FACULTY CURRICULUM VITAE

 

Bo Xie, Ph.D.

Professor

The University of Texas at Austin
Email: boxie@utexas.edu

School of Nursing
School of Information

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EDUCATION

Ph.D.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY

(Science and Technology Studies)

2006

M.S.

Peking University, Beijing, China (Psychology)

1998

B.Med. Sci.

West China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu, China (Medicine)

1995

                                   

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing (75%)

Professor                                                                                                             2018—present

Associate Professor                                                                                               2012—2018

 

The University of Texas at Austin, School of Information (25%)

Professor                                                                                                             2018—present

Associate Professor                                                                                               2012—2018

 

The University of Texas at Austin, School of Nursing

Inaugural Director, Center for Healthcare Innovation
and Technology Advancements (CHITA)                                                       2023—present

 

University of Maryland, College of Information studies

Assistant Professor                                                                                                 2006—2012

 

LEADERSHIP TRAINING

The University of Texas at Austin

Executive Management and Leadership Program                                           Spring 2019

 

HONORS AND AWARDS

 

ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR)

Best Short Paper Award                                                                                             2023

 

Dolores V. Sands Chair in Nursing Research Fellow,
UT Austin School of Nursing                                                                               9/2021-8/2024

 

My Health Informatics course was elected for observation                            Spring 2021
for the fifth annual Online Teaching Days (formally known as
Eyes on Teaching) event organized by Provost’s Office, UT Austin

 

Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)                          2020
SIG USE Innovation Award (Long Paper)

 

Academic Enrichment Fund Award, UT Austin Graduate School                        2019

 

Innovative Programs Building Partnerships Award, Aging in Texas Conference, organized by the Texas Association of Area Agencies on Aging, Texas Health and Human Services Commission, and the Texas Association of Regional Councils,

for my Electronic Health Information for Lifelong Learners (eHiLL) program     2019

 

Dean’s Excellence in Research Award, School of Nursing, UT Austin               2018

 

Ed and Molly Smith Centennial Fellowship in Nursing,

School of Nursing, UT Austin                                                                       20172021

 

Fellow, Gerontological Society of America                                                2016present

 

Dean’s Excellence in Research Award, School of Nursing, UT Austin               2015

 

Lee Haig Jamail Fellow in Nursing, School of Nursing, UT Austin        20152017

 

Ed & Molly Smith Centennial Fellow in Nursing,

School of Nursing, UT Austin                                                                       20122015

 

iConference 2011 Best Paper Award                                                         2011

 

Selected and funded to participate in the Summer Institute on Aging Research, hosted and funded by the National Institute on Aging, NIH                                 2007

 

Invited and funded to participate in the 2006 Lifelong Access Libraries Leadership Institute hosted by the Libraries for the Future and the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies                        2006

 

Herman Bouma Award, Foundation for Gerontechnology                      2005

 

Margaret Clark Award graduate student paper competition for the outstanding paper in anthropology and gerontology (Honorable Mention)                               2005

 

Selected and funded to participate in the First Annual Graduate Webshop, funded by the National Science Foundation (IIS-0086143)                                       2001

 

TEACHING GRANTS COMPLETED (all amounts listed are the total amount)

 

2019-2020  Cultivating inclusive classrooms in the Schools of Nursing and Information. Faculty Innovation Center Instructor Learning Community Grant, UT Austin. $2,500. My role: Principal Investigator.

 

RESEARCH GRANTS – FUNDED & ACTIVE (all amounts listed are the total amount)

 

9/30/2022 – 9/29/2024   Tailoring Responses to ADRD Caregivers' InfOrmation wants (TRACO) through human-machine collaboration. National Institute on Aging, NIH. (R56 AG075770). My role: Principal Investigator (Contact) with MPI Daqing He in the School of Computing and Information at the University of Pittsburgh. Total: $561,417.

 

 

RESEARCH GRANTS COMPLETED

 

2020 – 2022  Aging and Health Informatics Conference. National Institute on Aging, NIH (1R13AG067668-01). $49,992. My role: Principal Investigator.

2020 – 2022 NSF RAPID: Trust in public health information during a pandemic (NSF Award # 2027426). National Science Foundation. $194,774. My role: Co-Principal Investigator (PI: K. Fleischmann; Co-PI: M. K. Lee).

2019 – 2021  Improving eHealth literacy and cognitive function in older adults with mild cognitive impairment. UT Austin VPR’s Research & Creative Grants. $10,000. My role: Principal Investigator. (Received automatic 1 year no-cost extension due to COVID-19)

2019 – 2021 Health consumers’ and clinicians’ perceptions of healthcare AI: promoting trust, privacy and shared decision making. Healthcare Technology, Communication, and Privacy Seed Grant, UT Austin Humanities Institute and the Center for Health Communication. $16,944. My role: Co-PI (with PI M. K. Lee and Co-PI J. Ghosh). (Received automatic 1 year no-cost extension due to COVID-19)

2019 – 2021  Privacy Preferences and Values for Computer Vision Applications. UT Austin Bridging Barriers Initiative, Good Systems Theme. $99,966. My role: Co-Principal Investigator (with MPIs D. Gurari and K. Fleischmann). (Requested and approved for 1 year no-cost extension due to COVID-19)

2019 – 2021  Promoting Advanced Care Planning with Persons with Dementia and Family Caregivers: A Feasibility Study. St. David’s Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (CHPR), School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin. Pilot Research Grant. $10,000. My role: Co-Investigator (PI: J. Kwak).

2017 – 2021  Developing an eHealth Tutorial for Older Adults to Use Online Health Resources (R21AG052761), National Institute on Aging, NIH. $425,208. My role: Principal Investigator.

2020               Understanding older adults’ needs for information, services, and social interaction during COVID-19. UT Austin VPR’s Office (with matching funds from the School of Nursing and School of Information). $14,398. My role: Principal Investigator.

2016 – 2020  Boosting Older Adults' Cognition by Training Real-World eHealth Skills (R21AG052060), National Institute on Aging, NIH. $426,127. My role: Principal Investigator. (Closed out in April 2020)

2014 – 2019  Center for Transdisciplinary Collaborative Research in Self-management Science (P30NR015335).NIH/NINR. PI: Kim, M. My role: Co-Director, Innovative Methods & Technology Core.

2015 – 2018  Manual and automatic analysis of patients' values and preferences using Seton's Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS) surveys. Seton Healthcare Family and the UT Center for Health and Social Policy (CHASP). $57,500. PI: Fleischmann, K. R. My role: Co-PI.

2016 – 2017  Values and Preferences in Dementia Family Caregivers’ End-of-Life Decision-Making. Population Health Initiative, UT Austin. $26,243. My role: Principal Investigator.

2015 – 2017  RAPID: Collaborative Research: Ebola-related information obtained by healthcare providers: effects of formal and informal communication channels and organizational structure (NSF#1521089). National Science Foundation. $200,000. My role: Principal Investigator.

2009 – 2016  Community Based Diabetic Care for Korean Americans (STOP-DM). NIH-National Institute for Diabetes, Digestive disease and Kidney (R18 DK08936). PI: Kim, M. My role: Co-Investigator

2011 – 2016  Improving older adults’ e-health literacy with collaborative computer training (R01AG041284), National Institute on Aging, NIH. R01. $898,682. My role: Principal Investigator.

2015 – 2015  Personally identifiable information and human values in patient portals: a systematic review of older adult-oriented studies. Center for Identity, UT Austin. $90,455. PI: Fleischmann, K. R. My role: Co-PI.

2013 – 2014  Developing an eHealth tutorial for older adults to use online health resources. St. David’s Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (CHPR), School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin. Pilot Research Grant. My role: PI. (Co-Investigator: Tom Yeh, Department of Computer Science, University of Colorado at Boulder). $25,000.

2013 – 2014  If You Build It, Will They Come?: Feasibility of an Internet Intervention for Older Ethnic Minorities. St. David’s Center for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Research in Underserved Populations (CHPR), School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin. Pilot Research Grant. My role: Co-Investigator (PI: Yuri Jang, Social Work, UT Austin). $25,000.

2013 – 2014  Improving low-SES older adults’ ability to evaluate the quality of online health information, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, NIH. Outreach Award. $25,000. My role: Co-PI (PI: Yan Zhang).

2011 – 2012  Developing effective H1N1 influenza vaccine risk communication message to improve vaccine uptake among older adults, National Science Foundation ADVANCE Interdisciplinary and Engaged Research Seed Grant Program.

$20,000. Co-PI. (PI: Xialoli Nan)

Products: 1 peer-reviewed journal article, 1 conference presentation.

2011               Bo Xie. Consumer Health Informatics Workshop Award, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, NIH. $6,000. Principal Investigator.

Products: organized 1 workshop.

2010               Bo Xie. Consumer Health Informatics Workshop Award, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, NIH. $6,000. Principal Investigator.

Products: organized 1 workshop.

2009 – 2012  Bo Xie. Meeting older adults’ health information needs through peer computer training: An innovative public library approach to lifelong learning and volunteering in later life, Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS). $387,541. Principal Investigator.

Products: 2 peer-reviewed journal articles, 2 conference presentations.

2009 – 2010  Bo Xie. Collaborative computer training to improve older adults’ e-health literacy: A pilot study, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, NIH. Outreach Award. $40,000 Principal Investigator.

Products: 1 peer-reviewed journal article, 1 conference presentation.

2009 – 2010  Bo Xie. George Washing University Health Information Partners, National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, NIH. Outreach Award. $3,000. Principal Investigator.

Products: 1 peer-reviewed journal article, 1 conference presentation.

2007 – 2009  Bo Xie. Improving older adults’ e-health literacy: A pilot study (2R24HD4104), Maryland Population Research Center grant; NIH $15,000. Principal Investigator.

Products: 1 peer-reviewed journal article, 1 conference presentation.

2007 – 2009  Bo Xie. Promoting health literacy among older adults: Computer training in public libraries. National Network of Libraries of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, NIH. Outreach Award. $40,000. Principal Investigator.

Products: 1 peer-reviewed journal article, 1 conference presentation.

2007 – 2008  Bo Xie. Training older adult patrons of public libraries to use online health information, Community Partners Program grant; University of Maryland, College Park $4,600. Principal Investigator.

Products: 1 peer-reviewed journal article, 1 conference presentation.

2007               Bo Xie. Training older adult to use online health and medical information: The role of public libraries, General Research Board Faculty Summer Research grant; University of Maryland, College Park. $8,750. Principal Investigator.

Products: 1 peer-reviewed journal article, 1 conference presentation.

2005 – 2006  Bo Xie. Center for Research and Education on Aging and Technology Enhancement (CREATE; 1P01AG17211), National Institute on Aging, NIH. Student Pilot Research Grant (through CREATE). $5,000. Principal Investigator.

Products: 1 conference presentation.

2004 – 2006  Growing older in the information age: civic engagement, social relationships, and psychological well-being among older Internet users in China and the United States. National Science Foundation Dissertation Improvement Grant (SES-0431373), $12,000. My role: Co-Principal Investigator (PI: K. Fortun).

Products: 5 peer reviewed journal articles, 5 conference presentations.

 

PUBLICATIONS – Refereed Journal Articles

 

1.    Wang X, Li J, Liang T, Hasan WU, Zaman KT, Du Y, Xie B, Tao C. (in press). Promoting personalized reminiscence among cognitively intact older adults through an AI-driven interactive multimodal photo album. JMIR Aging. DOI: 10.2196/49415

2.    Shiroma, K., Zimmerman, T., Rich, K., Xie, B., Fleischmann, K.R., Verma, N., & Jia, C. (in press). Older adults’ trust and distrust in COVID-19 related public health information. JMIR Aging. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/42517

3.    Tang, A., Kwak, J., Xiao, L., Xie, B., Lahiri, S., Flynn, O., Murugadass, A. (in press). Online health information wants of caregivers for persons with dementia in social media. Sage Open.

4.    De Main, A. S., Powers, D. A., Xie, B. & Choi, N. (2023). Longitudinal associations between mental health and social environment in older adults: a multilevel growth modeling. Aging & Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2023.2220304.

5.    Vazquez, C., Xie, B., Charness, N., Shiroma, K. (2023). Individualistic versus collaborative learning in an eHealth literacy intervention for older adults. JMIR Aging. 6:e41809. DOI: 10.2196/41809. PMID: 36757773. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9951071/

6.    Zimmerman, T., Shiroma, K., Fleischmann, K.R., Xie, B., Verma, N., Jia, C., and Lee, M.K. (2023). Misinformation and COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy. Vaccine. 4;41(1):136-144. PMID: 36411132 PMCID: PMC9659512 DOI: 10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.11.014. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9659512/

7.    Trainum, K., Tunis, R., Xie B., Hauser, E. (2023). Robots in assisted living facilities: scoping review. JMIR Aging. 6:e42652. doi: 10.2196/42652. PMID: 36877560. https://aging.jmir.org/2023/1/e42652

8.    Kelley, M., Lowe, J., Xie, B., Shiroma, K. (2023). Native American elders’ lived experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. International Journal for Human Caring. 27(4): 219-224. DOI: 10.1891/IJHC-2022-0016

9.    Verma, N., Fleischmann, K. R., Zhou, L., Xie, B., Lee, M., Rich, K., Shiroma, K., & Jia, C. (2022). Trust in COVID-19 public health information. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology. 73(12): 1776-1792. doi.org/10.1002/asi.24712

10. Zou, N., Chi, Y., He, D., Xie, B., Wang, Z. (2022). Together they shall not fade away: Opportunities and challenges of self-tracking for dementia care. Information Processing & Management, 59(5). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2022.103024.

11. De Main, A., Xie, B.; Shiroma, K.; Yeh, T.; Davis, N. W.; Han, X. (2022). Assessing the effects of eHealth tutorials on older adults’ eHealth literacy. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 41(7):1675-1685. PMID: 35466732; PMCID: PMC9232984. DOI: 10.1177/07334648221088281. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9232984/

12. Stangl, A., Shiroma, K., Davis, N. W., Xie, B., Fleischmann, K. R., Findlater, L., & Gurari, D. (2022). Privacy concerns for visual assistance technologies. ACM Transactions on Accessible Computing. 15(2): 1-43. https://doi.acm.org?doi=3517384

13. Riley, C., Xie, B., & Khurshid, A. (2021). Challenges encountered in comparing international policy responses to COVID-19 and their effects. Health Research Policy and Systems, 19, article number 134. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-021-00783-1. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8556812/

14. Xie, B., Shiroma, K., De Main, A. S., Davis, N. W., Fingerman, K., Danesh, V. (2021). Living through the COVID-19 pandemic: community-dwelling older adults’ experiences. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 33(4-5):380-397. doi: 10.1080/08959420.2021.1962174. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34365910/

15. Seifert, A., Cotten, S. R., & Xie, B. (2021). A double burden of exclusion? Digital and social exclusion of older adults in times of COVID-19. Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 76(3), e99–e103. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbaa098; PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7454901/

16. Li, J., Maharjan, B., Xie, B., & Tao, C. (2020). A personalized voice-based diet assistant for caregivers of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 22(9). doi:10.2196/19897. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/19897; PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7536606/

17. Xie, B., Tao, C., Li, J., Hilsabeck, R., Aguirre, A. (2020). Artificial intelligence for caregivers of persons with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias: systematic literature review. JMIR Medical Informatics. 8(8). https://medinform.jmir.org/2020/8/e18189/; PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7471889/

18. Xie, B., Charness, N., Fingerman, K., Kaye, J., Kim, M., & Khurshid, A. (2020). When going digital becomes a necessity: ensuring older adults’ needs for information, services, and social inclusion during COVID-19. Journal of Aging & Social Policy. 32(4-5): 460-470. https://doi.org/10.1080/08959420.2020.1771237. PMID: 32507061. PMCID: PMC8855980

19. Radhakrishnan, K., Kim, M., Burgermaster, M., Brown, R., Xie, B., Bray, M., & Fournier, F. (2020). The potential of digital phenotyping to advance the contributions of mHealth to self-management science. Nursing Outlook. 68(5):548-559. Available online 8 May 2020. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.outlook.2020.03.007. PMID: 32402392

20. Wang, Y., Min, J., Khuri, J., Xue, H., Xie, B., Kaminsky, L. A., & Cheskin, L. (2020). Effectiveness of mobile health interventions on diabetes and obesity treatment and management: systematic review of systematic reviews. JMIR mHealth and uHealth (JMU). 8(4). https://mhealth.jmir.org/2020/4/e15400/. PMID: 32343253. PMCID: 7218595.

21. Kim, M. T., Kim, K. B., Ko, J. S., Murry, N., Xie, B. Radhakrishnan, K. & Han, H.R. (2020). Health literacy and outcomes of a community-based self-help intervention: a case of Korean Americans with Type 2 diabetes. Nursing Research. 69(3), 210-218. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7266039/

22. Xie, B., Zhou, L., Yoder, L., Johnson, K., Garcia, A., Kim, M. (2020). Ebola-related health information wanted and obtained by hospital and public health department employees: effects of formal and informal communication channels. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. 14(3): 312-321. doi: 10.1017/dmp.2019.45. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31359854/

23. Kwak, J., Xie, B., Champion, J. D., & Fleischmann, K. R. (2019). Rural dementia caregivers in Southwest Texas: an exploratory study of advance directives and end-of-life proxy decision making. Journal of Gerontological Nursing. 45(9):11-17. doi: 10.3928/00989134-20190530-01. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31211401/

24. Zhan, Y., Kim, S. K., Zhou, L., Xie, B., Li, Y., Wen, B., & Nie, L. (2019). Patient violence and health professionals’ occupational outcomes in China: A time-lagged survey study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. 94(June), 120-130. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30951987/

25. Xie, B., Champion, J. D., Kwak, J., & Fleischmann, K. R. (2018). Mobile health, information preferences, and surrogate decision-making preferences of family caregivers of persons with dementia in rural Hispanic communities: a pilot study. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 20(12): e11682. URL: https://www.jmir.org/2018/12/e11682; PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6305885/

26. Walker, L. O., Sterling, B. S., Becker, H., Hendrickson, S., & Xie, B. (2018). Development and evaluation of a mother-centered toolkit for postpartum behavioral and psychosocial health. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 41(5), 591-599. DOI: 10.1007/s10865-018-9928-5. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/29721812/

27. Xie, B., Berkley, A., Kwak, J., Fleischmann, K. R., Champion, J. D., & Koltai, K. (2018). End-of-life decision making by family caregivers of persons with advanced dementia: a systematic review. Sage Open Medicine, 6: 1-9. URL: http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/2050312118777517; PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5966844/ 

28. Xie, B., Su, Z., Zhang, W., & Cai, R. (2017). Chinese cardiovascular disease mobile apps’ information types, information quality, and interactive functions for self-management: systematic review. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 5(12):e195. URL: http://mhealth.jmir.org/2017/12/e195. DOI: 10.2196/mhealth.8549. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5746618/

29. Xie, B., Su, Z., Liu, Y., Wang, M., & Zhang, M. (2017). Health information sources for different types of information used by Chinese patients with cancer and their family caregivers. Health Expectations. 20(4): 665-674. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5513017/

30. Kim, H. & Xie, B. (2017). Health literacy in the eHealth era: A systematic review of the literature. Patient Education and Counseling. 100(6):1073-1082. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28174067/

31. Walker, L. O., Murphey, C. L., & Xie, B. (2016). Missed opportunities for postpartum behavioral and psychosocial healthcare and acceptability of screening options. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing, 45, 614-624. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/27470179/

32. Walker, L. O., Xie, B., Hendrickson, S., & Sterling, B. S. (2016). Behavioral and psychosocial health of new mothers and associations with contextual factors and perceived health. Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic, and Neonatal Nursing. 45(1): 3-16. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26815794/

33. Lazard, A., Watkins, I., Mackert, M., Xie, B., Stephens, K. K., & Shalev, H. (2016). Design simplicity influences patient portal use: role of aesthetic evaluations for technology acceptance. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 23(e1):e157-61. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4954622/

34. Nie, L., Xie, B., Yang, Y., & Shan, Y. (2016). Characteristics of Chinese mHealth applications for diabetes self-management. Telemedicine and e-Health. 22(7): 614-619. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5824655/

35. Yoon, H., Jang, Y., & Xie, B. (2016). Computer use and computer anxiety in older Korean Americans. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 35(9): 1000-1010. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0733464815570665

36. Radhakrishnan, K., Xie, B., Jacelon, C. (2016). Unsustainable telehealth program: a Texas qualitative study. The Gerontologist. 56(5): 830-840. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26035878/

37. Walker, L. O., Gao, J., & Xie, B. (2015). Postpartum psychosocial and behavioral health: a systematic review of self-administered scales validated for postpartum women in the United States. Women's Health Issues. 25(5):586-600. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26169216/

38. Radhakrishnan, K., Xie, B., Kim, M., Berkley, A. (2015). Barriers and facilitators for sustainability of tele-homecare programs: a systematic review. Health Services Research. 51(1): 48-75. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4722198/

39. Zhang, Y., Sun, Y., Xie, B. (2015). Quality of health information for consumers on the Web: a comprehensive review of indicators, criteria, tools, and evaluation results. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 66(10): 2071-2084. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/asi.23311

40. Watkins, I., & Xie, B. (2015). Older adults' perceptions of using iPads for improving fruit and vegetable intake: implications for using touchscreen tablets for eHealth interventions. Care Management Journals. 16(1): 2-13. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25918772/

41. Xie, B., Su, Z., Liu, Y., Wang, M., & Zhang, M. (2015). Health information wanted and obtained from doctors/nurses: a comparison of Chinese cancer patients and family caregivers. Supportive Care in Cancer. 23(10): 2873-2880. DOI: 10.1007/s00520-015-2651-7. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25855039/

42. Watkins, I. & Xie, B. (2014). eHealth literacy interventions for older adults: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 16(11):e225. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4260003/

43. Watkins, I., Kules, B., Yuan, X., & Xie, B. (2014). Heuristics evaluation of healthy eating apps for older adults. Journal of Consumer Health on the Internet. 18(2): 105-127. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15398285.2014.902267

44. Xie, B., Wang, M., Feldman, R., & Zhou L. (2014). Exploring older and younger adults’ preferences for health information and participation in decision-making using the Health Information Wants Questionnaire (HIWQ). Health Expectations. 17(6):795-808. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5060927/

45. Watkins, I., & Xie, B. (2013). The effects of jigsaw- and constructive controversy-based learning strategies on older adults’ eHealth literacy. Gerontechnology, 12(1), 44-54. https://journal.gerontechnology.org/archives/1957-2128-1-PB.pdf

46. Nellsch, E. R., Walker, L. O., Xie, B., & Vaughan, M. W. (2013). What new mothers’ favorite websites and features tell us about designing Web-based health promotion: a content analysis. Telemedicine and e-Health. 19(11): 875-878. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24053113/

47. Xie, B., Wang, M., Feldman, R., & Zhou, L. (2013). Internet use frequency and patient-centered care: Measuring patient preferences for participation using the Health Information Wants Questionnaire. Journal of Medical Internet Research. 15: e132. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3714005/

48. Nan, X., Xie, B., & Madden, K. (2012). Acceptability of the H1N1 vaccine among older adults: the interplay of message framing and perceived vaccine safety and efficacy. Health Communication, 27, 559-568. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22092270/

49. Chen, Y., Wen, J., & Xie, B. (2012). “I communicate with my children in the game”: mediated intergenerational family relationships through a social networking game. Journal of Community Informatics, 8. 

50. Xie, B., Watkins, I., Golbeck, J., & Huang, M. (2012). Understanding and changing older adults’ perceptions and learning of social media. Educational Gerontology, 38, 282-296. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358790/

51. Xie, B. (2012). Improving older adults' e-health literacy through computer training using NIH online resources. Library & Information Science Research, 34, 63-74. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3358785/

52. Xie, B., Druin, A., Fails, J., Massey, S., Golub, E., Franckel, S., & Schneider, K. (2012). Connecting generations: developing co-design methods for older adults and children. Behaviour & Information Technology, 31, 413-423.

53. Xie, B. (2011). Effects of an e-health literacy intervention for older adults. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 13:e90. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3222191/

54. Xie, B. (2011). Experimenting on the impact of learning methods and information presentation channels on older adults’ e-health literacy. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 62, 1797-1807. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/asi.21575

55. Xie, B. (2011). Older adults, e-health literacy, and collaborative learning: An experimental study. Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), 62, 933-946. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/asi.21507

56. Xie, B. (2009). Older adults' health information wants in the Internet age: Implications for patient-provider relationships. Journal of Health Communication, 14, 510-524. PubMed: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/19731124/

57. Xie, B., & Bugg, J. M. (2009). Public library computer training for older adults to access high-quality Internet health information. Library & Information Science Research, 31, 155-162. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2818317/

58. Alpay, L., Verhoef, J., Xie, B., Te’eni, D., & Zwetsloot-Schonk, J. H. M. (2009). Current challenge in consumer health informatics: Bridging the gap between access to information and information understanding. Biomedical Informatics Insights, 2, 1-10. PubMed Central: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2858407/

59. Piper, D., Palmer, S., & Xie, B. (2009). Services to older adults: Preliminary findings from three Maryland public libraries. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 50, 107-118.

60. Druin, A., Jaeger, P. T., Fleischmann, K. R., Golbeck, J., Lin, J., Qu, Y., Wang, P., & Xie, B. (2009). The Maryland Modular Method: An approach to doctoral education in information studies. Journal of Education for Library and Information Science, 50, 293-301.

61. Jaeger, P. T., & Xie, B. (2009). Developing online community accessibility guidelines for persons with disabilities and older adults. Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 20, 55-63.

62. Kazmer, M. M., & Xie, B. (2008). Qualitative interviewing in Internet studies: Playing with the media, playing with the method. Information, Communication and Society, 11, 115-136. Full text: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13691180801946333

63. Xie, B., & Jaeger, P. T. (2008). Older adults and political participation on the Internet: A cross-cultural comparison of the United States and China. Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 23, 1-15.

64. Xie, B., & Jaeger, P. T. (2008). Computer training programs for older adults at the public library. Public Libraries, 47, 42-49.

65. Xie, B. (2008). Multimodal computer-mediated communication and social support among older Chinese. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 13, 728-750. Full text: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1083-6101.2008.00417.x

66. Xie, B. (2008). The mutual shaping of online and offline social relationships. Information Research, 13(3). Full text: https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ837272.pdf

67. Xie, B. (2008). Civic engagement among older Chinese Internet users.   Journal of Applied Gerontology, 27, 424-445.

68. Xie, B. (2007). Using the Internet for offline relationship formation. Social Science Computer Review, 25, 396-404.

69. Xie, B. (2007). Information technology education for older adults as a continuing peer-learning process: A Chinese case study. Educational Gerontology, 33, 429-450.

70. Xie, B. (2007). Older Chinese, the Internet, and well-being. Care Management Journals: Journal of Long Term Home Health Care, 8, 33-38.

71. Xie, B. (2006). Perceptions of computer learning among older Americans and older Chinese. First Monday, 11. Full text: https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/1408/1326

72. Xie, B. (2003). Older adults, computers, and the Internet: Future directions. Gerontechnology, 2(4), 289-305. Full text: https://journal.gerontechnology.org/archives/301-303-1-PB.pdf

73. Xie, B., & Qian, M. (2000). Phenomenological differences between shame and guilt among Chinese college students. Chinese Journal of Psychology, 32(1), 105-109.

 

PUBLICATIONS – Refereed Proceedings (published in archival proceedings)

 

74. Zou, N., Ji, Y., Xie, B., He, D., & Luo, Z. (2023). Mapping dementia caregivers' comments on social media with evidence-based care strategies for memory loss and confusion. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR) conference. March 19-23, 2023. Austin, Texas. pp. 362–367. https://doi.org/10.1145/3576840.3578313 [Received the Best Short Paper Award. Rates: 53 short papers submitted; 20 accepted (37.7% acceptance rate); 1 best paper award was made (1/20 = 5% among the accepted short papers; 1/53 = 1.89% among all submitted short papers).]

75. Davis, N. W.; Shiroma, K.; Xie, B.; Yeh, T.; Han, X.; De Main, A. (2021). Designing eHealth tutorials with and for older adults. In Proceedings of the 84th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), 58: 92-103. October 30-November 2, 2021, Salt Lake City, Utah. 13 pages. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.439

76. Wang, Z., Zou, N., Xie, B., He, D., Luo, Z., Hilsabeck, R. C., & Aguirre, A. (2021). Characterizing dementia caregivers' information exchange on social media: exploring an expert-machine co-development. In Proceedings of the 2021 iConference (Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 12645, pp.47-67). 21 pages. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-71292-1_6

77. Verma, N., Shiroma, K., Rich, K., Fleischmann, K. R., Xie, B., & Lee, M. K. (2021). Conducting quantitative research with hard-to-reach-online populations: using prime panels to rapidly survey older adults during a pandemic. In Proceedings of the 2021 iConference (Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science). March 17-21, 2021, Beijing, China (changed to online due to COVID-19). 11 pages (pp. 384–393). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-71305-8_32

78. Li, J., Hendawi, R., Pandey, V., Alenezi, R., Wang, X., Xie, B., & Tao, C. (2020). Development and evaluation of ADCareOnto—an ontology for personalized home care for persons with Alzheimer's disease. The 9th IEEE International Conference on E-health Networking, Application & Services (IEEE HealthCom 2020). 6 pages. December 12-15, 2020, Shenzhen, China (changed to hybrid conference due to COVID-19). https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9398979

79. Stangl, A., Shiroma, K., Xie, B., Fleischmann, K., & Gurari, D. (2020).  Visual content considered private by people who are blind. In Proceedings of the ACM SIGACCESS Conference on Computers and Accessibility (ASSETS). October 26–28, 2020, Athens, Greece (changed to virtual meeting due to COVID-19). ACM, New York, NY, USA, 19 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3373625.3417014

80. Davis, N., Gurari, D., & Xie, B. (2020). Quality of images showing medication packaging from individuals with vision impairments: implications for the design of visual assistance technology. In Proceedings of the 83rd Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). October 23-28, 2020, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (changed to virtual meeting due to COVID-19). 10 pages. [This paper was selected for the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) SIG USE Innovation Award.] https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pra2.251

81. Fleischmann, K. R., Xie, B., Champion, J. D., Kwak, J., & Koltai, K. (2018). Human values and end-of-life decision making: results from a pilot study of dementia caregivers. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). November 9-14, 2018. Vancouver, Canada. 2 pages. https://doi.org/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501123

82. Shovkun, M., Fleischmann, K. R., & Xie, B. (2018). Computational social science using topic modeling: analyzing patients’ values using a large hospital survey. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). November 9-14, 2018. Vancouver, Canada. 2 pages. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/pra2.2018.14505501163

83. Simons, R. N., Fleischmann, K. R., Zhang, Y., Gao, J., & Xie, B. (2017). Patient portals and human values. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). October 27-November 1, 2017. Crystal City, VA. 10 pages. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pra2.2017.14505401041

84.  Fleischmann, K. R., Zhang, Y., & Xie, B. (2015). Human values and personal health records. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). November 6-10, 2015. St. Louis, Missouri. 4 pages. Full text: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pra2.2015.1450520100129

85. Zhang, Y., Fleischmann, K. R., Gao, J., & Xie, B. (2015). A systematic review of the literature on consumers’ use of patient portals: preliminary results. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). November 6-10, 2015. St. Louis, Missouri. 4 pages. Full text: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pra2.2015.1450520100142

86. Kim, H. & Xie, B. (2015). Health literacy and Internet- and mobile app-based health services: a systematic review of the literature. In Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). November 6-10, 2015. St. Louis, Missouri. 4 pages. Full text: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pra2.2015.145052010075

87. Xie, B., Yeh, T., Walsh, G., Watkins, I., & Huang, M. (2012). Co-designing an e-health tutorial for older adults. In Proceedings of iConference 2012, pp. 240-247, February 7-10, 2012, Toronto. 8 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2132176.2132207

88. Huang, M., Hansen, D., & Xie, B. (2012). Older adults’ online health information seeking behavior. In Proceedings of iConference 2012, pp. 338-345, February 7-10, 2012, Toronto. 8 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/2132176.2132220

89. Kules, B. & Xie, B. (2011). Older adults searching for health information in MedlinePlus – an exploratory study of faceted online search interfaces. In Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). New Orleans, LA. October 9-13, 2011. 10 pages. Full text: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/meet.2011.14504801137

90. Xie, B., Yeh, T., Walsh, G., Watkins, I., & Huang, M. (2011). Co-designing contextual tutorials for older adults on searching health information on the Internet. In Proceedings of the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST). New Orleans, LA. October 9-13, 2011. 4 pages. Full text: https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/meet.2011.14504801160

91. Yeh, T., Chang, T., Xie, B., Walsh, G., Wongsuphasawat, K., Watkins, I., Huang, M., Davis, L., and Bederson, B. (2011). Creating contextual help for GUIs using screenshots. In Proceedings of the 24th ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST). Santa Barbara, CA. October 16-19, 2011. 10 pages. Full text: http://up.csail.mit.edu/other-pubs/uist2011-sikuli-guide.pdf

92. Xie, B., Wang, M., & Feldman, R. (2011). Preferences for health information and decision-making: development of the Health Information Wants (HIW) questionnaire. In Proceedings of iConference 2011, pp. 273-280. Seattle, WA. February 8-11, 2011. [Best Paper Award] (Best Paper selection rate: 5 best papers/143 submitted papers =3.5%). 8 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1940761.1940799

93. Xie, B., Watkins, I., & Huang, M. (2011). Making Web-based multimedia health tutorials senior-friendly: design and training guidelines. In Proceedings of iConference 2011, pp. 230-237. Seattle, WA.  February 8-11, 2011. 8 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1940761.1940793

94. Chong, E. & Xie, B. (2011). The use of theory in social studies of Web 2.0. In Proceedings of the 44rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Kauai, HI. January 4-7, 2011, pp. 1-10. 10 pages. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5718980

95. Xie, B., Wang, M., Feldman, R., & Zhou, L. (2010). Health information and decision-making preferences in the Internet age: a pilot study using the Health Information Wants (HIW) Questionnaire. In Proceedings of the 2010 ACM International Health Informatics Symposium, pp. 610-619. Arlington, VA. November 11-12, 2010. 10 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1882992.1883090

96. Xie, B., Watkins, I., & Huang, M. (2010). Older adults’ perceptions and use of Web-based multimedia health tutorials. In Proceedings of the 2010 ACM International Health Informatics Symposium, pp. 565-574. Arlington, VA. November 11-12, 2010. 10 pages. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/1882992.1883085

97. Xie, B. & Pearson, G. (2010). Usability testing by older Americans of a prototype Google map Web site to select nursing homes. In Proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Kauai, HI. January 5-8, 2010. 10 pages. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5428382

98. Paquette, S. & Xie, B. (2010). The relevance of elderly technology users in healthcare knowledge creation and innovation: a case study. In Proceedings of the 43rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Kauai, HI. January 5-8, 2010. 10 pages. https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5428503

 

PUBLICATIONS – Book Chapters

 

99. Watkins, I. & Xie, B. (2018). Health literacy. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), The SAGE Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development, pp. 1037-1038. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781506307633.n385

100.         Chen, Y., Wen, J., & Xie, B. (2013). The role of social networking games in maintaining intergenerational communications for older adults. In J. Field, R. Burke, & C.L. Cooper (Eds.), The SAGE Handbook of Aging, Work & Society. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; pp. 401-415. ISBN: 978-1-44620-782-6.

101.          Xie, B., Huang, M., & Watkins, I. (2012). Technology and retirement life: A systematic review of the literature on older adults and social media. In M. Wang (Ed.), The Oxford Handbook of Retirement, pp. 493-509.

102.          Xie, B. (2010). Perceiving an Internet community as a “Utopoa”: Beliefs, norms, and resistance among Older Chinese. In P. Zaphiris & C.S. Ang (Eds.), Social Computing and Virtual Communities.

103.         Xie, B. (2005). Getting older adults online: The experiences of SeniorNet (USA) and OldKids (China). In B. Jaeger (Ed.), Young Technologies in Old Hands – An International View on Senior Citizen’s Utilization of ICT

104.         Caporeal, L., & Xie, B. (2002). Breaking time and place: Mobile technologies and reconstituted identities. In J.E. Katz (Ed.), Machines That Become Us: The Social Context of Personal Communication Technology.

 

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

 

105.         Xu, H., Xie, B., & Change, C.-H. (in press). Empowering the care of older adults through the use of technology. Work, Aging and Retirement. [Editorial for our second of the 2 special issues in this journal]

106.         Chang, C.-H., Xu, H., & Xie, B. (in press). Aging workforce in the context of technological advancements: toward a socio-ecological model. Work, Aging and Retirement. [Editorial for our first of the 2 special issues in this journal]

107.         Stephens, K. K., Jahn, J., Fox, S., Charoensap-Kelly, P., Mitra, R., Sutton, J., Waters, E. D., Xie, B., & Meisenbach, R. J. (2020). Collective sensemaking around COVID-19: experiences, concerns, and agendas for our rapidly changing organizational lives. Management Communication Quarterly. 34(3): 426-457. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.1177/0893318920934890   

108.         Xie, B., He, D., Mercer, T., Wang, Y., Wu, D., Fleischmann, K. R., Zhang, Y., Yoder, L. H., Stephens, K. K., Mackert, M., Lee, M. K. (2020). Global health crises are also information crises: a call to action. Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST). 71(12): 1419-1423. Early view published online on March 13, 2020. https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/asi.24357

109.         Fingerman, K. & Xie, B. (2020). For seniors, health crisis turns into information crisis. Austin American-Statesman. March 8, 2020. URL: https://www.statesman.com/opinion/20200308/opinion-for-seniors-health-crisis-turns-into-information-crisis

110.         Fingerman, K. & Xie, B. (2020). In age of technology, let's not forget to get virus info to seniors. Abilene Reporter-News. March 8, 2020. URL: https://www.reporternews.com/story/opinion/contributors/2020/03/08/age-technology-lets-not-forget-get-virus-info-seniors/4964633002/

111.         Fingerman, K. & Xie, B. (2020). How a health crisis becomes an info crisis for older people. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. March 8, 2020. URL: https://www.lubbockonline.com/opinion/20200308/fingerman-bo-how-health-crisis-becomes-info-crisis-for-older-people/1

112.         Fingerman, K. & Xie, B. (2020). The digital generation gap. Psychology Today. March 6, 2020. URL: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-bonds-across-the-lifespan/202003/the-digital-generation-gap.

113.         Fingerman, K. & Xie, B. (2020). How the digital generation gap could make coronavirus crisis even worse for elderly. Fort Worth Star Telegram. March 12, 2020. URL: https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/other-voices/article241104611.html

114.         Fingerman, K. & Xie, B. (2020). For elderly, a public health crisis can be an information crisis. San Antonio Express News. March 10, 2020. URL: https://www.mysanantonio.com/opinion/commentary/article/Commentary-For-elderly-a-public-health-crisis-15121124.php

115.         Xie, B. (2008). Older adults, health information, and the Internet. ACM Interactions, 15, 44-46. Full text: https://interactions.acm.org/archive/view/july-august-2008/lifelong-interactionsolder-adults-health-information-and-the-internet1

 

 

Conferences Organized:

Xie, B. (2019). Conference Chair/Organizer. Aging and Health Informatics Conference (AHIC). Austin, Texas. December 11, 2019.

Xie, B. (2021). Conference Chair/Organizer. Aging and Health Informatics Conference (AHIC). Online. December 6-7, 2021.

 

Editorships:

1.  Gerontechnology, the official journal of the International Society for Gerontechnology (ISG), Associate Editor, 2011-present

2.  Health Expectations, Editorial Board Member, 2017-present

3.  Journal of Medical Internet Research, Editorial Board Member, 2017-present

4.  JMIR Aging, Editorial Board Member, 2019-present

5.  Informatics for Health and Social Care, Editorial Board Member, 2021-present

6.  International Journal of Medical Informatics, Editorial Board Member, 2021-present

7.  Work, Aging and Retirement Special Issue on Aging and Technology Use, Guest Co-editor, 2021

8.  Information Processing and Management, Co-Guest Editor, Special Issue on Intelligent Technology for Smart Healthcare Across the Lifespan, 2021-2022

 

Hobbies: Science fiction writing (《小龙和孟姐的故事》Cover; Full text); Astrophotography: Night Sky in Texas: 2020-2023.


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