Valerie Monaco, PhD, MHCI

Assistant Professor
University of Pittsburgh

Research Interests | Teaching | Grants | Collaborations
Recent Papers & Presentations | Online Inspiration | Resources
Academic Affiliations
  

Department of Biomedical Informatics, University of Pittsburgh
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute

Contact Information

  

[e] monacov@upmc.edu
[t] 412.647.3064
[f] 412.647.5830

UPMC Cancer Pavilion, Room 303
5230 Centre Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15232

Research Interests





  
  • consumer health informatics
  • human-computer interaction
  • process improvement for clinical trials
  • health information access for low-literacy populations
  • information design in personal health records
Teaching

   BIOINF 2112: Methods and Principles of User-Centered Design
Grants










  

A Reading Level Evaluation Engine for E-Health Resources
(NLM:R21 LM 008565)

Understanding Adjuvant Therapy and Clinical Trials: An Evaluation of an Online Synthetic Interview for Breast Cancer Patients
(Komen BCTR113506)

Online Test Results in HealthTrak: Evaluating Patient Communication and Comprehension
(UPMC eRecord Clinical Informatics, Quality and Safety Initiative grant)


Collaborations




   UPMC Cancer Center Model for Early Phase Clinical Trials (S. Jacobs, PI)
Health Information Web Searches by Low Literacy Indiv.(R. Steinman, PI)
Clinical Decision-Making using a Data-Driven Display (J. Harrison, PI)
caBIG Clinical Trials Management Systems (M. Becich, PI)
Human-Computer Interaction Evaluations in Dental Informatics
Recent Publications/
Presentations















   Birru MS, Monaco V, Charles L, Drew H, Njie V, Bierria T, Detlefsen E, Steinman RA. Internet usage by low-literacy adults seeking health information: An observational analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2004 Sep 3;6(3):e25.

Thyvalikakath T, Schleyer T, Monaco V. Heuristic evaluation of clinical functions in four practice management systems. J Am Dent Assoc 2007 Feb;138(2):209-10, 212-8.

Scotch M, Parmanto B, Monaco V. Usability Evaluation of the Spatial OLAP Visualization and Analysis Tool (SOVAT). J Usability Studies 2007 Feb;2(2):76-95.

Thyvalikakath T, Monaco V, Thambuganipalle HB, Schleyer T. Usability evaluation of four commercial dental computer-based patient records. J Am Dent Assoc. (In press)

People/Blogs/Sites that inform and inspire

  

Ben Casnocha
Design Observer
Design Thinking
Brad Feld
Ben Fry
Jonathan Harris

Simon King
Johnny Lee
Paul Levy
Oblique Strategies (more info)
TED
Resource Links
  

ACM Digital Library
BMJ
Health Education and Behavior
JAMIA
J. of Medical Internet Research
Medical Decision Making
Patient Education and Counseling
Social Science & Medicine
BMC Med. Infor. & Decision Making
iHealthBeat
useit.com

A Graduate School Survival Guide
Recent Stanford HCI Presentations
Recent CMU HCI Presentations
PubMed
Peer Review Tutorial
Health e-Technologies
PittCat
Health Sciences Library System
Google / CNN / NYT / M-W

   

last updated: 10.14.08