Timothy R. Brick

Timothy R. Brick is an Associate Professor in the Department of Human Development and Family Studies (HDFS) at Penn State University, with affiliations in the College of Health and Human Development. He leads the Real Time Science Lab (RTSLab), focusing on real-time data collection and intervention using wearable sensors, smartphone-based assessments, and computational tools. His work addresses complex human systems such as addiction recovery, parent-child interactions, and aging, emphasizing low-burden data collection methods like the Wear-IT framework. Additionally, he contributes to the MID/DLE project, advancing privacy-preserving distributed data analysis. Brick holds a Ph.D. in Cognitive and Quantitative Psychology from the University of Virginia and has collaborated on projects spanning robotics, computer vision, and statistical methodology (e.g., OpenMx). His research integrates behavioral science with cutting-edge technologies to improve human thriving.

Education:

• Ph.D. in Cognitive and Quantitative Psychology, University of Virginia
• Master's and Undergraduate studies in related fields, with early robotics and AI work at Notre Dame.

Research Interests:

• Real-time monitoring and intervention in behavioral health
• Data privacy and distributed analysis (MID/DLE)
• Methodological innovations in structural equation modeling (OpenMx)
• Wearable sensors and ecological momentary assessment

Labs and Teams: Real Time Science Lab (RTSLab), QuantDev Methodology Core, Institute for Computational and Data Sciences (ICDS).