People

Christina Chung

Assistant Professor

James Clawson

Assistant Professor

Kay Connelly

Professor and Associate Dean for Research

Dr. Kay Connelly is a Professor in the Department of Informatics and Associate Dean for Research in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University. She is a codirector of CLEAR Health Information, and the Senior Associate Director of IU’s Center for Applied Cybersecurity Research, a part of the Pervasive Technology Institute. She is an active faculty advisor to WIC@IU. Dr. Connelly was on the Program Committee of the International Health Informatics Conference in 2010, and on the Program Committee of Pervasive Healthcare in 2011. She received a 2006-2007 Outstanding Junior Faculty Award and the Trustees Teaching Award from Indiana University. Her research focuses on user acceptance of ubiquitous and mobile computing technologies where there is a delicate balance between such factors as convenience, control and privacy. Dr. Connelly’s most recent work emphasizes health and wellness applications to empower both the ill and the healthy to manage and improve their own health and make healthy choices. She has a B.S and B.A. from Indiana University and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Illinois.

Dana Habeeb

Assistant Professor

Dana Habeeb is an Assistant Professor at Indiana University’s School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering.  Her work focuses on generating new types of environmental data and making those data comprehensible and available to the public with the goal of catalyzing action to improve the environmental health and wellness of citizens. From data to knowledge to action, her aim is to demonstrate that providing access to environmental information can empower communities to collectively engage with and improve their environmental health and wellness.

Elizabeth Kaziunas

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Kaziunas is an Assistant Professor of Informatics in the Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering at Indiana University Bloomington. Her research contributes to the fields of human-computer interaction (HCI), computer-supported cooperative work (CSCW) and health informatics by examining the social and organizational contexts of health information systems, lived experiences of health datafication, and social and emotional impacts of emerging technologies on healthcare. As an interpretivist researcher, her work draws together ethnographic methods and human-centered approaches design to examine people’s everyday health practices and explore the possibilities (and critical dependencies) that come with using health information and technology in diverse social worlds. Her recent work has focused on understanding the application of AI technologies in chronic illness settings and its impact on care work. She has a Ph.D. from University of Michigan and M.S. from Syracuse University, as well as an M.A. from Yale University and B.A. from Macalester College.

Patrick C. Shih

Assistant Professor

Katie Siek

Professor and Chair of Informatics

Katie Siek is a Professor and Chair of Informatics at Indiana University Bloomington. Her primary research interests are in human computer interaction, health informatics, and ubiquitous computing. More specifically, she is interested in how sociotechnical interventions affect personal health and well being. Her research is supported by the National Institutes of Health, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the National Science Foundation including a five-year NSF CAREER award. She has been awarded a CRA-W Borg Early Career Award and a Scottish Informatics and Computer Science Alliance Distinguished Visiting Fellowship. Prior to returning to her alma mater, she was a professor for 7 years at the University of Colorado Boulder. She earned her PhD and MS at Indiana University Bloomington in computer science and her BS in computer science at Eckerd College. She was a National Physical Science Consortium Fellow at Indiana University and a Ford Apprentice Scholar at Eckerd College.

Aehong Min

Graduate Student

Cassie Kresnye

Graduate Student

Alexander L. Hayes

Graduate Student

Alexander L. Hayes is a Health Informatics Ph.D. Student working with Professor Kay Connelly on the Precision Health Initiative. His interests are in statistical relational artificial intelligence (STARAI), systems, open source development—and their applications toward solving real-world Health Informatics problems. He holds a B.S. Computer Science from Indiana University, and continues to collaborate with Professor Sriraam Natarajan and his colleagues from the StARLinG Lab at the University of Texas at Dallas. Alexander drinks an average of six cups of coffee per day and spends his free time hacking on his open source projects.

Novia Nurain

Graduate Student

Arash Zakerefahani

Graduate Student

Pallabi Bhowmick

Graduate Student

Pallabi is a Ph.D. student in Informatics working with Prof. Katie A. Siek. Her research interest is focused on developing toolkits to support older adults in living more independently with the help of technology. She is particularly interested in empowering older adults into building better social connectivity within communities with the support of technology. She pursued her Master’s Degree from Technical University of Munich, Germany and worked in Wipro and Intel before joining Indiana University.

Yuxing Wu

Graduate Student

Clara Caldeira

Graduate Student

Zaidat Ibrahim

Graduate Student

Zaidat is a first-year Informatics Ph.D. student at Luddy School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering. She gained her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry from Mount Holyoke College and a Masters in Public Health from UC Berkeley. She has prior experiences in User Experience research at Genentech Inc. and clinical care at Massachusetts General Hospital. She is a strong believer in the potential of that data, information, knowledge, technology, and intelligence on transforming healthcare delivery, disease intervention, and enabling personalized care.

Likes: Reading, Writing, Reflecting.

Seung Wan Ha

Graduate Student

Seung Wan is a first year Ph.D. student in Health Informatics at Indiana University, working with Dr. Christina Chung. His research focuses on Personal Informatics and Human-Computer Interaction. He is particularly interested in compiling contextual data and intervention technology during disrupted events. He earned her Bachelor’s degree in Photography from Chung-Ang University and Master’s degree in Art and Technology from Sogang University where he affiliated with Dr. Jusub Kim in Creative Computing group.

Phoebe Martinez

Graduate Student

Phoebe Martinez is a first-year PhD student in Health Informatics at Indiana University. She is currently working with Professor James Clawson in the Healthcare Journey Lab researching women’s pregnancy. She is particularly interested in the intersection between technology and how it can be used to help with different health and social aspects. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Psychology from DePauw University and looks forward to her new adventures at IU.

Aswati Panicker

Graduate Student

Aswati is a first year PhD student in Health Informatics at Indiana University. Her interest lies in using human centered methods to inform the design of technologies which complement wellness and healthy behavior for the long term. She is especially interested in how social interactions and conversations surrounding food can be leveraged to support healthy eating habits. At present, she is working with Dr. Christina Chung in researching the communication of eating habits amongst remote intergenerational families. Prior to starting her PhD, she completed her Masters in Human Computer Interaction & Design from Indiana University.

Ariel Wang

Graduate Student

Ariel is a first year Ph.D. student in Health Informatics at Indiana University. Her research interest in Human-Computer Interaction is using human-centered approaches to study health-related behavior and experience.
She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Dental Technology and her Master’s degree in Design, where she gained experience in IoT product design and mobile application development.

Long-Jing (Claire) Hsu

Graduate Student

Claire is a first-year PhD student in Informatics at Indiana University. She is currently working with Dr. Selma Sabanovic and Dr. Christina Chung on robotics. She is interested in designing and redefining how technology humans interact with robots. She earned her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in National Taiwan University, where she worked with Dr. Hsiu-Ping Yueh.

John Osorio Torres

Graduate Student

John is a first year Ph.D. student in Informatics, with a focus on Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d). He earned two master’s in Industrial Design (MID) and Human-Computer Interaction (M.S. in HCI) at Iowa State University. His research interests are music technology and designing accessible technologies for people with neurodegenerative diseases.