Abigail is a junior studying Community Health. After graduation, she plans to pursue a Master’s in Nursing.
Abigail’s research interests include health equity, health literacy in underrepresented groups, and health behavior interventions.
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Author: Olivia Ann Kuhl
Welcome, START Students!
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 …
Visit with Dr. Charness
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.…
Human Factors in Healthcare Best Article Award
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 …
HFES Student Chapter Silver Award
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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HFES Illinois Night
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.…
Aging Concerns, Challenges, and Everyday Solution Strategies (ACCESS) 3
Inclusion Criteria:
- Be over age 60
- Able to complete interview in spoken English via phone or Zoom video (with captions)
- Live in the United States
- Meet the criteria for one of the following groups:
- Vision:
- Difficulty seeing (even when wearing glasses or
- Vision:
Chittenden Symposium
Several HFA Lab members enjoyed the Chittenden Symposium, a collaboration between Health & Kinesiology and Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering at Illinois, on October 8th. Graduate student Yao-Lin Tsai and visiting scholar Zoey Hu presented posters showcasing their …
Walk to End Alzheimer’s
Several HFA Lab members participated in the Champaign Walk to End Alzheimer’s on September 20th. To learn more about the walk, click here.…
Dr. Islam Receives Pilot Grant
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).…