Graduate student Willencia Louis-Charles had a successful thesis proposal on November 11. Congratulations on being one step closer to your MS in Community Health, Willencia!

Lab director Wendy Rogers received the award for the faculty member with the most projects at REDCap Day. Congratulations on this fun award!

Postdoctoral researcher Pallabi Bhowmick has been selected as a recipient of the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) Diversity Mentoring and Career Development Technical Assistance Workshop Diversity Fellow Award.  This award… Read more: Congratulations To Pallabi!

Congratulations to Mimi on a very successful Dissertation Proposal Meeting. Her committee was very interested in her topic and Mimi has a streamlined plan for her dissertation. Well done, Mimi!

The McKechnie Family LIFE Home and HFA Lab member Afnaan Afsaar Ali were featured in the first picture of the Healthy Aging Research Impact Campaign. Click here to learn more about the… Read more: Afnaan Featured in Illinois Research Impact

Elle Eastman and RJ Mattas joined the HFA Lab as this year’s Students Pursuing Applications, Research, and Knowledge (SPARK). Elle will be assisting on the Diabetes Study and RJ will… Read more: SPARK Students Join HFA Lab

Former HFA Postdocs George Mois and Renato Azevedo have both started new positions as Assistant Professors at the University Of Georgia. George is in the Department of Health Promotion and… Read more: George and Renato start at UGA

Several lab members attended and presented at the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society ASPIRE Conference September 9-12. They were able to meet up with current and past colleagues at Illinois… Read more: Illinois Night at HFES

Congratulations to HFA Lab members Esther Cardenas and Stone Shi on their successful presentations at the Community-Academic Scholar event! Esther presented “Robots Support in Care Facilities: Designing to Understand the Perceptions… Read more: Community-Academic Scholar Presentation

Congratulations to HFA Lab members Camryn Lynn and Michael Varzino! At the MS in Health Technology Capstone Celebration, Camryn received the Michael Vitoux Capstone Excellence Award and Michael received an… Read more: Congratulations, Camryn and Michael!

Drs. Samuel Olatunji and Harshal Mahajan received an award for a paper they jointly led earlier this year! They have been selected to received a 2024 Innovative Research on Aging… Read more: Samuel and Harshal Receive Award

Congratulations to Drs. Harshal Mahajan and Samuel Olatunji! They have received a Center on Health, Aging, and Disability Pilot Grant for $30,000 for their proposal entitled “Robot Support for Individuals… Read more: Harshal and Samuel Receive CHAD Pilot Grant

Esther Cardenas and Shuoning (Stone) Shi are joining us for the summer as Community Academic Scholars. They will be advised by Drs. Wendy Rogers, Raksha Mudar, and Samuel Olatunji and… Read more: HFA & AANCL Labs Welcome Community Academic Scholars

Haseeb Rehman earned an Honorable Mention for his spoken presentation “Assistive Technology for Older Adults with Hearing Disabilities” at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Congratulations, Haseeb! To view the full list… Read more: Congratulations, Haseeb!

The HFA Lab had 10 posters at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Presenters included Afnaan, Amy, Anika, Adam, Cam, Dhruti, Ethan, Fatima, Gabriella, Maya, and Noah. They presented research from CREATE,… Read more: HFA Posters at URS

HFA undergrads Haseeb Rehman and Saathveek Gowrishankar delivered spoken presentations at the Undergraduate Research Symposium. Haseeb presented “Assistive Technology for Older Adults with Hearing Disabilities” based on research from TechSAge… Read more: Haseeb & Saathveek Present at URS

The HFA Lab was privileged to host Dr. Chris Wickens for dinner when he visited Illinois for the Health Technology Speaker Series. Dr. Wickens’ presentation was titled “An Influence Model… Read more: Dr. Chris Wickens Visits

Erin Heniff recently defended her audiology capstone project, entitled “Discovering Communication Challenges and Response Strategies of Late-Deafened Older Adults.” Erin passed with no revisions required. Congratulations, Erin! Erin will now… Read more: Congratulations to Erin!

Graduate student Varitnan (Golf) Hattakitjamroen successfully defended his Master’s thesis, Developing an Assessment Tool to Measure Enhanced Activities of Daily Living in Older Adults. Congratulations, Golf!

Congratulations to graduate student Mimi Trinh on passing her written and part I prelim oral examinations! Mimi is now all but dissertation. Well-done, Mimi!

Multiple undergraduate students in the HFA Lab received departmental awards. Cam Jaime-Rivera received the Carol L. Chittenden Scholarship. Fatima Pantoja-Lara received the Joanne M. Carraway & Charles M. Carraway Scholarship.… Read more: Lab Members Receive Awards

Congratulations to HFA Lab member Yao-Lin Tsai on receiving the 2024-2025 Chittenden Fellowship! The Chittenden Fellowship is intended to support a doctoral student in the Health & Kinesiology Department who… Read more: Yao-Lin Receives Chittenden Fellowship

Several members of the HFA Lab attended the Human Factors & Ergonomics Society Health Care Symposium. Many lab members gave presentations from current research. To view the conference program, please click… Read more: HFA at HFES Health

Lab Director Dr. Wendy Rogers has been selected to serve on the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine Board on Human Systems Integration. Congratulations, Wendy!

Congratulations to HFA postdoctoral research associate Dr. Renato Azevedo as one of the 24 recipients of the Mistletoe Research Fellowship by the Momental Foundation. This professional development program awards research… Read more: Congratulations, Renato!