The HCHI Lab drives innovation at the intersection of HCI and health, focusing on the iterative and empathy-driven design of digital tools that are intuitive, empowering, and truly beneficial for all end-users.
Research Areas:
HCI, Health Informatics, Recommender Systems, Explainable AI, CUIs, Natural Language Processing (NLP), Machine Learning (ML), Gamification, Human-AI Interaction
Student Highlight: Varshini Bhavanam
Dr. Mwembezi Nyelele
Post Doctoral Fellow
Renee Olds
Master Student
(1st Yr)
Alumni Master Student
Alumni Master Student
Farhanuddin Fazaluddin Kazi
Alumni Master Student
Chloe Pham, Julia Chock, Evan Lee, Regan Gross, Trevor Schimdt, Varshini Bhavanam, Sara Troseth, Olivia Brazier, Adam Orland, Jared Nordstrom
ProHealth Initiative aims to examine how health applications can be designed to support individuals in their pursuit of a healthy lifestyle as well as their desire to collaboratively promote healthy living within close relationships.
ProHealth Initiative is composed by 4 projects:
PhamilyHealth Project: An online social-based system for intergenerational family collaboration on health over distance.
FreeMind Project: A mobile application to help students to focus on self-care and wellness, and increase their awareness of behaviors and healthy practices.
OurHealth Project: Developing technology solutions that promote engagement in healthy living and reduce health disparities in rural communities.
The Archive Project: Collaborative design an application that uses gamification principles to personalize and promote mental wellness.
The remote monitoring system project aims to provide a model of HIPPA-compliant, non-intrusive patient's monitoring system for health-related research regarding patient-caregiver dyadic interactions. You can see more details below.
Intergenerational Sharing of Health Data among Family Members Project : Exploring opportunities to support tracking and sharing of health information between elderly parents and their adult children.
PaperClickers Project: An affordable technological solution for classroom response systems.
Community Animator Project: A mobile app to inspire connections within communities.
International Spouses Project: Investigating design solutions to help international spouses in community orientation and access to local social services.