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Coleen Long

Director

With a background in clinical, academic, and consumer research, Coleen brings to every project unique, creative insights and an eye for detail. Our clients benefit from her passion for understanding the needs of special populations to develop tools that improve overall quality of life. Coleen has leveraged multiple methods and approaches to lead research across a wide range of industries, including medical technology, commercial products, entertainment, and mental health. Coleen has a BS in Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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Something unique about you summed up in one sentence

I have lived in all regions of the US.

Your favorite part of working at Bold Insight

The people! With such a diverse group of supportive, hardworking, and fun-loving individuals, I am constantly learning something new and ways to improve/grow.

In your spare time (or if you had spare time), you would absolutely do this:

Find any and all great food spots near by to go and try out. Or, if anything, scroll through pictures of food on yelp and wish I was eating it.

How long have you been in the UX field?

4 years

You cannot start the day without doing this...

Spend at least 10 minutes doing absolutely nothing and then making coffee.

Your favorite city in the world is...and why?

Taipei, Taiwan! It’s filled with rich culture and some of the best food around. I have family there and have been able to visit almost once every year; it’s like a second home.

Your ultimate celebrity dinner party guest list would include:

Alex Trebek, Ryan Reynolds, Meryl Streep, and Jenna Mourey.

Do you have a long-term personal or professional goal you'd like to share?

Make sure that no matter what I am doing, there’s always an opportunity to give back to my community.

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COVID-19: Using human factors and UX to make a positive impact

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Webisode: Possible impact if in-person human factors research is not considered essential

Apr 30, 2020

Conducting research to inform development of safe and effective medical devices is essential and with modifications and precautions, in-person research can be conducted safely and effectively.

Now is the ideal time to improve the UX of your mobile app

Apr 23, 2020

As the demand for app-based services grows, now may be the time to invest in UX research to identify needed improvements and enhancements.

Human factors research in the times of COVID

Apr 22, 2020

Human factors research in the support of medical and drug delivery device commercialization is essential and we should be planning on a return to in-person research as soon as is possible by applying all available and practical protective measures.