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UW ALACRITY Center
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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.

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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...
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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October 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
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”!
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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October 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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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
Graduate Certificate in Human Centered Artificial Intelligence
Advance your expertise in responsible AI with HCDE’s newest program, starting January 2026.
www.hcde.washington.edu
October 2, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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@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
Graduate Certificate in Human Centered Artificial Intelligence
Advance your expertise in responsible AI with HCDE’s newest program, starting January 2026.
www.hcde.washington.edu
October 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
"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)
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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August 21, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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!
July 19, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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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
📢 Deadline approaching 📢 Only a few short days until registration closes at 11:59pm Pacific on 31st May for our 2025 #ImpSci Summer Institute in Seattle, WA this August. Find all the details and link to register here: bit.ly/3YJEn9x We can't wait to have you join us!
June 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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.
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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May 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
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
R03 Request for Proposal (Summer 2025 Cycle) – The UW ALACRITY Center
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April 15, 2025 at 11:24 PM
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.
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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April 4, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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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March 8, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Congrats to UW ALACRITY Center leadership team member James Fogarty and all the awardees!
🎉 We're delighted to announce the recipients of the 2025 ACM SIGCHI Awards! Congratulations to these incredible awardees!
February 25, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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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
February 24, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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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February 25, 2025 at 7:55 PM
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
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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January 29, 2025 at 9:50 PM
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Upcoming special issue of ACM Health on Human Centered Computing in Healthcare. Rolling initial submissions, until May.

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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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January 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Excited to share our new paper, Human-Centered Design to Enhance Implementation and Impact in Health, published in the Annual Review of Public Health.

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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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January 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM