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Julie Kientz is an Adjunct Professor at the Information School of the University of Washington. She specializes in Biomedical Health Informatics, Human-Computer Interaction, and User-Centered Design. Her primary research interests focus on understanding and reducing user burdens in interactive technologies for health design and future applications. She has developed and evaluated various mobile, sensor, and social applications helping individuals with sleep disorders, assisting parents of young children in tracking developmental progress, and aiding individuals with visual impairments, among other topics. Dr. Kientz received her Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2008 and a B.S. in Computer Science & Engineering from the University of Toledo in 2002. She has been recognized with numerous awards including the National Science Foundation CAREER Award in 2009 and was named a Junior Faculty Innovator by her department in 2012. Julie actively participates in organizations such as the Association for Computing Machinery, focusing on accessible computing and human-computer interaction.
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