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Adela Timmons is an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, where she directs the Technological Interventions Ecological Systems (TIES) Lab. Her research spans the intersection of data science and technology development, focusing on child and family mental health. Dr. Timmons explores how stress, adversity, and trauma can biologically impact emotion regulation and interpersonal relationships. She studies coregulation, which involves understanding how people share physiological and emotional states in real-time. Dr. Timmons employs ambulatory assessment methods to capture complex relational dynamics as they naturally unfold. Her quantitative research specializes in developing software and artificial intelligence models capable of passively assessing psychological functioning in everyday contexts. She is dedicated to creating just-in-time adaptive mobile health interventions using machine learning and wearable devices to enhance mental health outcomes for children, couples, and families. As founder of the digital mental health tech startup Colliga IO, she aims to address disparities in access to effective mental health care through an interdisciplinary approach, collaborating with diverse backgrounds to co-create software that meets community needs. The TIES Lab is also engaged in examining the implications of entrenched bias in AI models and advocates for the implementation of fair-aware practices in psychological research.
University of Texas at Austin • Austin, TX
Research and teaching in child family mental health, including trauma and adversity.
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