University of Michigan School of Information

Gabriela Marcu
Biography
Gabriela Marcu studies the role of mobile and information systems in coordination of care for vulnerable populations. Her work has especially focused on applied behavior analysis for children with special needs, and other behavioral and mental health services. She designs and evaluates apps and other technologies to ensure that they fit their intended context of use, through community-based approaches, participatory design, and user experience research.
Areas of interest
Human-centered design; participatory research and design; collaboration of care teams; behavioral and mental health; special education
Honors and awards
Siebel Scholar; Undergraduate Research Mentoring Award, National Center for Women and Information Technology (NCWIT); Early Career Mentor Award, Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR), Math and Computer Science Division
Education
PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Carnegie Mellon University
BS in Informatics, University of California, Irvine