Publications & Resources

Podcasts

• Personalized AI on the Behavioral Design Podcast with Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth
• Driving a Positive Behavioural Change with your Product on Growthmates with Kate Syuma (Apple | Spotify | YouTube)
• AI Can Innovate Behavior Change Strategies & Transform Personalization on The Design of AI with Brittany Hobbs & Arpy Dragffy Guerrero (Apple | Spotify | YouTube)
• Personalizing Behavioral Nudges Using AI on Let’s Talk Personalization with Kevin Nichols
• Motivating Change: Exploring the Crossroads of Healthcare and Fundraising on What the Fundraising with Mallory Erickson
• Behavioral Design, Return to Work (RTW) as a Health Outcome, and the role of Motivational Quality on Nudging the Narrative with Jason Parker
• Personalizing Behavior Change: The Intersection of AI, Ethics, and Team Collaboration with Russ Unger on Tent Talks from Chicago Camps
• Health and Healthcare Decisions at the Intersection of Behavioral Science and AI with Eric Thrailkill on Friends of Project Healthcare
• Bringing Behavioural Science into the Healthcare Realm on Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion
• Health Innovators on pharmaforum with Jonah Comstock
• How Behavioral Design Will Fix Healthcare, on Game Thinking TV with Amy Jo Kim
• Brave UX interview with Amy Bucher and Geoff Alday, hosted by Brendan Jarvis
• Designing for Healthy Behavior Change on the Psych Mic podcast with Maya Mester
• Supporting Mindset by Harnessing the Power of Nudges with Ann Rockley
• How Businesses Can Design for Behavior Change on The Brainy Business Podcast with Melina Palmer
• Five Tips for Behavioral Design on Digging for Insights, hosted by Stephen Griffiths
• Make It Happen with Amy Bucher, hosted by Henrik Dresbøll
• The Behavioral Design Podcast with Samuel Salzer and Aline Holzwarth: The Psychology of Engagement
• Behavioral Grooves: Amy Bucher on Participatory Design, Trust, and Engaging Your Audience 
• Engaged on Dan Hill’s EQ Spotlight on the New Books Network
• The Brain and Brand Show with Timothy Maurice: Behavioural Design: Designing Change 
• Health 4.0 Leadership Podcast with Namrata Bagaria
• The Psychological Strength podcast with Dr. April Seifert: Designing Your Life for Happiness
• The Human Risk Podcast: Dr. Amy Bucher on Behavior Change Design
• UX Pod: Empathy for the Future Self 
• A Sherpa’s Guide to Innovation: Episode 71, Designing for Behavior Change with Amy Bucher
• Human Tech with the Team W
• Stories of Transformation with Baktash Ahadi: How to Create Positive Behavior Change
• Presentable with Jeff Veen #88: Good Design Can Help Us Change
• Helping Sells Radio: Behavior Change Design Helps Customers Achieve THEIR Goals
• UI Breakfast Podcast. Episode 162: Designing for Behavior Change with Amy Bucher
• Bringing Design Closer with Gerry Scullion: Amy Bucher ‘Understanding Behaviour Change Design and how it co-exists and compliments other design disciplines’
• UX Podcast #232 Design psychology with Amy Bucher
• Real World Behavioural Science
• The Bite-Sized Habits Podcast: Episode 7: Finding the healthy habit that works best for you
• Interview on The Health Design Podcast with Dr. Moyez Jiwa
• Interview with Amy (Cueva) Heymans on Red Hot Healthcare presented by Dr. Steve Ambrose

Blog Posts & White Papers

• Briselli, J., & Bucher, A. (2021). COM-B + Experience Mapping: A Design-Thinking Love Story. Bootcamp.
• Bucher, A. (2021). Behavior science has a place in UX. UX Booth.
• Bucher, A. (2020). The art of designing for behavior change. Design Museum Magazine, Issue 017.
• Bucher, A. (2020). Combining AI and behavior science can transform experience. UX Collective.
• Bucher, A. (2020). Reopening after Covid-19: How to support employees’ safety behaviors. Mad*Pow Insights.
• Bucher, A. (2020). How I use ACT and CBT to help people cope with health conditions. NAMI Blog.
• Bucher, A. (2020). Socially distance like a behavioral scientist. PeopleScience.
• Bucher, A. (2018). How can we know if a digital health intervention works? Reconsidering success metrics and timelines. Blog post in the Personal Connected Health Alliance.
• Bucher, A. (2017). How can psychology save the planet? Bringing behavior change science to conservation. Blog post, UX Planet.org.
• Bucher, A. (2017). The Tech Rx: Technology Know-How On the Road to Health Literacy. Blog post, Walters Kluwer/Emmi Solutions.
• Bucher, A. Reflections on Behavioral Finance (2017). Blog post, Mad*Pow.
• Bucher, A., & Baumblatt, G. L. (2017). Nothing but truth: Encouraging honest patient disclosure on tough topics. Blog post, the Association for Patient Experience.
• Bedrosian, R., Bucher, A., Steben, T., Rigby, S., Coluni, B., & Bennett, S. (2015). Reimagining the Health Assessment. Whitepaper, Johnson & Johnson Health and Wellness Solutions Group.
• Mason, S. T., Carter, E. W., Wang, C., Goodlett, B. D., Bedrosian, R., Nikolovski, J., & Bucher, A. (2015). The Life Benefits of Managing Energy.  Whitepaper, Johnson & Johnson Human Performance Institute.
• Bucher, A. (2015). 2015: The Year of the Technologically Engaged Patient? MedCity News. http://medcitynews.com/2015/03/2015-year-technologically-engaged-patient/
• Bucher, A., O’Day, R., Whelan, K., Benadon, E., & Kim, S. (2014). Improved outcomes start with engaging the patient. CAPG Health, Nov/Dec 2014, p. 20-22.
• Bedrosian, R., & Bucher, A. (2014).  Psychologists and the future of technology-based behavior change.The Amplifier Magazine: A Magazine for the Society for Media Psychology and Technology, Division 46 of the American Psychological Association. 
• Bucher, A., & O’Day, R. (2014). The triple aim’s missing link: Meaningful engagement for patients with chronic conditions. Managed Care Outlook, 27(15), p. 1, 3, 5-8. Download: Managed Care Outlook_The Triple Aim’s Missing Link
• Bucher, A. (2014). 6 guidelines for medication adherence. Blog post at Managed Healthcare Executive.
• Bucher, A., & O’Day, R.F. (2014). How to gamify your health and wellness incentives. Incentive Magazine.
• Bucher, A. (December 5, 2013). Compelling design is about psychology, not technology. Wired Innovation Insights.
• Bucher, A., & Inglis, E. (September 12, 2013). Improving medication adherence: 7 behavioral science-based guidelines for creating effective and engaging communications. Becker’s Hospital Review.

Presentations

• Pagoto, S., Rosenzweig, E., DeRuiter, L., & Bucher, A. (2025). How is Behavioral Science Applied in Industry? Case Studies and a Panel Discussion. Panel presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.
• Keppler, M., Materia, F., Fields, S., & Bucher, A. (2025). Designing Digital Interventions for Equity: Approaches, Challenges, and Future Directions. Panel presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Francisco, CA.
• Bucher, A. (2024). AI in Action: Real-World Applications of Machine Learning in Behavioural Design. Keynote at the BAD Conference, London Product Design Week. Video.
• Bucher, A. (2024). Infusing Academic and UX Insights into AI-Powered Products. Keynote at the Bentley University 7X Summit, Waltham, MA.
• Bucher, A. (2024). Personalizing Nudges with Objective-Driven AI. Keynote presentation at the Penn Nudges in Healthcare Symposium, Philadelphia, PA. Video.
• Bucher, A. (2024). Designing for Behavior Change with Artificial Intelligence. Invited keynote at the Advancing Behavioral Science Through AI + Digital Health Conference at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
• Bucher, A. (2023). Designing for Behavior Change: Using Psychological Frameworks to Design Engaging and Effective Experiences. Keynote at the UX Camp Fall virtual conference hosted by Chicago Camps.
• Bucher, A. (2022). Designing for Behavior Change: Using Behavioral Science to Create Engaging and Effective Experiences. Invited presentation to the DePaul University Economics & Strategy Talk Series.
• Bucher, A. (2022). Designing for Engagement with Behavioral Science. Talk delivered as part of the symposium Digital Health Interventions from Wellness to Therapeutics: Development and Dissemination hosted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Video of talk | Video of panel discussion
• Bucher, A. (2022). Designing Software for Behavior Change. Talk delivered as part of the panel discussion Late Breaking Science: The Role of Nutritional Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (n-CBT) In Prescribable Software for Treating Type 2 Diabetes hosted by Better Therapeutics.
• Bucher, A. (2022). Behavior Science as a Team Sport: Best Practices for Developing a Behavioral Design Competency. Talk delivered as part of the panel discussion From buzzwords to outcomes: Adapting evidence-based methods during product development in industry settings, presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
• Ford, K.L., Blazek, E.S., Bucher, A., Symons, C., & Osborn, C. (2022). Digital Health: Real-world iterations: Case study of a mammography digital health intervention. Talk presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
• West, A.B., Ford, K.L., Delaney, S., Bucher, A., & Osborn, C. (2022). Adaptation of a COVID-19 Vaccination Intervention: A Real-Time Industry Use-Case. Poster presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD.
• Bucher, A. (2021). The behavioral design of digital interventions. Invited keynote at IEEE ICDM International Workshop on AI for Nudging and Personalization (WAIN).
• Trinka T.D., Vriniotis M., Orchowski L.M., Nugent N.R., Beidas R.S., Betz M.E., Bucher A., Kesner T., Hudson C., Ranney M.L. (2021).Firearm injury bystander interventions by 4-H Shooting Sports leaders: A qualitative study. Poster presentation at the FACTS Symposium on Firearm Injury Prevention Research. (Digital due to COVID19).
• Bucher, A. (2021). Behavioral Design: Using the COM-B Model of Behavior Change in UX. Presentation for Denver UX.
• Bucher, A. (2021). Designing for Behaviour: How to Bridge Research and Design with the COM-B Model of Behaviour Change. Presentation at the BAD (Behaviour & Design) Conference.
• Bucher, A., & LaGuardia, J. (2021). Nudges Aren’t Enough to Propel Your Population to Health. Fireside chat, Omada Mindset conference.
• Bucher, A. (2021). The Psychology of Engagement: An Approach for Research and Design for Lasting Behavior Change. Keynote address in the Digital Health Track at the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES) International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Health Care.
• Bucher, A., Kinikar, J., Miller, J., & Niksch, A. (2021). Design and Product Development Principles for Connected Devices. Panel at the BIOMEDevice Digital conference.
• Bucher, A. (2021). The Motivational Science of How to Hack Human Health Behavior. Presentation at the Hacking Health Camp, Strasbourg, France.
• Bucher, A. (2021). Designing for Behavior Change. Four session workshop presented in conjunction with the Rosenfeld Media Advancing Research conference.
• Bucher, A. (2021). Using the COM-B Model & Behaviour Change Wheel for Research & Intervention Design. Presentation at the IE Behavioral Economics Club.
• Bucher, A. (2021). Behavior Change Design: What Is It, and How Can You Get Started? Presentation at the IMEC Behavioral Book Club.
• Bucher, A. (2021). Blurring Boundaries: Driving the Change Necessary to Reach Your Goals. Presented at NudgeIt.North.
• Bucher, A. (2020).  Reduce Risk and Reap Reward with Behavior Change Design. Keynote presentation at Financial Experience Design (FxD) virtual conference.
• Lenneman, J., Jenness, J., & Bucher, A. (2020). Empower Consumers to Rise to the Automation Challenge. Panel discussion hosted by the Partners for Automated Vehicle Education (PAVE).
• Bucher, A. (2020). Set and Achieve Your Product Vision with Behavior Change Design. UX Y’All.
• Bucher, A. (2020).  Personalize Your User Experience Using Behavior Change Science. Webinar hosted by Product Management Today (recording available with registration).
• Bucher, A. (2020). Behavior Change Design for Products People Actually Use. Presentation to NHUXPA.
• Bucher, A.. (2020). The Psychology of Trustworthy Digital Health Experiences. Virtual talk at UX Healthcare Frankfurt.
• Bucher, A. (2020). Motivational Quality as a Driver of Change. Panel presentation at LASER Boston, hosted by swissnex.
• White, E., Bucher, A., Hoel, J. B., & ter Weeme, P. (2020). Selling Longtermism. Panel discussion at virtual Broto: Art-Climate-Science event.
• Edwards, I., Bucher, A., ter Weeme, P., & Siembieda, D. (2020). COVID’s Eco-Lesson in Behavior Change. Panel discussion at virtual Broto: Art-Climate-Science event.
• Bucher, A. (2020). For the Love of Technology: How Digital Design Can Support Relatedness Needs. Keynote talk at the virtual Healthcare Experience Design (HxD) Conference.
• Bucher, A. (2020). The Psychology of Trustworthy Digital Health Experiences. Scheduled to be presented at HIMSS 2020, presented virtually due to COVID-19.
• Bucher, A. (2019). Designing Feedback Loops for Digital Products Using Psychology. Workshop presented at Unbox. Boston, MA.
• Bucher, A. (2019). The Psychology of Engagement: How to Design for Behavior Change. Talk at Boston CHI. Boston, MA.
• Bucher, A. (2019). Meaningful Engagement Through Behavior Change Design. Presentation at Health Experience Design (HxD). Cambridge, MA.
• Pagoto, S., Bucher, A., Kirkman, E., & Mullane, S. (2019). Navigating Tensions: Weaving Academic Behavior Change Research Into Applied Digital Health To Optimise Results. Panel presentation at CBC Digital Health Conference: Behaviour Change For Health: Digital and Other Innovative Methods. London, UK.
• Bucher, A. (2019). Meaningful Engagement through Behavior Change Design. Presentation at HIMSS Patient Engagement and Experience Summit, Orlando, FL.
• Bucher, A., & Sucala, M. (2018). Transforming Participation to Engagement. Presentation at the Connected Health Conference, Boston, MA.
• Allen, E., Bucher, A., Kennedy, B., Romano-Bergstrom, J., & Ryan, M. (2018). Should UXers Get a PhD? Panel discussion at UXPA International, Rio Mar, PR.
• Bucher, A. (2018). Research + Psychology = Magic: How to Plan and Analyze Research with the COM-B Model of Behavior Change. Talk presented at UXPA Boston, Boston, MA.
• Bucher, A. (2018). Improving Patient Engagement Through Design Psychology Principles. Webinar offered through PharmaVOICE.
• Bucher, A. (2018). Designing for Behavior Change with the COM-B Framework. Workshop facilitated at the MITX DesignTech Summit, Cambridge, MA.
• Bucher, A., & Nason, S. (2018). Adopt a Design Thinking Approach to Improve Medication Adherence and Develop Innovative Patient Solutions. Workshop at the 6^th annual Patient Adherence and Engagement Summit.
• Ahern, D. K., Bucher, A., Cole-Lewis, H., & Torous, J. (2018). The Value of Behavior Science for Effective Patient Engagement. Moderator of panel discussion at HIMSS, Las Vegas, NV.
• Bucher, A. (2018). Behavior Change Interventions for Medical Bill Payment: A Systems Perspective. Poster presented at the CBC Digital Health Conference: Behaviour Change for Health: Digital and Beyond. London, UK.
• Bucher, A. (2018). Planet As Patient: What Conservation Can Learn from Health Psychology. Talk presented at Sustainable UX, virtual conference. Video on YouTube.
• Bucher, A. (2017). Planet As Patient: What Conservation Can Learn from Health Psychology. Talk presented at the World Wildlife Foundation Fuller Symposium, Washington, D.C. Video in Afternoon Sessions, starts around 22:50.
• Bucher, A. (2017). Designing for Competence. Presented on the Motivation and Behavior Change panel at HxRefactored, Cambridge, MA. Video of panel presentations on Vimeo.
• Bucher, A. (2017). Using Gamified Design to Amplify Outcomes: The Psychology of Badges. Presented at UXPA International , Toronto, ON. Slides on Slideshare.
• Bucher, A., & Schwartz, S. (2017). The Art and Science of Applying Behavioral Economics to Digital Health Design. Presented at UXPA Boston, Boston, MA. Slides on Slideshare.
• Bucher, A. (2017).  Highway to the Habit Zone: Driving Engagement for Behavior Change. Presented at the Habit Summit, San Francisco, CA. Slides on Slideshare.
• Bucher, A., & O’Day, R. (2017). Moral Issues in Designing for Behavior Change. Presented at SXSW, Austin, TX. Video on YouTube.
• Bucher, A. (2017). Motivational Psychology for Digital Health Interventions. Presented at HIMSS, Orlando, FL. Bucher_HIMSS_2017Handout.
• Bucher, A.  (2017). Sustaining Change: Psychology-Based Tips for Maintaining Your Momentum. Presented at Sustainable UX, virtual conference. Video on YouTube.
• Bucher, A., & Zoldowski, A. (2016). Engagement Is Everything: Super-Charging Your Digital Products with Psychology. Presented at AHIP Consumer Experience and Digital Health Forum, Chicago, IL.
• Bucher, A. (2016). Workplace Connected Health Solutions. Panelist at Center for Connected Health Symposium 2016, Boston, MA.
• Bucher, A. (2016). Behavior Change Isn’t Everything, It’s The ONLY Thing. Panelist at Next Edge Summit 2016, Boston, MA.
• Bucher, A. (2016). Engagement Is Everything: How to Apply Psychology to Improve Digital Experiences. A Mad*Pow Webinar.
• Bucher, A. (September 25, 2014). Digital health management: The role of motivation in changing behavior (在不断变化的行为中
  动机的作用). Presented at the ChinaSourcing Summit 2014, Hangzhou, China.
• Bucher, A. (May 15, 2014). Motivate your user: Design psychology. Presented at UXPA Boston, Boston, MA.
• Bucher, A. (February 25, 2014). The new social networking. Presentation at TEDxJNJ, Philadelphia, PA. Video on Vimeo.
• Bucher, A. (2013). Hire better: Interview psychology. Class offered at Intelligent.ly, Boston, MA.
• Bucher, A. (2012, 2013). Design psychology: Motivate your user, and User experience testing tools and tricks.  Classes offered on a recurring basis at Intelligent.ly, Boston, MA. (http://www.intelligent.ly/)
• Bedrosian, R., And Bucher, A. (2012). The future of corporate health and happiness. Presented at the Future of Health Technology Institute, Boston, MA.
• Bucher, A. (2011). Engage the patient with individually relevant health & wellness programming. Presented at the 5^th annual Digital Pharma East conference,  Philadelphia, PA.
• Bucher, A., & Schwartz, S.M. (2011). The Rx Factor: Critical drivers of adherence. Workshop presented at the 5^thannual Engage Conference, HealthMedia, Chicago, IL.
• Bedrosian, R., Bucher, A., & Wiet, S. (2011). Wake-up call: Sleep initiatives from Wellness & Prevention. Presented at the Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics Sleep Disorders Conference, Raritan, NJ.
• Schwartz, S.M., & Bucher, A. (2010). Critical drivers of adherence: The convergence of behavioral science, data and technology for impactful adherence solutions. Workshop presented at the 7^th annual Patient Adherence & Engagement Summit, eyeforpharma, Philadelphia, PA.
• Trahan, A. (2005). Stories about work: How narratives reveal social life.  Paper presented at the National Academy of Management Meetings, Honolulu, HI.
• Trahan, A., & Lee, F. (2005). I can’t tell you why I love my job: Insufficient justification as a predictor of low identity integration in females in business.  Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
• Trahan, A., & Sanchez-Burks, J. (2005). Ontological collectivism and attitudes toward diversity initiatives at work.  Paper presented at the 17th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
• Trahan, A. (2005). The effects of group schemas on organizational life.  Symposium chaired at the 17^th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Society, Los Angeles, CA.
• Trahan, A., & Shih, M. (2004). Working to reduce stigma: Individual stigma management strategies in organizational contexts.  Paper presented at the National Academy of Management Meetings, New Orleans, LA.
• Trahan, A., Lee, F., & Cheng, C.Y. (2004).  Identity integration: Extending the model to the workplace.  Paper presented at the American Psychological Association (16th Annual Meeting, 2004), Honolulu, HI.
• Trahan, A. (2004). Cross-cultural variations in the meaning of the supermodel prime.  Poster presented at the American Psychological Association (16th Annual Meeting, 2004), Honolulu, HI.
• Trahan, A. (2004).  Identity salience and contingencies of self-worth.  Poster presented at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology meetings, Austin, TX.
• Trahan, A. (2003).  Affective aspects of social identity: The effects of identity salience on contingencies of self-worth.  Poster presented at the Self, Cognition, and Emotion: Kyoto University International Symposium, Kyoto-Michigan Collaboration in Psychology conference, Ann Arbor, MI.
• Trahan, A. (2003). Social identity and contingent self-worth: Valuing performance in identity-related domains.  Paper presented at the National Academy of Management meetings, Seattle, WA.
• Trahan, A. (2003). Shifting social identities and organizational performance. Paper presented at the National Academy of Management meetings, Seattle, WA.
• Trahan, A., and Shih, M. (2003).  Priming and performance: Examining the role of distraction.  Poster presented at the American Psychological Association (15th Annual Meeting, 2003), Toronto, ON.
• Trahan, A., Pittinsky, T.L., Shih, M., and Ambady, N. (2002).  Virtual Amy: E-mail bias and stereotype consistent recall.  Hot Topic presentation given at the American Psychological Society (15th Annual Meeting, 2002), New Orleans, LA.

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