The Human Behaviour Change Project, and its follow-up the APRICOT aim to improve evidence synthesis using ontologies and ontology tools.

London, England
Joined August 2016
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The @HBCProject team provide some important reflections on the considerations when using AI in public health decisions, following the launch of their toolkit. 👉 Read the blog: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/n… 👉 Access the toolkit: artificialintelligenceinpubl…
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Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT retweeted
.@SusanMichie opens a symposium on Applying ontologies to advance Health Psychology. First up @robertjwest @EHPS2024 #EHPS2024
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Are you involved with #AI in #PublicHealth? The @HBCProject has just released a handy 5-step resource to help people to think about the pros & cons of AI systems, to determine if a system should be used or not. 🔗 Visit: artificialintelligenceinpubl… 📑 Paper: wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Keen to continue your education in #BehaviourChange, but unsure what course to take next? Here are the top 3 questions we get asked about our advanced modules, to help you decide if they're right for you. ⏰ Early bird for Oct & Nov courses ends 31 Aug 🔗 ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/a…
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📢 Save the date for our next conference! 🗓️ 2 & 3 April 2025, with pre-conference workshops on 1 April 📍 Taking place in Lisbon, in partnership with the Behavioural Sciences Group at the NOVA National School of Public Health. We hope to see you there!
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Gain specialist knowledge in areas that interest you. Choose from our 5 advanced modules 👇 ▶️ Online, interactive full day sessions ▶️ Limited number of places ▶️ Taught by experts 🔗 Book now: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/a…
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Excited to finally put this one out after picking up @EJ_Norris' early work at the @HBCProject. Our paper targets one of the project's key research questions: Can the HBCP's ontology-based evidence synthesis methodology be extended across different behavioural domains? 1/5
🔔New paper alert🔔 📖Creating a body of physical activity evidence to test the generalisation of annotation methods for automated evidence synthesis by @oscarcastroPALs @EJ_Norris @dralisonjwright @EllaHowes1 @CandiceAMoore @robertjwest @SusanMichie 🔗wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Replying to @HBCProject
@HBCProject article "A data extraction template for the behaviour change intervention ontology" in @WellcomeOpenRes has been viewed more than 200 times! wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…
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Check out today's #TTBCIFeature describing the development of the Human Behaviour Ontology!➡️wellcomeopenresearch.org/art… @HBCProject @paulina_schenk @robertjwest @SusanMichie @oscarcastroPALs @JannaHastings @MarieJohnstonx @marta_m_marques @dralisonjwright @Lisa_Zhang_ @micasantilli
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Have you produced at least one paper or report discussing the development of an intervention? Please consider taking part in online research led by our @HBCProject. You will be reimbursed £15 online voucher if selected to take part. Visit 👇 qualtrics.ucl.ac.uk/jfe/form…
📢Research participants needed! 🔎 We're looking for participants to give feedback on tools for using the BCIO 🖥 What will it involve? You will complete online tasks while sharing your thoughts 👥Why should I participate? With your feedback we hope to improve the user experience
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Just reached 200 views of this landmark paper showing that an ontology-informed machine learning approach can predict outcomes of smoking cessation interventions better than other ML & regression approaches 🎉 📰 wellcomeopenresearch.org/art… ⚙️ Try the tool - pred.hbcptools.org/interface…
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Our article "Predicting outcomes of smoking cessation interventions in novel scenarios using ontology-informed, interpretable machine learning" in @WellcomeOpenRes has been viewed more than 200 times! wellcomeopenresearch.org/art…. See @HBCProject humanbehaviourchange.org
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Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT retweeted
📽 Missed our June webinar: Using ontologies to advance behavioural research? No problem! Catch up on BR-UK’s Youtube channel now! youtu.be/6pa3X4-eBXs?si=QLnW…
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Human Behaviour Change - APRICOT retweeted
Keen to deepen your knowledge about ontologies? Sign up for our advanced modules: 🗓️ Introduction to ontologies & the BCIO - 16th Oct 🗓️ Designing & evaluating behaviour change interventions: applying the BCIO - 24th Oct ⌛️Early bird rate ends 31 Aug: 🔗 ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/a…
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📽️In the latest webinar from @BehaviourRes_UK on 'Using ontologies to advance behavioural research', the team explain what ontologies are, why they are beneficial, as well as sharing resources and practical tips. Catch up now 👇 youtube.com/watch?si=QLnW4f5…
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At advanced level we offer 5 individual modules, so you can choose what interests you... from influencing motivation, ontologies, process evaluation to behavioural systems mapping. 🕔 10am - 4pm UK time 🗓️ Throughout Sept - Nov, see website for details 🔗 bit.ly/45Elkl9
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Come and work with us - we have 3 exciting new job opportunities closing soon! 🚀 Research Fellow & Research Assistant working on improving research culture - deadline 18 June. 🚀 PA & Research Administrator - deadline 13 June. 🔗 Find out more & apply: ucl.ac.uk/behaviour-change/j…
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