Bachelor’s Degree:
Community Health, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 2022

Emma Lachs is a Research Assistant for the Human Factors and Aging Laboratory. She is interested in personalized interventions for children with developmental disabilities (e.g., Autism) and children who are neurotypical as well as personalized interventions for adolescents with mental illnesses. She is most interested in how these interventions can help shape behavior and reduce or prevent high-risk behaviors later in life.

Research Interests

• Developmental Disabilities
• Prevention and Interventions
• Mental Illness
• Technology design for interventions