Tae Joon Moon, Ph.D.

Tae Joon is an assistant professor in the Division of Neurobehavioral Research within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio (UTHSCSA). He completed his graduate training in Communication at the University of Wisconsin and his T32 postdoctoral training at the ARTT (Addiction Research. Treatment, & Training) at the UTHSCSA. Prior to working at NRLC, he worked as a research assistant for four years and an honorary research associate for three years at the Center for Health Enhancement Systems Studies (CHESS) in the University of Wisconsin, Madison.

His research focuses on the role of communication technologies in healthcare, which includes remote bios-sensors (wearable devices), computer-mediated social support groups, automated feedback, remote intervention, usability and feasibility of mHealth/eHealth-intervention for people with chronic disease, and developing computer-assisted detection and prevention of risky behaviors (e.g., relapse to substance use, suicidal ideation, DWI). His research interest also includes communication patterns between patients and physicians and/or communications between peer patients. By using computer-assisted linguistic analysis and interaction sequence analysis, he identifies which types of communication patterns are more beneficial for patients in terms of their psychosocial well-being and recovery in the context of addiction treatment and cancer care.