Research Interests

Research Interests: My research focuses on using behavioral theory and novel methodologies to develop adaptive interventions, namely interventions that use ongoing information about the individual to modify the type/intensity/delivery-mode of support.

Key words: Adaptive Interventions, Just In Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs), Multimodality Adaptive Interventions, Intervention Engagement.

Selected Publications

  • Nahum-Shani, I., Dziak. J.J., Venera., H., Pfammatte, A.F., Spring, B., & Dempsey, W. (2023). Design of experiments with sequential randomizations on multiple timescales: The hybrid experimental design. Behavior Research Methods, https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.09046
  • Nahum-Shani, I., Dziak, J.J., Walton, M.A., Dempsey, W. (2022). Hybrid experimental designs for intervention development: What, why and how. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 5(3), https://doi.org/10.1177/25152459221114279
  • Nahum-Shani, I., Shaw, S., Carpenter, S., M., Murphy, S. A., & Yoon C. (2022). Engagement in digital interventions. American Psychologist.https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0000983
  • Nahum-Shani, I., Dziak, J.J., & Wetter, D.W. (2022). MCMTC: A pragmatic framework for selecting an experimental design to inform the development of digital interventions. Frontiers in Digital Health, 4:798025.https://doi.org/10.3389/fdgth.2022.798025
  • Nahum-Shani, I., Rabbi, M., Yap., J. Philyaw-Kotov, M.L., Klasnja, P., Bonar, E.E., Cunningham, R.M., Murphy, S.A., & Walton, M.A., (2021). Translating strategies for promoting engagement in mobile health: A proof-of-concept micro-randomized trial. Health Psychology, 40(12), 974–987.https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001101
  • Nahum-Shani, I., Potter, L.N., Lam, C.Y., Yap, J., Moreno, A., Stoffel, R., Wu, Z., Wan, N., Dempsey, W., Kumar, S., Ertin, E., Murphy, S.A., Rehg, J.M., & Wetter, D.W. (2021). The mobile assistance for regulating smoking (MARS) micro-randomized trial design protocol.Contemporary Clinical Trials, 110. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106513

Recent talks

Optimizing the Integration Between Digital and Human-Delivered Components: The Hybrid Experimental Design.
R3EDI: Rigorous, Rapid and Relevant Evidence Adaptation and Implementation to Ending the HIV Epidemic Webinar Series
School of Public Health, Yale University
September, 2023

Leveraging Digital Technology to Improve Employee Health and Well-Being: Innovations in Intervention Design and Experimentation.
Disney Data & Analytics Conference (DDCA)
Orlando, FL
August, 2023

Optimizing Adaptive Interventions.
23rd Annual Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials
Potomac, MD
July, 2023

Optimizing the Integration Between Digital and Human-Delivered Components: The Hybrid Experimental Design.
Mobile Interventions Workshop
Bad Homburg, Germany
July, 2023

Optimizing the Integration Between Digital and Human-Delivered Components: Novel Experimental Approaches.
The Orbit Training Institute
Florida State University College of Medicine
June, 2023