Articles by Valerie Monaco

Valerie Monaco is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Informatics at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds a PhD in Psychology from Indiana University and a Masters in Human- Computer Interaction from Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Monaco's research interests are in the area of user-centered design and consumer health informatics. She is currently the principal investigator of a grant to evaluate the effectiveness of an online Synthetic Interview about clinical trials. Dr. Monaco is also the principal investigator on a project to implement and evaluate a system designed to enhance online health search results for low-literacy individuals.