, social media, and online fo- rums in the design, prototyping, and deployment of novel personal health informatics interfaces and civic engagement platforms.