Researches informatics tools and solutions, including personal informatics apps and visualizations, leveraging patient-generated data and user-centered design to empower patients in shared-decision making and self-management of chronic conditions.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Publications
Beauchemin M, Weng C, Sung L, Pichon A, Abbott M, Hershman DL, Schnall R. Data Quality of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting Documentation. Applied Clinical Informatics. 2021;12(2): 320–328. pdf
Pichon A, Schiffer K, Horan E, Massey B, Bakken S, Mamykina L, Elhadad N. Divided We Stand: The Collaborative Work of Patients and Providers in an Enigmatic Chronic Disease. Proc. ACM HCI. 2020;4(CSCW3): Article 261. pdf
Ensari I, Pichon A, Lipsky-Gorman S, Bakken S, Elhadad, N. Augmenting the Clinical Data Sources for Enigmatic Diseases: A Cross-Sectional Study of Self-Tracking Data and Clinical Documentation in Endometriosis. Applied Clinical Informatics. 2020;11(5), 769–784. pdf
Cho H, Powell D, Pichon A, Kuhns L, Garofalo R, Schnall R. Eye-tracking retrospective think-aloud as a novel approach for a usability evaluation. International Journal of Medical Informatics. 2019;129: 366-373. pdf
Cho H, Powell D, Pichon A, Thai J, Bruce J, Kuhns L, Garofalo R, Schnall R. A mobile health intervention for HIV prevention among racially and ethnically diverse young men: usability evaluation. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth. 2018;6(9):e11450.
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Schnall R, Cho H, Mangone A, Pichon A, Jia H. Mobile health technology for improving symptom management in low-income persons living with HIV. AIDS and Behavior. 2018;22(10): 3373-3383.
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Manuscripts Under Review
Pichon A, Idnay B , Marder K, Schnall R, Weng C. Cognitive Function Characterization Using Electronic Health Records Notes. [submitted to AMIA 2021 Annual Symposium] [note: co first authors AP, BI]
Pichon A, Jackman K, Winkler I, Bobel C, Elhadad N. The Messiness of the Menstruator and their Needs: Characterizing the Personas and Functionalities of Menstrual Trackers. [submitted to JAMIA special issue Informatics for Sex- and Gender-Related Health: Understanding the problems, developing new methods, and designing new solutions]
Presentations
Pichon A, Houterloot M, Schiffer K, Horan E, Elhadad N. Get on the same page: negotiating and aligning knowledge and expectations between patients and providers through self-tracking artifacts. Presented at: AMIA Annual Symposium; 2019; Washington DC.
Peer Reviewed Proceedings Papers
Stonbraker S, Cho H, Hermosi G, Pichon A, Schnall R. Usability testing of a mHealth app to support self-management of HIV-associated non-AIDS related symptoms. International Conference on Nursing Informatics; 2018 Jun 6-8; Guadalajara, Mexico. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; 2018;250:106-110.
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Schnall R, Cho H, Mangone A, Pichon A. A mobile video information provider (VIP) for dissemination of evidence from patient-centered outcomes research for improving symptom management. European Federation of Medical Informatics, Special Topic Conference; 2017 Oct 22-23; Tel Aviv, Israel. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics; 2017;244:80.
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Poster Presentations
Schnall R, Pichon A, Scherr T. In-depth interviews to understand the feasibility of using the mLab app for promotion of HIV-self testing in young men. Poster session presented at: Creating the healthiest nation: health equity now. APHA Annual Meeting; 2018 Nov 10-14; San Diego, CA.
Cho H, Powell D, Pichon A, Bruce J, Kuhns L, Schnall R. Usability evaluation of a mobile intervention (MyPEEPS mobile) for HIV prevention among young men. Poster session presented at: Data, technology, and innovation for better health. AMIA Annual Symposium; 2018 Nov 3-7; San Francisco, CA.
Schnall R, Pichon A, Scherr T. Mixed methods feasibility study of the use of the mLab app for promoting the uptake of HIV testing. Poster session presented at: Data, technology, and innovation for better health. AMIA Annual Symposium; 2018 Nov 3-7; San Francisco, CA.
Schnall R, Pichon A, Scherr T. Feasibility of using mobile phone imaging to interpret HIV rapid self-testing results among young high-risk men. Poster session presented at: Connecting systems and people to improve population health. Public Health Informatics Conference; 2018 Aug 20-23; Atlanta, GA.
Schnall R, Cho H, Pichon A, Jia H. Mobile health technology for improving symptom management in low-income persons living with HIV. Poster session presented at: AMIA Clinical Informatics Conference; 2018 May 8-10; Scottsdale, AZ.
Schnall, R, Cho, H, Mangone A, Pichon A, Jia H. Mobile health technology for improving symptom management in low income persons living with HIV. Poster session presented at: Academy Health Conference on the Science of Dissemination and Implementation in Health; 2017 Dec 4-6; Arlington, VA.
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Messeri P, Ball A. Medication adherence support services. New York, NY: Columbia University, New York Health and Human Services Planning Council; 2018. CHAIN Report #2016-1.
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Messeri P, Zabel T, Ball A. Predictors of long-term survival for persons living with HIV: a literature review and empirical study of the New York City CHAIN cohort. New York, NY: Columbia University, New York Health and Human Services Planning Council; 2018. CHAIN Report #2016-2.
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Messeri P, Ball A, Sharma N. Prevalence of non-HIV comorbid health conditions in the CHAIN cohort. New York, NY: Columbia University, New York Health and Human Services Planning Council; 2016. CHAIN Report #2013-6.
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Messeri P, Ball A. Hepatitis C lifetime prevalence and treatment. New York, NY: Columbia University, New York Health and Human Services Planning Council; 2016. CHAIN Briefing #2015-3.
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Messeri P, Ball A. Place of residence and location of services. New York, NY: Columbia University, New York Health and Human Services Planning Council; 2015. CHAIN Briefing #2015-1.
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Frazer S, Howe E, Lelutiu-Weinberger C, Ball A. Feasibility study for LGBT SAINT: serving lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender adolescents in need of treatment. New York, NY: Strength in Numbers Consulting Group; 2015.
Experience
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University
Research Coordinator
Lab: Dr. Noemie Elhadad
Data-powered women's health
September 2018 - September 2019
School of Nursing, Columbia University
Project Manager | Research Coordinator
Lab: Dr. Rebecca Schnall
February 2017 - September 2018
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Junior Programmer
Lab: Dr. Peter Messeri
December 2014 - February 2017
Strength in Numbers Consulting Group
Research and Program Development Assistant
February 2014 - February 2017
Tema General Hospital, Tema, Ghana
Research Assistant
May 2012 - July 2012
Education
Department of Biomedical Informatics, Columbia University
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Lab: Dr. Noemie Elhadad
September 2019 - Current
Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Master of Public Health (MPH)
Department of Sociomedical Sciences | Sexuality, Sexual, and Reproductive Health Certificate
September 2013 - May 2015
University of Miami
Bachelor of Science in Education (BSEd), Exercise Physiology
August 2009 - May 2013
Semester at Sea
Study Abroad
August 2011 - December 2011
Skills & Interests
PROGRAMMING
R | Python | SQL | STATA | C++ | JavaScript | jQuery | Perl | HTML | CSS
SOFTWARE
MySQL Workbench | MS Access | STATA | Qualtrics | REDCap | Lighthouse Studios-CAPI | Dedoose
DATA
Database design and management
Statistical programming
Data management & analysis
Survey design
Data visualization
RESEARCH METHODS
User-centered design
Consumer/clinical informatics app development & evaluation