Aswati Panicker
Aswati Panicker is a PhD student in Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research investigates how technology-mediated food interactions can support long-distance family relationships through scaffolding, experiential sharing, and support of role changes and transitions. Her work uses human-centered and participatory design approaches.
Novia Nurain
Novia Nurain has recently completed her doctoral degree in Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington and will be joining as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan’s School of Information. Her research lies at the intersection of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Computer-Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW), and Aging, with a focus on supporting technology design of socio-technical systems that promote a holistic understanding of health. Methodologically, she adopts humanistic research approaches in HCI/CSCW (e,g., surveys, interviews, photo diaries, collaborative workshops, and field deployment) to ground her investigations and translate the findings into theoretical frameworks, design toolkits, and implications for designs.
Zaidat Ibrahim
Zaidat Ibrahim is a PhD student in Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research focuses on supporting women’s health journeys of faith-based populations. She leverages qualitative and quantitative HCI research methods in her work, utilizing the results to formulate design guidelines for initial prototypes of personal informatics systems for women’s health.
Chun-Han (Ariel) Wang
Chun-Han (Ariel) Wang is a PhD student in Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests are in social media and health. Previously a designer and a researcher, she is passionate about employing human-centered design methods in everyday healthcare.
Seung Wan Ha
Seung Wan Ha is a Ph.D. Student in Computational Media at the University of California, Santa Cruz. His research explores how personal informatics can support individuals’ everyday activities and responses during life events. He utilizes qualitative Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) research methods in his work, suggesting design implications and frameworks for designing personal informatics tools.
Elizabeth Kaziunas
Elizabeth Kaziunas is an Assistant Professor in Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington. As an interpretivist researcher, she draws on ethnographic methods, social theory, and participatory design approaches to examine the social and organizational contexts of health information systems, lived experiences of health datafication, and social impacts of emerging technologies.
Maria Wolters
Maria Wolters is a Reader (Associate Professor) at the University of Edinburgh, UK, and leads the Social Computing research group at OFFIS Institute for Information Technology. She uses mixed methods to co-create technologies that improve people’s health and wellbeing. At OFFIS, she focuses on inclusive and transparent citizen participation in democratic processes.
Chia-Fang (Christina) Chung
Chia-Fang (Christina) Chung is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Christina’s research focuses on designing personal informatics to support healthy lifestyles, relationship building, and community empowerment. She uses a mix of participatory design approaches, system designs, and field evaluations to provide in-depth empirical understandings, rigorous theoretical reflections, and innovative design implications.
Advisory Committee
Kay Connelly
Kay Connelly is an Associate Vice President of Research and Innovation at Michigan State University. Her own research is to design, develop, and evaluate mobile and pervasive technologies for health. Much of her work focuses on vulnerable populations on the wrong side of the digital and health divides.
Katie Siek
Katie Siek is a Professor of Informatics at Indiana University who investigates how to empower people outside of clinical environments to proactively manage their health. She is an elected member of the Computing Research Association Board and serves on the Council of the Computing Community Consortium.