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We use human-computer interaction (HCI) methods to design and evaluate novel technologies to support people’s dynamic health needs and goals. Our research provides a model for using user-centered design to create personalized interventions that will adapt content, resources, and interactions to a person’s evolving health status and health questions. We are currently focused on:
- Creating personalized tools for longitudinal health management
- Designing interactive interfaces for clinical decision-support tools embodying machine learning models
- Understanding community mental health challenges and co-creating digital solutions
Latest News
Jan 2024
The NU-PATH Lab was featured in Northwestern University’s Winter 2024 issue of the Northwestern Magazine for CASMI: Co-designing Patient-Facing Machine Learning for Prenatal Stress Reduction.
Nov 2023
Connie Chau & Mara Ulloa gave a talk on their participation in the Graduate Engagement Opportunity (GEO) community practicum to the Northwestern CS+X department; Connie and Mara attended the Gender and Intersectional Bias in Artificial Intelligence conference in Chicago, IL.
Oct 2023
Mara Ulloa served as a JEDI Ambassador at UbiComp/ISWC conference in Cancún, Mexico; Stefany Cruz presented at UbiComp / ISWC Doctoral Colloquium. Connie attended 2 workshops at CSCW on community-collaborative approaches to research in HCI (with Stefany) & trauma-informed online spaces, respectively. Mara attended the CSCW workshop on supporting user engagement in testing, auditing, and contesting AI.
June 2023
Mara Ulloa served as a student volunteer at the Interaction Design for Children conference in Chicago, IL
April 2023
Mara Ulloa & Connie Chau will be presenting a poster at the Grad Cohort Workshop for Women in San Francisco, California; Connie & Stefany Cruz will be presenting their first-author publications at CHI 2023 in Hamburg, Germany; Connie will also be presenting at the Workgroup on Interactive Systems in Healthcare (WISH) at CHI 2023
March 2023
Mara Ulloa has been awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship; Connie presented a lightning talk at the Grad Cohort Workshop for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Leadership Skills (IDEALS) in Honolulu, Hawaii
February 2023
Mara Ulloa and Stefany Cruz attended the Eight Annual Preparing Future Faculty of Color Conference at NIU
Jan 2023
Stefany Cruz‘s workshop paper Augmented Reality’s Potential for Identifying and Mitigating Home Privacy Leaks accepted to Symposium on Usable Security and Privacy (USEC)