Nice to meet you! I am Novia.

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I am a third year Informatics PhD student at University of California Irvine, advised by Dr. Madhu Reddy . I study and design digital tools to support collaborative mental health management. My research aims to support adolescents and families, but I have also worked with other populations like older adults and young adults.

Leveraging my background in psychology and product design, I take a user-centric/HCI approach in my research to create engaging, culturally relevant, and need-appropriate digital mental health tools.

Learn More About Me

I'm a researcher.

I hold a MS from University of Michigan in Information Science, specializing in UX Research/Design and HCI, and a BS from San Jose State University in Psychology. Some of my research highlights:

Understanding and Evaluating Cultural Relevannce of Digital Mental Health Tools

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Working with the Asian American adolescent and young adult populations, we conduct focus groups, digital ethnographic research, and participatory design workshops to identify design requirements for creating culturally relevant digital mental health tools.

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Designing Voice-Activated Mental Health Services for Older Adults and Caregivers

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The process includes need-elicitation, participatory design sessions, prototype and software development, and clinical trials. This research is a part of Northwestern University's Center for Behavioral Intervention Technologies (CBITs) and funded by NIMH.

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Evaluating Cyber Security and User Experience of Effective Password Creation

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We conducted interviews, mind-mapping, sysemtatic review, and a survey-based experiment to investgate various aspects of cyber security, including password composition requirements’ effects on users’ recall ability, self-predicted memorability, and perceived security.

Read selected publications: AHFE 2018, Senior Honor Thesis

I'm also a UX designer.

My process involves identifying user needs and iterating design solutions through mixed method user research. I collaborate with product managers and developers to create high fidelity interactive protoypes using Adobe XD and Figma.

NowPow: PowRx, NowRx, CommRx, FindRx

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Researched and designed referral webapps for care providers, case managers, and patients. Referrals focus on social needs.

TechSmith: Hotkeys and Favorites

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Designed new functionalities for a video editing desktop application, Camtasia, including hotkeys and favorites.

Bariatric Surgery Decision Aid

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Researched and designed a decision aid with educational materials on post-surgery life style changes for bariatric patients.

Let's chat!

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If you are interested in working with me or learning about my past/current work, please contact me.

Or, send me an email/message to start a conversation about my crocheting projects and my experience in the sunny state of California!

Email

noviaw@uci.edu

LinkedIn

https://www.linkedin.com/in/novia-wong