Hayoung Woo | Notion

I’m Hayoung Woo, a PhD student in Informatics at UC Irvine. My research explores the intersection of human-computer interaction, AI, and mental health.

I bring an interdisciplinary background in psychology, neuroscience, and HCI from Carnegie Mellon University, Georgia Tech, and NYU, along with applied research experience in healthcare and AI industries (Blue Cross Blue Shield, Interwell Health, UPS, Lark Health).

Currently, I investigate how AI could benefit or harm mental wellbeing in users.

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📝 Publication

Yoo, D. W., Woo, H., Nguyen, C. V., Birnbaum, M., Kruzan, K., Kim, J., Abowd, G., & De Choudhury, M. (2024) Patient Perspectives on AI-Driven Predictions of Schizophrenia Relapses: Understanding Concerns and Opportunities for Self-Care and Treatment. In Proceedings of the 2024 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (Acceptance rate: 26.4%). CHI 2024. [Link]
Yoo, D. W., Woo, H., Pendse, S., Lu, N., Birnbaum, M., Abowd, G., & De Choudhury, M.(2024). Missed Opportunities for Human-Centered AI Research: Understanding Stakeholder Collaboration in Mental Health AI Research. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8(CSCW1). PACMHCI CSCW.[Link]
Dutcher, J. M., Eisenberger, N. I.,Woo, H., Klein, W.M.P., Harris, P.R., Levine, J. and Creswell, J. D. (2020). Neural Mechanisms of Self Affirmation’s Stress Buffering Effects, Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. [Link]

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My selected works from UX Research Projects