Regan Mandryk, University of Saskatchewan

Research

digital games human-computer interaction player experience leisure technologies computer-supported collaboration entertainment technologies

Latest papers

Revisiting the SECPT-G: A template for the group-administered socially evaluated cold-pressor test to robustly induce stress.
Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology · 2022 · senior author
Towards an effective health interventions design: an extension of the health belief model.
Online journal of public health informatics · 2012 · senior author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Predicting and Preventing Toxicity within Immersive Social Technologies
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$81,000
Behavioural biomarkers of problematic gaming through data mining and semi-supervised machine learning
NSERC · 2024 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Digital Games and Immersive Social Technologies
NSERC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$100,000

All 14 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Revisiting the SECPT-G: A template for the group-administered socially evaluated cold-pressor test to robustly induce stress.

Buttlar B, Dieterle H, Mandryk R

Comprehensive psychoneuroendocrinology2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.cpnec.2022.100115 PMID: 35755207

02

Towards an effective health interventions design: an extension of the health belief model.

Orji R, Vassileva J, Mandryk R

Online journal of public health informatics2012Senior author

DOI: 10.5210/ojphi.v4i3.4321 PMID: 23569653

Predicting and Preventing Toxicity within Immersive Social Technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan

Keywords: toxicity; social technologies; digital games; social virtual reality; affective computing; physiological computing; online multiplayer games; data mining; digital biomarkers; digital signal processing

$81,000

Behavioural biomarkers of problematic gaming through data mining and semi-supervised machine learning

Principal investigatorNSERC2024Alliance Grants

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan RL

Keywords: biomarkers; computational models; data mining; digital games; machine learning; phenotyping; problematic gaming; semi-supervised machine learning

$25,000

Digital Games and Immersive Social Technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2023Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan

Keywords: human-computer interaction; digital games; social virtual reality; toxicity; affective computing; physiological computing; digital biomarkers; data mining; online multiplayer games; interface design

$100,000

Development and Pilot Evaluation of a Mindfulness Smartphone App for Adolescents with Dysmenorrhea

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: ECI grants in Maternal, Reproductive, Child & Youth Health

Principal investigators: Gagnon, Michelle

Keywords: Adolescents; Digital Interventions; Dysmenorrhea; Meditation; Menstrual Pain; Mindfulness; Psychological Interventions; Reproductive Health; Self-Management; Smartphone Apps

$92,084

Digital Gaming Technologies and Experiences

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan

$150,000

Digital Gaming Technologies and Experiences

Principal investigatorNSERC2019Canada Research Chairs

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan

Keywords: digital games human-computer interaction player ; experience leisure technologies computer-supported ; collaboration entertainment technologies

$511,062

Leveraging digital social games for relatedness satisfaction

Principal investigatorNSERC2018Discovery Grants Program - Individual

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan

$534,000

Methods of crowdsourcing playtesting to support indie game studios

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan

$25,000

Metrics to facilitate playtesting in small independent teams of game developers

Principal investigatorNSERC2015Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan

$25,000

Using computer vision to enhance sports broadcasting technologies

Principal investigatorNSERC2014Engage Grants Program

Principal investigators: Mandryk, Regan

$25,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Julita Vassileva

Computer Science

1 shared papers, latest 2012

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: digital games human-computer interaction player Dear Professor Mandryk, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Revisiting the SECPT-G: A template for the group-administered socially evaluated cold-pressor test to robustly induce stress." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your NSERC-funded project "Predicting and Preventing Toxicity within Immersive Social Technologies" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]