Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences

Overview

Dr. Tyler Wray, PhD is Associate Professor of Behavioral and Social Sciences at the Brown University School of Public Health (SPH). Dr. Wray is a clinical psychologist who studies the effects of technology on health-related behaviors and their determinants. Much of his work involves designing and testing technologies that can encourage healthier behavior, especially behaviors related to addiction. Since joining the faculty at Brown, his work has been continuously funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Wray teaches courses on digital health and innovation at the School of Public Health (PHP1690) and Healthcare Leadership programs (HCL2200), as well as intervention design and related research methods. Dr. Wray's research involves exploring ways to use technology support behavior change by aligning interventions with real-world challenges, extending care beyond traditional clinical environments, and designing tools for implementation and scale. Through this work, he has developed broad expertise in user-centered design research, decentralized and limited-interaction clinical trials, online/social media outreach, product/device commercialization, and approaches to disseminating/marketing digital health products. 

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