Terika McCall, PhD, MPH, MBA
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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
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Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
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Assistant Professor of Biostatistics (Health Informatics)
Affiliated Faculty, Yale Institute for Global Health
Biography
Dr. Terika McCall is an Assistant Professor in the Biostatistics Department (Health Informatics Division) at the Yale School of Public Health, secondary faculty at the Yale School of Medicine’s Department of Biomedical Informatics & Data Science , and Director of the Consumer Health Informatics Lab (CHIL) at Yale. Dr. McCall’s research interests focus on reducing disparities in mental health service access and use through technology. Specifically, she examines the use of telehealth modalities to deliver mental health services and resources to communities that are underserved. Dr. McCall’s expertise is in user-centered design and usability testing of digital health tools. She has experience leading multidisciplinary teams in industry and academia in the development of digital health tools, and currently teaches a course on the topic, BIS 640/SBS 640: User-Centered Design of Digital Health Tools at Yale School of Public Health. As Director of CHIL, Dr. McCall provides guidance to faculty and students in the development of digital health tools, such as clinical decision support tools, mobile apps, and wearables for diverse populations.
Appointments
Biostatistics
Assistant ProfessorPrimaryBiomedical Informatics & Data Science
Assistant ProfessorSecondary
Other Departments & Organizations
- Big Data Summer Immersion at Yale
- Biomedical Informatics & Data Science
- Biostatistics
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Consumer Health Informatics Lab (CHIL) at Yale
- Yale School of Public Health
Education & Training
- PhD
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Health Informatics (2020)
- MBA
- Wake Forest University School of Business, Management (2016)
- MPH
- University of Michigan School of Public Health, Health Behavior & Health Education, Certificate in Global Health (2010)
- BS
- University of Florida, Health Science Education (2006)
Research
Overview
Medical Research Interests
Public Health Interests
ORCID
0000-0002-8143-5393- View Lab Website
Consumer Health Informatics Lab (CHIL)
Research at a Glance
Research Interests
Telemedicine
Social Media
Publications
Featured Publications
Toward Community-Based Natural Language Processing (CBNLP): Cocreating With Communities.
Pillai M, Griffin A, Kronk C, McCall T. Toward Community-Based Natural Language Processing (CBNLP): Cocreating With Communities. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2023, 25: e48498. PMID: 37540551, PMCID: PMC10439463, DOI: 10.2196/48498.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricAttitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services and Mobile Technology to Support the Management of Depression Among Black American Women: Cross-Sectional Survey Study
McCall T, Foster M, Schwartz T. Attitudes Toward Seeking Mental Health Services and Mobile Technology to Support the Management of Depression Among Black American Women: Cross-Sectional Survey Study. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2023, 25: e45766. PMID: 37467027, PMCID: PMC10398364, DOI: 10.2196/45766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricMeSH Keywords and ConceptsConceptsMental health servicesManagement of depressionSignificant odds ratioHealth servicesOdds ratioBlack American womenAmerican womenCommon mental health conditionsHealth conditionsBlack womenSelf-administered web-based questionnaireInadequate health insuranceChronic health conditionsMobile health interventionsMental health conditionsCross-sectional survey studyMental health careMistrust of providersHelp-seeking propensityText messagingSMS text messagingDepressive symptomsDepression severityWeb-based questionnaireGreater severityA Socio-Ecological Approach to Addressing Digital Redlining in the United States: A Call to Action for Health Equity
McCall T, Asuzu K, Oladele CR, Leung TI, Wang KH. A Socio-Ecological Approach to Addressing Digital Redlining in the United States: A Call to Action for Health Equity. Frontiers In Digital Health 2022, 4: 897250. PMID: 35924138, PMCID: PMC9339607, DOI: 10.3389/fdgth.2022.897250.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsSocial determinantsNon-medical factorsWorld Health OrganizationHealth outcomesHealth disparitiesHealth equityHealth OrganizationSocio-ecological frameworkPhysical distancing requirementsHealth informationCOVID-19 pandemicLong-term actionLow-income communitiesUnited StatesHealthPandemicDistancing requirementsSocio-ecological approachSpecific groups"It was empowering": Care Pathways a novel culturally informed inspiration card game for community-engaged co-design with Black American women and clinicians
O’Leary TK, Batti V, Dhindsa S, Harikrishnan V, Wilcox L, Woods-Giscombé CL, Bellamy CD, McCall T. 2025. "It was empowering": Care Pathways a novel culturally informed inspiration card game for community-engaged co-design with Black American women and clinicians. In Extended Abstracts of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI EA ’25), April 26–May 01, 2025, Yokohama, Japan. ACM, New York, NY, USA, 8 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3706599.3720056.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe Role of Data in Public Health and Health Innovation: Perspectives on Social Determinants of Health, Community-Based Data Approaches, and AI.
Yelpaala K, Gibbons MC, Vigil IM, Leaño J, McCall T, Opara I, Zink A, Nunez-Smith M, Mukherjee B, Ranney M. The Role of Data in Public Health and Health Innovation: Perspectives on Social Determinants of Health, Community-Based Data Approaches, and AI. J Med Internet Res 2025, 27: e78794. PMID: 41060023, DOI: 10.2196/78794.Peer-Reviewed Reviews, Practice Guidelines, Standards, and Consensus StatementsUsability and adoption in a randomized trial of GutGPT a GenAI tool for gastrointestinal bleeding
Chung S, Giuffrè M, Rajashekar N, Pu Y, Shin Y, Kresevic S, Chan C, Nakamura-Sakai S, You K, Saarinen T, Hsiao A, Wong A, Evans L, McCall T, Kizilcec R, Sekhon J, Laine L, Shung D. Usability and adoption in a randomized trial of GutGPT a GenAI tool for gastrointestinal bleeding. Npj Digital Medicine 2025, 8: 527. PMID: 40825997, PMCID: PMC12361555, DOI: 10.1038/s41746-025-01896-5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricConceptsClinical decision support systemsUnified Theory of AcceptanceReal-world integrationTheory of AcceptanceDecision support systemUnified theoryUse of technologyGenerative AIEffort expectancyDecision accuracySupport systemBehavioral intentionUsabilityDashboardRandomized trialsAdoptionUTAUTUGIB managementUsersClinical traineesSecondary measuresPatient outcomesPrimary outcomeUnifiedGastrointestinal bleeding managementRecommendations for Designing a Digital Health Tool for Blindness Prevention Among High-Risk Diabetic Retinopathy Patients: Qualitative Focus Group Study of Adults With Diabetes
Frimpong A, Granados A, Chang T, Fu J, Moore S, Applebaum S, Adepoju B, Kaur M, Krishnan V, Levi A, McCall T, Nwanyanwu K. Recommendations for Designing a Digital Health Tool for Blindness Prevention Among High-Risk Diabetic Retinopathy Patients: Qualitative Focus Group Study of Adults With Diabetes. JMIR Formative Research 2025, 9: e65893. PMID: 40513002, PMCID: PMC12180678, DOI: 10.2196/65893.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCitationsAltmetricInternet-Based Social Connections of Black American College Students in Pre–COVID-19 and Peri–COVID-19 Pandemic Periods: Network Analysis
Lee E, Kim H, Esener Y, McCall T. Internet-Based Social Connections of Black American College Students in Pre–COVID-19 and Peri–COVID-19 Pandemic Periods: Network Analysis. Journal Of Medical Internet Research 2024, 26: e55531. PMID: 39467280, PMCID: PMC11555443, DOI: 10.2196/55531.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAltmetricHuman-algorithmic interaction using a large language model-augmented artificial intelligence clinical decision support system
Rajashekar NC, Shin YE, Pu Y, Chung S, You K, Giuffre M, Chan CE, Hsiao A, Sekhon J, Wong AH, Evans LV, Kizilcec RF, Laine L, McCall T, Shung D. Human-algorithmic interaction using a large language model-augmented artificial intelligence clinical decision support system. In F. F. Mueller, P. Kyburz, J. R. Williamson, C. Sas, M. L. Wilson, P. T. Dugas, & I. Shklovski (Eds.), Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1–20). Presented at the CHI ’24: CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, New York, NY, USA: ACM.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDesign of personal health libraries for people returning from incarceration in the United States
McCall T, Levi A, Peng ML, Zhou K, Swaminath M, Harikrishnan V, Workman TE, Fooladi H, Saunders M, Foumakoye M, Campbell Britton M, Teng S, Zeng-Treitler Q, Yin Y, Wang EA, Puglisi L, Shavit S, Brandt C, Wang KH. Design of personal health libraries for people returning from incarceration in the United States. In Bui TX (Ed.), Proceedings of the 57th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences 2024; 3676-3685.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
Academic Achievements & Community Involvement
Activities
activity Journal of Medical Internet Research
11/04/2022 - PresentJournal ServiceAssociate Editoractivity International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII)
2025 - PresentProfessional OrganizationsBoard of Directorsactivity ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2024 - 2025Meeting Planning and ParticipationChairactivity ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
2023 - 2024Meeting Planning and ParticipationChairDetailsAssociate Chair for CHI 2024 Health Subcommitteeactivity American Medical Informatics Association
11/04/2021 - 12/31/2023Professional OrganizationsCo-ChairDetailsCo-Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Recruitment Subcommittee
Honors
honor Extraordinary Contributions to Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Award
06/04/2024International AwardThe International Society for Research on Internet Interventions (ISRII)DetailsIrelandhonor Humanitarianism Award in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
07/13/2022Yale School of Medicine AwardYale Black Postdoctoral AssociationDetailsUnited Stateshonor Health Equity Research Award
05/12/2022Yale University AwardYale School of Public HealthDetailsUnited Stateshonor Full Member
01/17/2020National AwardSigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor SocietyDetailsUnited States
News & Links
Media
- Woman wearing eye tracking glasses testing app on iPhone
News
- August 07, 2025
Linking data science and society
- March 24, 2025
Data Scientists Discuss Digital Health Equity at Yale Conference
- June 25, 2024
Terika McCall recognized for inclusive digital health tools
- March 11, 2023Source: Jamaica Magazine
Yale Assistant Professor of Jamaican Descent Fighting to Narrow Digital Health Divide for People of Color