Munmun De Choudhury, PhD

Social computing/Computational social science researcher: social media + AI + mental health. Professor at @gtcomputing. PI @SocwebGT she/her/hers

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

Grateful for this grant from the Huo Family Foundation! We will use causal inference and digital twins to study how social media content and platform algorithms impact young people’s mental health. Dream team with the amazing Amy Orben and @homahmrd!

https://t.co/Dy06VOZWHT

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

Such exciting news, and couldn’t be happier for @SocwebGT alum @VedantNeedMoEdu!!

[Vedant Das Swain @VedantNeedMoEdu]

🚀 I'm joining @nyuniversity as an Assistant Prof. + looking for PhD students in Human-Centered Technology, Innovation & Design!
https://t.co/tDVQZqz41N

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[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

@msbernst Congratulations Michael!

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

For the first time in its 78-year history, the World Health Assembly has called on govts to adopt national strategies on social connection. In our role advising the @WHO on a newly launched report on the topic, we provide suggestions for concrete interventions #PowerOfConnection

[World Health Organization (WHO) @WHO]

LIVE: @DrTedros’ remarks at the launch of the WHO Commission on Social Connection report https://t.co/dDTOA5hzBl

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

Loneliness can affect anyone, anywhere; it’s a public health issue. After year and half of work on the Technical Advisory Group of @WHO's Commission for Social Connection, couldn't be more pleased to see our report launch happening now!

Tune in here: https://t.co/SuQIR2prkJ

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

Good news is sparse in these times, but couldn’t be more proud of advisee and @SocwebGT alum @kous2v for winning this year’s #ICWSM Adamic-Glance Award!! Rewards of the academic job!! Congratulations and so very well deserved @kous2v!!

[Koustuv Saha @kous2v]

So honored to receive this recognition. Can't thank enough those who supported me along the way. Feels like a dream to receive an award named after two legends, @ladamic @nglance. #ICWSM is very special to my heart, sad to have missed it this year. Thank you, @icwsm community❤️

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

@krisgligoric @tizianopiccardi @JohnsHopkins @jurafsky @cervisiarius @StanfordSPARQ @ashton1anderson Congratulations Kristina and Tiziano!! Wonderful news—Hopkins CS is lucky to have you both and I am sure you will enjoy the vibrant research environment and the amazing colleagues over there!!

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

Should and can we adopt a lived experience-aware approach to AI alignment? To learn why and how, please look at our new paper led by @mohit__30!

[Mohit Chandra @mohit__30]

Adverse Drug Reactions are among the leading causes of hospitalizations for mental health issues. LLMs have the potential to detect ADRs and provide mitigation strategies.

But do LLMs align with experts? 🤔 We explore this in our work 👇🏼🧵

https://t.co/s3uspFOY95
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[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

Couldn't be more proud of @_jiawei_zhou for being named a 2024 Foley Scholar! Her PhD journey has been a story of resilience and perseverence, and what a delight to see your advisees intellectually grow. At @SocwebGT we can't wait to see what's next for you!

[Georgia Tech School of Interactive Computing @ICatGT]

The 2024 Foley Scholar winners have been announced! Congrats to Ph.D. winners @nessaoguam, @thecharlesramey, and @_jiawei_zhou and MS winner Momin Siddiqui! (All School of IC students) @gtcomputing @IPaTGT

Full story on winners and finalists:
https://t.co/lQ6ymvbnsF

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

@DrSanchariDas @ACM_CSCW @GeorgeMasonU @MTU_ie @RitchieSchool @UofDenver Congratulations!!

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

@dongwhi_yoo It was so good to see you @dongwhi_yoo. We miss you @SocwebGT

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

@mai_elsherief I hope you have a chance to say hi to our lab folks @johnny_ckmjx and Pinxian!

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

Extended @SocwebGT members, past and present, at #cscw2024!

[Afsaneh Razi, Ph.D. @Afsaneh_Razi]

I am in Costa Rica and excited to present our #CSCW2024 paper on trauma-informed practices for working with youth in HCI research. @AshSoo @pamwis @munmun10 John S. Seberger, Nurun Naher. https://t.co/oIbqMOXkfM

[SocWeB Lab at Georgia Tech @SocwebGT]

Congratulations @jcforiest, @shravika_mittal, & @munmun10 of SocWeb on being awarded the DEI recognition at #CSCW24 - taking an inclusive definition of GBV highlights experiences of gender minorities whom face disparate risks of violence on & offline. https://t.co/dQbckLqVoA

[Estelle Smith 🌟 @EstelleSmithPhD]

Don't miss our panel on (Un)designing AI for Mental & Spiritual Wellbeing Tuesday evening at #CSCW2024, with panelists @munmun10, @diana_freed, Rev. George Handzo (a preeminent spiritual care expert with 150+ papers), and myself, moderated by @JingjinLi2.

[Dong Whi Yoo, PhD @dongwhi_yoo]

👋Excited to be at #CSCW2024! Let’s connect to discuss human-AI interaction in mental health.

I'll be presenting the final piece of my dissertation on Tuesday at 2:30 in Guanacaste 2. (@munmun10 @SachinPendse @DocOTNY Hayoung, Nathaniel, and Gregory)

https://t.co/UXsbikXsqQ

[Munmun De Choudhury, PhD @munmun10]

@HariSubramonyam Looks like a really cool place I’d also like to work from!

[Chase Anderson, MD, MS (K.C. Ardem) 🦸🏽‍♂️🏳️‍🌈 @ChaseTMAnderson]

I love you all so much. I will keep telling you I love you over the coming seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, and years.💖

On Tuesday, tears cascaded down my face as a parent and I talked on the phone and her abject fear came through as she asked, “What do we do?” with regards to her trans child possibly losing access to life-saving gender-affirming care.

As I saw another parent later and she looked at me with this haunted gaze, I said, “I know,” which helped us both let the tears flow as we hugged for the first time and she said how scared she is for her queer, racially minoritized daughter.

That same daughter, mom, and I processed as the daughter asked if she’s going to have to hide being queer and my heart broke further. Yet we talked through steps to keep her safe and how we’re going to be our queer selves as much as we can.

The night of the election as my mom told me how terrifying it is for us to have to do this again, as we discussed the worsened rhetoric compared to last time, and she asked about my safety as a Black, queer person, I thought, “All I want is for my mom to have a calm life.”

We processed and I thought, “Hold to this type of unity.”

So, I promise you this: none of you is alone as we go through this.

I am beside you as we process our anger, rage, sorrow, horror, despair, and the betrayal that is America in far too many ways. We process and survive together.

I promise to hold our dreams of a kinder, gentler, more magical society until we’re ready to bring those dreams forth. We dream together.

I am here as your Black, queer child and adolescent psychiatrist who works with minoritized kids and will keep doing so because I know I have privileges and safety where I am. We protect our communities together in the ways we can.

I cherish you as we learn to embody our authenticity and show that us being our deepest selves is a gift in these times and the times to come. We exist as utterly human together.

I’m here as we learn to breathe, to take the time each of us needs individually to heal. We heal together.

We do this together.

I love you all, you Sailor Warriors of love and justice.🌙💖🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🦄🐦‍🔥🔥🦸🏽‍♂️✊🏽