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Overview

Sean A. Munson is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research spans multiple disciplines primarily within Medicine and Psychology, with a significant focus on the subfields of General Health Professions, Applied Psychology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Human-Computer Interaction, and Sociology and Political Science.

The scientist's work addresses topics related to Digital Mental Health Interventions, Innovative Human-Technology Interaction, Health Policy Implementation Science, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, Mobile Health and mHealth Applications, Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control, and Behavioral Health and Interventions.

Sean A. Munson has contributed to several recent publications. Notable papers include:

  • "Embracing Four Tensions in Human-Computer Interaction Research with Marginalized People," 2021, published in ACM Transactions on Computer-Human Interaction
  • "Aligning implementation and user-centered design strategies to enhance the impact of health services: results from a concept mapping study," 2020, in Implementation Science Communications
  • "Encouraging Reading of Diverse Political Viewpoints with a Browser Widget," 2021, Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media
  • "Designing the Future of Children's Mental Health Services," 2020, Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
  • "How patient-generated health data and patient-reported outcomes affect patient-clinician relationships: A systematic review," 2020, Health Informatics Journal

Frequent collaborators of Munson include Beverly B. Green, Clarissa Hsu, Kelly Ehrlich, Yoshio N. Hall, and Karen L. Margolis, each contributing to multiple joint publications. This reflects ongoing partnerships in interdisciplinary research projects.

Published work appears regularly in venues such as Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, JMIR Formative Research, Implementation Science Communications, Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media, and American Journal of Hypertension, indicating an engagement with both computing and health-focused academic communities.

Best Publications

  • Unequal Representation and Gender Stereotypes in Image Search Results for Occupations

    Matthew Kay;Cynthia Matuszek;Sean A. Munson

  • It's not that i don't have problems, i'm just not putting them on facebook: challenges and opportunities in using online social networks for health

    Mark W. Newman;Debra Lauterbach;Sean A. Munson;Paul Resnick

  • A lived informatics model of personal informatics

    Daniel A. Epstein;An Ping;James Fogarty;Sean A. Munson

  • Exploring goal-setting, rewards, self-monitoring, and sharing to motivate physical activity

    Sean A. Munson;Sunny Consolvo

  • Social Media Technology and Government Transparency

    John Carlo Bertot;Paul T Jaeger;Sean Munson;Tom Glaisyer

  • Examining Menstrual Tracking to Inform the Design of Personal Informatics Tools

    Daniel A. Epstein;Nicole B. Lee;Jennifer H. Kang;Elena Agapie

  • Presenting diverse political opinions: how and how much

    Sean A. Munson;Paul Resnick

  • A glossary of user-centered design strategies for implementation experts

    Alex R Dopp;Kathryn E Parisi;Sean A Munson;Aaron R Lyon

  • Beyond Abandonment to Next Steps: Understanding and Designing for Life after Personal Informatics Tool Use

    Daniel A. Epstein;Monica Caraway;Chuck Johnston;An Ping

  • When (ish) is My Bus?: User-centered Visualizations of Uncertainty in Everyday, Mobile Predictive Systems

    Matthew Kay;Tara Kola;Jessica R. Hullman;Sean A. Munson

  • Boundary Negotiating Artifacts in Personal Informatics: Patient-Provider Collaboration with Patient-Generated Data

    Chia-Fang Chung;Kristin Dew;Allison Cole;Jasmine Zia

  • When Personal Tracking Becomes Social: Examining the Use of Instagram for Healthy Eating

    Chia-Fang Chung;Elena Agapie;Jessica Schroeder;Sonali Mishra

  • Taming data complexity in lifelogs: exploring visual cuts of personal informatics data

    Daniel Epstein;Felicia Cordeiro;Elizabeth Bales;James Fogarty

  • From Personal Informatics to Family Informatics: Understanding Family Practices around Health Monitoring

    Laura R. Pina;Sang-Wha Sien;Teresa Ward;Jason C. Yip

  • Embracing Four Tensions in Human-Computer Interaction Research with Marginalized People

    Calvin A. Liang;Sean A. Munson;Julie A. Kientz

  • Uncertainty Displays Using Quantile Dotplots or CDFs Improve Transit Decision-Making

    Michael Fernandes;Logan Walls;Sean Munson;Jessica Hullman

  • Use of Human-Centered Design to Improve Implementation of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies in Low-Resource Communities: Protocol for Studies Applying a Framework to Assess Usability

    Aaron R Lyon;Sean A Munson;Brenna N Renn;David C Atkins

  • Encouraging Reading of Diverse Political Viewpoints with a Browser Widget

    Sean A. Munson;Stephanie Y. Lee;Paul Resnick

  • Bursting your (filter) bubble: strategies for promoting diverse exposure

    Paul Resnick;R. Kelly Garrett;Travis Kriplean;Sean A. Munson

  • Aligning implementation and user-centered design strategies to enhance the impact of health services: results from a concept mapping study

    Alex R. Dopp;Alex R. Dopp;Kathryn E. Parisi;Sean A. Munson;Aaron R. Lyon

  • More Than Telemonitoring: Health Provider Use and Nonuse of Life-Log Data in Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Weight Management.

    Chia Fang Chung;Jonathan Cook;Elizabeth Bales;Jasmine Zia

  • A framework for self-experimentation in personalized health.

    Ravi Karkar;Jasmine Zia;Roger Vilardaga;Sonali R Mishra

  • TummyTrials: A Feasibility Study of Using Self-Experimentation to Detect Individualized Food Triggers

    Ravi Karkar;Jessica Schroeder;Daniel A. Epstein;Laura R. Pina

Frequent Co-Authors

James Fogarty
James Fogarty University of Washington
Julie A. Kientz
Julie A. Kientz University of Washington
Paul Resnick
Paul Resnick University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Wanda Pratt
Wanda Pratt University of Washington
Aaron R. Lyon
Aaron R. Lyon University of Washington
Sunny Consolvo
Sunny Consolvo Google (United States)
Mark S. Ackerman
Mark S. Ackerman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sidney Fels
Sidney Fels University of British Columbia
Patricia A. Areán
Patricia A. Areán University of Washington
Shannon Dorsey
Shannon Dorsey University of Washington

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