Author: Olivia Ann Kuhl

We are pleased to once again welcome two Student Aging Researchers in Training members to the HFA Lab. Abigail Anokye will be assisting on graduate student Mimi Trinh’s dissertation and Gizel Fahimi will assist postdoc Pallabi Bhowmick on the Soft …

The HFA Lab was pleased to have Dr. Neil Charness visit to collaborate on research and offer his advice at the end of October. The discussion continued as several lab members attended dinner with Dr. Charness.…

Congratulations to Drs. Qiong (Tina) Nie, Dan Morrow, Renato Azevedo, and Wendy Rogers on winning the Human Factors in Healthcare Best Article Award at HFES for their paper “Developing Feedback Visualizations to Support Older Adults” based on their work in …

Congratulations to the Illinois Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Student Chapter on winning the Silver Award at HFES last week! HFA graduate student Veronica Falcon Borbolla is the Vice President of the Illinois Chapter.

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The Human Factors & Aging Lab was well represented at the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Annual Meeting in Chicago October 13-17. Lab members, alumni, and collaborators joined together to celebrate at Illinois Night.…

Several HFA Lab members enjoyed the Chittenden Symposium, a collaboration between Health & Kinesiology and Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at Illinois, on October 8^th. Graduate student Yao-Lin Tsai and visiting scholar Zoey Hu presented posters showcasing their …

Several HFA Lab members participated in the Champaign Walk to End Alzheimer’s on September 20th. To learn more about the walk, click here.…

Congratulations to Postdoctoral Research Associate Shafiqul Islam! He received a CREATE Trainee Pilot grant to explore the use of the social assistive robot “Moxie” to improve communication and social engagement among older adults, including those with mild cognitive impairment (MCI).…