Publications

In computer science and human-computer interaction, top conferences (CHI, CSCW, DIS) are peer-reviewed and considered equivalent to high-impact journals. Most recent first.

Journal & conference articles

2026
Ulloa, M., Kamali, N., Fernandes, G. J., Soyemi, E., Beltzer, M. L., Alshurafa, N., & Jacobs, M. “I Don't Like Being Told Just What to Do; I Need to Know Why”: Patient Expectations of Machine Learning-Driven Just-in-Time-Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs) for Prenatal Stress Management. ACM Trans. Comput. Healthcare.
2025
Collins, C., Fackler, J., Sacco, M. J., & Jacobs, M. Critical conversations: a user-centric approach to chatbots for history taking in the pediatric intensive care unit. Frontiers in Pediatrics, 13, p.1646989.
2025
Jayeoba, M., Scherr, C. L., Carroll, A. J., Daly, E., Kerstiens, S., Phillips, S. M., Hitsman, B., Garcia, S. F., Spring, B., & Jacobs, M. Low-Burden Electronic Health Record Strategies for Engaging Oncologists in Digital Health Behavior Change Interventions: Qualitative Interview Study. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 27, p.e65975.
2025
Kerstiens, S., Scherr, C. L., Jacobs, M., Carroll, A. J., Daly, E., Jayeoba, M., Hitsman, B., Garcia, S. F., & Spring, B. Speaking of survival: oncologists' approaches to risk behavior conversations with cancer survivors. Journal of Cancer Survivorship, pp.1–8.
2025
Chau, C. W., Norton, C., Kruzan, K. P., & Jacobs, M. “All Day, Every Day, Listening to Trauma”: Investigating Features of Digital Interventions for Empathy-Based Stress and Burnout. Proceedings of the 2025 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.1–18. Best Paper Honorable Mention
2024
Chau, C. W., Studd, H., Huang, D., Norton, C., Kruzan, K. P., & Jacobs, M. Envisioning the Future of Burnout Support: Understanding Frontline Workers' Experiences in Nonprofit Gender-Based Violence Organizations. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8(CSCW2), pp.1–28.
2024
Spring, B., Garcia, S. F., Daly, E., Jacobs, M., Jayeoba, M., Jordan, N., Kircher, S., Kocherginsky, M., Mazzetta, R., Pollack, T., & Scanlan, L. Scalable Telehealth Cancer Care: integrated healthy lifestyle program to live well after cancer treatment. JNCI Monographs, 2024(64), pp.83–91.
2024
Wong, N., Jeong, S., Reddy, M., Stamatis, C. A., Lattie, E. G., & Jacobs, M. Voice assistants for mental health services: Designing dialogues with homebound older adults. Proceedings of the 2024 ACM Designing Interactive Systems Conference, pp.844–858.
2024
Cruz, S., Lu, C., Ulloa, M., Redding, A., Hester, J., & Jacobs, M. Perceptions of wearable health tools post-COVID-19 emergency in low-income Latin communities: qualitative study. JMIR mHealth and uHealth, 12, p.e50826.
2024
Kim, T., Kim, H., Roberts, A. C., Jacobs, M., & Kay, M. Opportunities in mental health support for informal dementia caregivers suffering from verbal agitation. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 8(CSCW1), pp.1–26.
2023
Meyerhoff, J., Kornfield, R., Lattie, E. G., Knapp, A. A., Kruzan, K. P., Jacobs, M., Stamatis, C. A., Taple, B. J., Beltzer, M. L., Berry, A. B., & Reddy, M. From formative design to service-ready therapeutic: A pragmatic approach to designing digital mental health interventions across domains. Internet Interventions, 34, p.100677.
2023
Lam, B. D., Hussain, Z., Acosta-Perez, F. A., Riaz, I. B., Jacobs, M., Yee, A. J., & Sontag, D. Evaluating Physician-AI Interaction for Multiple Myeloma Management: Paving the Path Towards Precision Oncology. Blood, 142, p.2281.
2023
Cruz, S., Redding, A., Chau, C. W., Lu, C., Persche, J., Hester, J., & Jacobs, M. EquityWare: Co-designing wearables with and for low income communities in the US. Proceedings of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.1–18.
2023
Cheema, B., Mutharasan, R., Sharma, A., Jacobs, M., Powers, K., Lehrer, S., Wehbe, F., Rich, J., Ghafourian, K., Tibrewala, A., & McCarthy, P. Machine Learning-Enabled Workflow To Identify Patients With Advanced Heart Failure In An Integrated Health System. Journal of Cardiac Failure, 29(4), pp.640–641.
2022
Ulloa, M., Rothrock, B., Ahmad, F. S., & Jacobs, M. Invisible clinical labor driving the successful integration of AI in healthcare. Frontiers in Computer Science, 4, p.1045704.
2022
Cheema, B., Mutharasan, R. K., Sharma, A., Jacobs, M., Powers, K., Lehrer, S., Wehbe, F. H., Ronald, J., Pifer, L., Rich, J. D., & Ghafourian, K. Augmented intelligence to identify patients with advanced heart failure in an integrated health system. JACC: Advances, 1(4), p.100123.
2022
Burgess, E. R., Kaziunas, E., & Jacobs, M. Care frictions: A critical reframing of patient noncompliance in health technology design. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 6(CSCW2), pp.1–31.
2021
Jacobs, M., He, J., Pradier, M. F., Lam, B., Ahn, A. C., McCoy, T. H., Perlis, R. H., Doshi-Velez, F., & Gajos, K. Z. Designing AI for trust and collaboration in time-constrained medical decisions: a sociotechnical lens. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.1–14.
2021
Pater, J., Coupe, A., Pfafman, R., Phelan, C., Toscos, T., & Jacobs, M. Standardizing reporting of participant compensation in HCI: A systematic literature review and recommendations for the field. Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.1–16.
2021
Jacobs, M., Pradier, M. F., McCoy Jr, T. H., Perlis, R. H., Doshi-Velez, F., & Gajos, K. Z. How machine-learning recommendations influence clinician treatment selections: the example of antidepressant selection. Translational Psychiatry, 11(1), p.108.
2020
Hu, J., Joung, J., Jacobs, M., Gajos, K. Z., & Seltzer, M. I. Improving data scientist efficiency with provenance. Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE 42nd International Conference on Software Engineering, pp.1086–1097.
2020
Jacobs, M., Hopkins, J., Mumber, M., & Mynatt, E. Usability evaluation of an adaptive information recommendation system for breast cancer patients. AMIA Annual Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 2019, p.494.
2019
Jacobs, M., Gheihman, G., Gajos, K. Z., & Gupta, A. S. “I think we know more than our doctors” How Primary Caregivers Manage Care Teams with Limited Disease-related Expertise. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 3(CSCW), pp.1–22.
2018
Jacobs, M., Johnson, J., & Mynatt, E. D. MyPath: Investigating breast cancer patients' use of personalized health information. Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction, 2(CSCW), pp.1–21.
2017
Connelly, K., Mayora, O., Favela, J., Jacobs, M., Matic, A., Nugent, C., & Wagner, S. The future of pervasive health. IEEE Pervasive Computing, 16(1), pp.16–20.
2017
Jacobs, M. L., Clawson, J., & Mynatt, E. D. Articulating a patient-centered design space for cancer journeys. EAI Endorsed Transactions on Pervasive Health and Technology, 3(9), p.e5.
2016
Jacobs, M., Cramer, H., & Barkhuus, L. Caring about sharing: Couples' practices in single user device access. Proceedings of the 2016 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, pp.235–243.
2016
Jacobs, M., Clawson, J., & Mynatt, E. D. A cancer journey framework: guiding the design of holistic health technology. Proceedings of the 10th EAI International Conference on Pervasive Computing Technologies for Healthcare, pp.114–121.
2015
Jacobs, M., Clawson, J., & Mynatt, E. D. Lessons learned from a yearlong deployment of customizable breast cancer tablet computers. Proceedings of the Conference on Wireless Health, pp.1–7.
2015
Cramer, H. & Jacobs, M. L. Couples' Communication Channels: What, When & Why? Proceedings of the 33rd Annual CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.709–712.
2015
Jacobs, M. L., Clawson, J., & Mynatt, E. D. Comparing health information sharing preferences of cancer patients, doctors, and navigators. Proceedings of the 18th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW), pp.808–818.
2014
Khanipour Roshan, P., Jacobs, M., Dye, M., & DiSalvo, B. Exploring How Parents in Economically Depressed Communities Access Learning Resources. Proceedings of the 2014 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work, pp.131–141.
2014
Jacobs, M. L., Clawson, J., & Mynatt, E. D. My journey compass: a preliminary investigation of a mobile tool for cancer patients. Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, pp.663–672. Best Paper Honorable Mention
2014
Jacobs, M., Clawson, J., & Mynatt, E. D. Cancer navigation: opportunities and challenges for facilitating the breast cancer journey. Proceedings of the 17th ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW), pp.1467–1478.

Book chapters

2017
Jacobs, M. & Mynatt, E. D. Design principles for supporting patient-centered journeys. In Designing Healthcare That Works, pp.19–38. Academic Press.

Workshop papers, extended abstracts, posters, and invited talks are listed in the full CV.