My name is Michelle Charette, and I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Science and Technology Studies at York University.

My research seeks to contribute to the development of health applications by speaking with individuals who use them to manage their pain, report symptoms, fill prescriptions, etc. What about these applications do users like? What works? What doesn’t?

At this current stage, I’m looking to speak with individuals who already use a symptom reporting/pain tracking app OR are willing to download one and use it consistently for 1-2 months.

I am looking to interview folks virtually (on the Zoom platform), with myself as the interviewer. The interviews will be between 45 – 90 minutes long, and completely anonymized. Those who are willing to download an app and give it a try will be interviewed twice (once for a baseline interview and another 1-2 months afterwards, to gauge how they are liking the application.

My research has been approved by the Human Participants Review Sub-Committee, York University’s Ethics Review Board. I am attaching the recruitment poster. Happy to answer any other questions you might have!

Michelle Charette
michgc@yorku.ca

Study is in English only