Chris has also kindly given The UX Blog permission to include examples of his work from his time as Director, UX and Creative Services as SCI Group. Permissions have been granted by Chris Lahiri for redistribution of this content. The UX Blog or Nicholas Tenhue do not own or did not create any of the materials in this presentation. Stempowerment is funded by National Institutes of Health (NCI) via the Federal small business innovation program (R41CA168107). PIs McLaughlin, Peterson, Askins, Zhang.

1. MD ANDERSON: APPSPIRE
Smoking Cessation and Prevention

2. Radiant Creative, an SCI Group Company. Proprietary and Confidential.
Case Study
Privileged and Confidential
Quitting smoking is notoriously difficult; it takes the average smoker at
least fourteen attempts to quit successfully. AppSPIRE, a mobile app for
iPhone devices, facilitates effective cessation with rich media, inspired
interactive learning activities and a sophisticated tailoring system. As
users quit, fail and try again, the program develops a data-rich profile and
suggests optimal strategies to promote success with each cessation
attempt.
In a space rife with a-theoretical reminder systems and glorified
calculators, AppSPIRE stands out. The program utilizes a theory-
grounded cessation promotion model (stages of change) that yields a
highly tailored and engaging user experience.
In partnership with MD Anderson Cancer Center, SCI created the
AppSPIRE program and completed design and development. SCI is
currently conducting an evaluation for preliminary program impact among
a sample of college students in Houston, Texas.
AppSPIRE is funded by National Institutes of Health (NIDA) via the Federal small business innovation
program (R41DA035012).
APPSPIRE

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4. NOBLE CORPORATION
The Oil Record Book (ORB) is a responsive learning
solution designed from the ground up with mobile
users in mind. It works elegantly on tablet and
phones and was design to load quickly for low
bandwidth environments.

8. QUITBUDDY
Social Smoking Cessation Support

9. Radiant Creative, an SCI Group Company. Proprietary and Confidential.
Case Study
Privileged and Confidential
While social factors have been correlated with health outcomes across a
number of domains, few interventions effectively operationalize social
support.
Smartphones are uniquely suited to fill this gap. The smartphone is our
most intimate computing device; highly personal, always-on, and uniquely
social.
QuitBuddy, a new program in development at MD Anderson Cancer
Center, seeks to activate the possibilities offered by smartphone
technology to support effective tobacco cessation and maintenance.
In this highly collaborative project, SCI co-developed the QuitBuddy
concept and delivered application prototypes, and assisted with
preliminary feasibility and usability testing of the Android application.
QUITBUDDY

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12. NOBLE CORPORATION
DPA (Designated Person Ashore) Computer-
Based Training Module

15. IT’S YOUR GAME
HIV, STI, and Pregnancy Prevention
for Middle School Youth

16. Radiant Creative, an SCI Group Company. Proprietary and Confidential.
Case Study
Privileged and Confidential
It’s Your Game…Keep It Real (“IYG”) is an HIV/STI and pregnancy
prevention intervention for middle school youth that is listed by US
DHHS’s Office of Adolescent Health as an effective program.
SCI has provided a variety of services to the University of Texas team
throughout the life of the It’s Your Game research program.
We have supported the research team with creative consulting, design,
media production, and software development services for over a decade.
We are currently engaged in a small business technology transfer
collaboration to further the goal of broadly disseminating It’s Your Game.
“The Secret of the Seven Stones” utilizes narrative and game mechanics
to promote communication between parents and children ages 11-14
about sexual health and life decisions. The program is framed with a rich
fiction, and features extensive, deep game mechanics to promote user
engagement with the material.
IT’S YOUR GAME

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29. MY FAMILY GARDEN
A Social Network for Lynch Syndrome (Colorectal
Cancer) Sufferers

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33. VERIZON TELECOM
Tablet Landing Page Redesign

35. HALLIBURTON LANDMARK
Learning Module

39. STEMPOWERMENT
A Social Site for Young Adults
Recovering from Stem Cell
Transplant Therapy

40. Radiant Creative, an SCI Group Company. Proprietary and Confidential.
Case Study
Privileged and Confidential
Adolescent and young adult (AYA) stem cell transplantation patients
face a variety of well-documented physical and emotional challenges.
In addition to undergoing a life-threatening procedure that involves an
intense treatment regimen and lengthy hospital stay, these patients
face a protracted 12-month recovery period marked by numerous
physical, emotional and psychosocial challenges (e.g., coping with
immunosupression and its socially isolating effects, fatigue,
adherence to complex medication regimens, and meeting hydration
and nutrition requirements). Failure to meet these challenges not only
engenders distress, anxiety and depression, but can also result in
serious consequences to health such as organ damage or graft
versus host disease.
The Stempowerment project is an internet-based, interactive and
personalized social intervention to promote self-management
behaviors among AYA stem cell transplant recipients during their
extended outpatient recovery period.
The program utilizes extensive social features and game mechanics
to enable interpersonal connection and directly address three key
behaviors: hydration, medication and exercise.
Stempowerment is funded by National Institutes of Health (NCI) via the Federal small business
innovation program (R41CA168107). PIs McLaughlin, Peterson, Askins, Zhang.
STEMPOWERMENT

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42. ESCAPE WITH YOUR LIFE
Smoking Cessation and Prevention
Game for Health

43. Radiant Creative, an SCI Group Company. Proprietary and Confidential.
Case Study
Privileged and Confidential
Escape with your Life (EWYL) is an interactive, “game for health” that SCI
developed under contract to MD Anderson Cancer Center. EWYL frames
smoking cessation and prevention as a quest—to escape from a
menacing, dark hospital populated by mad scientists, psycho zombies,
talking skeletons, and a cast of other crazy characters.
The user advances through the game by collecting and managing items,
interacting with other characters, and solving puzzles. The pedagogical
context is embedded throughout the experience; the player learns by
engaging with people and items throughout the hospital as they complete
the quest.
Escape with your Life utilizes track-based tailoring based on the stages of
change model.
Funding support: DOD, PI Prokhorov
ESCAPE WITH
YOUR LIFE

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