Terika McCall
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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 Biomedical Informatics & Data Science Section, 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.
Education & Training
- PhDUniversity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Health Informatics (2020)
- MBAWake Forest University School of Business, Management (2016)
- MPHUniversity of Michigan School of Public Health, Health Behavior & Health Education (2010)
- BSUniversity of Florida, Health Science Education (2006)
Activities
- For Us By Us: Inclusive Design and Considerations for Developing Digital Mental Health TechnologiesPanelist. The goal of this workshop was to set a collaborative agenda at the intersection of technology and mental health to understand where we can complement each other’s efforts, how we can better align our efforts, and where we should make further investments. As a tangible outcome of the workshop, we invited the speakers and the attendees to co-author and publish a report on comprehensive strategies and future directions discussed during the workshop. 2022Microsoft Research Summit Workshop: Rethinking Technology for Mental Health and Wellbeing
Honors & Recognition
| Award | Awarding Organization | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Humanitarianism Award in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion | Yale Black Postdoctoral Association | 2022 |
| Health Equity Research Award | Yale School of Public Health | 2022 |
| Full Member | Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society | 2020 |
Professional Service
| Organization | Role | Date |
|---|---|---|
| ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | Associate Chair for CHI 2024 Health Subcommittee | 2023 - 2024 |
| Journal of Medical Internet Research | Associate Editor | 2022 - Present |
| American Medical Informatics Association | Co-Chair, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Recruitment Subcommittee | 2021 - Present |
| Health Systems Journal | Area Editor, Consumer Health Informatics and Mobile Health | 2021 - 2022 |
| Frontiers in Digital Health | Guest Editor, Frontiers in Digital Health, Special Issue: Digital Health Equity | 2021 - 2023 |
| ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems | Associate Chair for CHI 2022 Health Subcommittee | 2021 - 2022 |
Departments & Organizations
- Biomedical Informatics & Data Science
- Biostatistics
- Center for Brain & Mind Health
- Center for Medical Informatics
- Consumer Health Informatics Lab (CHIL) at Yale
- Yale School of Public Health