R15: Design and Develop a Decision Support System for Out-of-Hospital Treatment of Pediatric Patients

Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $419,294 | 2024-2027

The objective of this project is to develop an evidence-based cognitive support intervention to assist prehospital providers in recognizing patient needs and making timely decisions while treating pediatric patients in the field. make decisions for treating pediatric patients. This research has three aims: 1) Characterize medical errors in prehospital pediatric care through a “human-in-the-loop computational approach, 2) Design and develop user-friendly cognitive aids for prehospital providers, and 3) Implement and evaluate the proposed technology solution in simulated environments.

R21/R33: LabGenie: A Patient-Engagement Tool to Aid Older Adults' Understanding of Lab Test Results

Role: Co-Investigator (Site PI) | Awarded Amount: $1,018,982 | 2024-2029

The objective of this project is to build a personalized lab portal for older adults to comprehend their lab test results and to better manage their health and to improve the communications and shared decision-making between physicians and patients. This research has four aims: 1) Design, develop, and evaluate prototypes of LabGenie, 2) Develop and validate the question prompt generation module, 3) Evaluate the effectiveness of LabGenie-generated question prompts in improving patient engagement, perceived self-efficacy and intentions to participate in shared decision-making, and 4) Assess the acceptability of LabGenie in real-world clinical settings and its potential impact.

CAREER Award: Designing Hands-Free Cognitive Aids for Fast-Paced Medical Teams

Role: (sole) PI | Awarded Amount: $499,915 | 2023-2028

The overarching goal of this research is to determine how to support fast-response medical teams’ awareness of context-specific information and activities while accounting for their inherent limited capacity in processing information and interacting with handheld computing devices. This research has three aims: 1) Understand the cognitive needs of care providers during time-critical medical events, 2) Design and develop hands-free cognitive aids for fast-response medical teams, and 3) Evaluate the impact and efficacy of the proposed technology solution.

R21: A Novel Approach for Supporting Care Coordination across Distributed Emergency Medical Teams

Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $297,843 | 2021-2023

The overall objective is to design and develop novel technologies that can improve care coordination and communication during prehospital encounters across distributed emergency care teams, and ultimately, improve patient outcomes and achieve patient-centered care delivery and coordination. This research has two aims: 1) Design and develop technologies that support real-time prehospital care coordination, and 2) Evaluate the impact of technology solutions on prehospital care coordination.

CRII: Novel Approaches for Real-Time Data Capture in Fast-Paced Medical Work

Role: (sole) PI | Awarded Amount: $174,890 | 2020-2022

The overall objective is to determine how context-specific information should be captured and integrated in real time to support the work of fast-response medical teams while accounting for their limited capacity to interact with handheld computing devices. This research has two aims: 1) Understand information behaviors and temporal rhythms in data collection during fast-paced medical events, and 2) Design and develop hands-free technologies that support real-time data capture.

a2Pilot: Developing a Multi-Agent AI System for Explaining Lab Results to Older Adults

Role: HCI Consultant | Awarded Amount: $280,000 | 2025-2026

The objective of this work is to design and develop a multi-agent AI system to provide clear, accuracy, and actionable lab result explanations for patients and caregivers. This project has two aims: 1) Develop and test a multi-agent AI system leveraging generative LLMs, knowledge graphs, and a retrieval-augmented approach to generate contextualized explanation of lab results, and 2) Assess caregiver perceptions about the acceptability, trustworthiness, and ethical considerations of generative AI for lab result interpretation in ADRD and MCI caregiving contexts. This award is funded by the National Institute on Aging (NIA).

I-Corps: Training Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Providers with Virtual Pediatric Patients

Role: Project Co-Lead | 2025

The objective of this work is to design, develop, and evaluate an immersive head-mounted display system to enhance the training of EMS providers. Through the NSF I-Corps program, we conducted a pilot study involving interviews with 25 EMS stakeholders—including EMS agency directors, providers, simulation experts, and educators—to better understand how to design effective and useful immersive technologies for EMS training.

Travel: International Conference on Healthcare Informatics (IEEE ICHI 2024) Doctoral Consortium Travel Scholarship

Role: Administrative PI | Awarded Amount: $18,000 | 2024

The primary goal of this project was to provide travel support for 12 U.S.-based Ph.D. students to attend the Doctoral Consortium at the 2024 IEEE International Conference on Health Informatics (ICHI) in Orlando, Florida. As the co-chair of the Doctoral Consortium, I applied for and successfully received this travel award from the NSF to cover students' travel expenses.

Scholarly Research Funding: Designing and Developing Immersive Technologies for Enhancing the Training of Emergency Care Providers
Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $3,000 | Received in 2025

Covid-19 Interdisciplinary Research: An Examination of Adherence to Contact Tracing Technology during COVID-19 Pandemic
Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $5,000 | Received in 2021

Scholarly Research Funding: User-Centered System Design for Communicating Clinical Laboratory Test Results: A Pilot Study
Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $1,500 | Received in 2020

Scholarly Research Funding: Novel Approaches for Real-Time Data Capture and Integration in Emergency Medical Work
Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $3,000 | Received in 2019

Wilson Faculty Fellowship: Older Adults’ Engagement with Community-Based Telehealth Wellness Programs: A Mixed-Method Study
Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $5,000 | Received in 2019

Scholarly Research Funding: Developing Novel Technology Solutions for Reporting Clinical Data to Lay Individuals
Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $1,700 | Received in 2019

Scholarly Research Funding: Integrating Mobile Technology in Occupational Therapy Practice
Role: PI | Awarded Amount: $2,200 | Received in 2019