I am an associate professor in Informatics and the ProHealth Director of Graduate Studies at Indiana University – Bloomington.  I am interested in integrating pervasive technologies in health and wellness environments to study how technology affects interventions. My research interests include human computer interaction, ubiquitous computing, and health informatics. Prior to returning to IU, I led the Wellness Innovation and Interaction Lab. (Formal Bio). Preferred pronouns: she/her/hers

Office Hours: Professor Siek is on sabbatical for Spring 2019. If you have questions for the Informatics Director of Undergraduate Studies, please contact Dr. Akesha Horton.

Study and Research Opportunities

• Calling all parents of K-6 graders! We are researchers at Indiana University Bloomington looking for parents to spend 5 minutes participating in a one-time paid research study on children’s handwriting! Follow the link to get started. Contact Katie Spoon at kspoon@iu.edu with any questions. (Link)
  • Have more time? This is another study opportunity for studying handwriting (Link)
• Researchers looking for women (18 and older) who are in their third trimester and have an Apple or Android smartphone. If interested email ckresnye – at – iu.edu
• One funded Ph.D. positions up to 2-3 years to develop toolkits to deploy with older adults in rural, suburban, and urban areas. Potential candidates must be interested in learning quickly or experienced with maker technology (Arduino, BLE and/or wifi). Potential candidates must be willing or experienced in user study facilitation. Candidates are expected to have a U.S. driver’s license or willing to obtain one quickly. Contact Professor Katie Siek with your CV, website with portfolio documenting your experience, and sample of your *own* writing.
• 10 funded Research Experiences for Undergraduates for Summer 2020. Students selected for the 8-week experience will receive travel to and from Bloomington, a $4000 stipend, free room and board, and GRE preparation (if wanted). More information.

Current and Recent Activities

• Awarded National Center for Women in IT Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award (category: Senior Faculty member in research track at PhD granting university) (press release)
• Council member for the Computing Research Association’s Computing Community Consortium (press release) (2019-2021)
• Co-PI with Amanda Lazar (U. of Maryland) on a National Science Foundation funded Toolkits for Aging in Place for Older Retirees (TAIPOR)
• CHI 2020 Health Subcommittee Co-Chair with Maria Wolters (Edinburgh), Madhu Reddy (Northwestern), and Marilyn Lennon (Strathclyde)
• Co-chaired with Tiffany Veinot (U. of Michigan) a CCC CRA funded workshop on Sociotechnical Interventions for Health Disparity Reduction: A Research Agenda
• Principal Investigator of the National Science Foundation supported Research Experience for Undergraduates ProHealth Site (2016-2018; renewed 2019-2021)
• Informatics Researcher for the IU Grand Challenges Precision Health Initiative
• Co-organizer for the Consumer Health Informatics in the Midwest Meeting
• I organized IU SICE’s First School-Wide Fall and Spring Semesters Projects and Research Symposium and the first Informatics SICE PhD Outreach Visit for prospective Ph.D. students.

Education

• Ph.D., Computer Science, Indiana University, 2006
• M.S., Computer Science, Indiana University, 2004
• B.S., Computer Science, Eckerd College, 2000

Professional

• CV (Last Update: 6/2019)
• Need a letter of recommendation?
• Note to Incoming Students

Student Collaborators

• Ben Jelen, M.S. (IU Ph.D. Student, TAIPOR)
• Cassie Kresnye (IU Ph.D. Student, Precision Health)
• Yuxing Wu (IU Ph.D. Student, Precision Health)
• Pallabi Bhowmick (IU Ph.D. Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Susan Monsey (IU B.S. Student, TAIPOR)
• Briana Hollins (IU B.S. Student, Precision Health Project)
• Madison Hallowell (Bates College Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)
• Adileah Smith (U. Indy Student, IU Rural Check-In Project)

Alumni

• Carla Cobb (DePauw University B.S. Student, Precision Health Project)
• Vanessa Pereira, B.S. (2019, IU B.S. Student, Yours is Better Project)
• Haley MacLeod, Ph.D. (2018, Rare Disease Project, Facebook)
• Shayan Khokar, B.S. (2018, IU B.S. Student, Computer Science, Muscle Memory Project, Amazon)
• Olivia Richards, B.S. (Penn State 2019, U. Michigan PhD)
• Samantha Whitman, B.S, M.S. (Arizona State University B.S. 2016, ASU Ph.D. Student)
• Anne Freeman, B.S. (Georgetown University 2019,  Applied Predictive Technologies (APT))
• Mina Narayanan, B.S. (Auburn University 2019)
• Leslie Liu, Ph.D. (PhD U. of Washington 2015, Trunk Club)
• Majdah Alshehri (IU Ph.D. Student, Women’s Health)
• Annu Prabhakar (IU Ph.D. Student, Mothers Information Technology Project)
• Christopher Schaefbauer, Ph.D. (2016, Health Bridge Project, Amazon)
• Swaminathan Ananthanarayan, Ph.D. (2015, Health Sense Project, U. of Oldenburg)
• Danish U. Khan, Ph.D. (2013, Health Bridge Project, InCorta)
• Kimberly Oakes, M.S. (2015, Muscle Memory Project,Adpearance)
• Allison Brown (Ph.D. Student)
• Halley Profita (Ph.D. Student)
• Gerald Pulver (Ph.D. Student, Wardenburg EMR Project, U. of Colorado Anschutz)
• Tuong An (Amy) Le (B.S. 2014)
• Noelle Beaujon (B.S. 2014, Microsoft)
• Mackenzie Miller (B.S. 2013; Raytheon)
• Maryam Gooyabadi (B.S., 2010)
• Alice Chien (B.S. 2015 – Deloitte Digital)
• Miranda Sheh (B.S. 2015 – Ambi Labs)
• Nate Lapinski (B.S. 2014 – SpotXchange)
• Sara Zhang (IU B.S. Student – RightRez, Inc.)
• Erin Leonhard (IU B.S. Student – Qualtrics)

Contact Information

Katie A. Siek, Ph.D.

Pronouns: she/her/hers

Associate Professor

Indiana University
Informatics
919 E. 10th Street
Bloomington, IN 47408 USA

email: ksiek – at – indiana.edu
office: (812) 856-0598
fax: (812) 856-5754
skype: katiesiek

 

My office is located at Informatics East (Connector), Room 260. Parking information is available here.